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Jay Lefkowitz
WRONG SIDE OF THE LAW

Epstein's Lawyer Who Secured Sweetheart Deal Leaves Firm

Documents have shed light on Jay Lefkowitz’s deep ties to Jeffrey Epstein.

Laura Esposito

Donald Trump
PLOT TWIST

Trump Goes Against ICE Barbie After Democrat Persuades Him

Trump released a student his own administration labeled an “illegal alien” after a Democratic lawmaker asked him to.

Annabella Rosciglione

Social media images of Columbia student Ellie Aghayeva who was detained by Federal immigration agents.
‘DANGEROUS ESCALATION’

ICE’s Sinister Lie to Arrest Ivy League Student Is Exposed

ICE stormed into her dorm at dawn after giving the building manager a phony reason for being there.

Annabella Rosciglione

Billionaire Jeffrey Epstein in Cambridge, MA on 9/8/04. Epstein is connected with several prominent people including politicians, actors and academics. Epstein was convicted of having sex with an underaged woman. (Photo by Rick Friedman/Corbis via Getty Images)
‘INEXCUSABLE’

Epstein Files Cost Nobel Prize Winner His Ivy League Post

The pair traded emails joking about the predator’s designation as a sex offender.

Will Neal

NEW YORK, NY - MAY 18: Jeffrey Epstein attends Launch of RADAR MAGAZINE at Hotel QT on May 18, 2005. (Photo by Neil Rasmus/Patrick McMullan via Getty Images)
FLUNKED OUT

Ivy League Punishes Staff for Admitting Epstein’s Girlfriend

The university is taking action against Epstein’s associates.

Laura Esposito

Jeffrey Epstein
MONEY MERIT

Epstein Got Girlfriend ‘Irregular’ Admission to Ivy League

“It was logical to agree,” said the dean of the school at the time.

Wiktoria Gucia

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NEW YORK, NEW YORK - JUNE 05: A person exits the Columbia University bookstore in Upper Manhattan on June 05, 2025 in New York City. In the latest in a series of attacks against Columbia University, the Trump administration threatened the university's accredidation after claiming the school violated civil rights laws by “acting with deliberate indifference” in allowing the harassment of Jewish students on campus, according to the U.S. Department of Education. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
BATTLE OF THE BRANDS

Columbia Sportswear Sues Columbia University Over Name

Columbia, the clothing company, is upset over clothing sold by Columbia, the university.

Jack Revell

Donald Trump
SHAKEDOWN

Trump Expects Other Schools To Pay Up After Columbia Deal

The administration’s $200 million deal with the Ivy League school could be “peanuts” compared to what’s to come.

Jack Silvers

Donald Trump
TRUMP CARD

Columbia Agrees to Pay $200M Fine to Placate Trump

The university has settled with the Trump administration to restore hundreds of millions of dollars in federal funding.

Erkki Forster

Columbia University student Mahmoud Khalil.
ICE BREAKER

Judge Rebukes Trump With Order to Release Columbia Student

The federal judge called the student’s more than three-month ICE detention “highly unusual.”

Emell Derra Adolphus

Donald Trump.
NEVER ENOUGH

Trump Hits Columbia With Big New Threat Even After It Caved

Columbia bent the knee. Now, Trump is going after its accreditation.

Liam Archacki

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