Duke Was Paring Back Diversity Programs. Trump Targeted It Anyway.

Duke University kept a low profile. But it is the alma mater of Stephen Miller, a top Trump official who often criticized the school while he was a student.

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U.S. Sues Pro-Palestinian Demonstrators Who Protested Outside Synagogue

The Justice Department sued participants in a confrontation at a New Jersey synagogue that devolved into violence. An official said there might be more such cases to come.

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Two HUD Civil Rights Lawyers Dismissed After Raising Concerns About Fair Housing Act Enforcement

Both said they were considering their legal options but plan to seek protections as whistle-blowers.

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Death of Trey Reed, a Black Man, in Mississippi Strikes Nerves in the U.S.

The authorities say Trey Reed took his own life on his college campus, but in a nation ready to jump to judgment and in a state with its history of racial violence, that conclusion has not ended the story.

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‘I’m From Here!’: U.S. Citizens Are Ending Up in Trump’s Dragnet

As immigration agents take a more aggressive approach, they have stopped and in some cases detained American citizens.

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3 School Districts to Lose $65 Million Over Gender and D.E.I. Policies

The federal Education Department accused New York, Chicago and Fairfax, Va., of discrimination and said it would pull federal funds from their magnet schools.

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Journalist Held by ICE Faces ‘Imminent’ Deportation, His Lawyers Say

The journalist, Mario Guevara, has been in Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody since June, when he was arrested while covering a “No Kings” protest outside Atlanta.

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Struggles for Free Expression on Campus

Readers, including the author Jhumpa Lahiri, respond to the Barnard president’s guest essay about speakers at universities. Also: The benefits of trees.

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Adams Says He Will Revisit N.Y.C. Schools’ Bathroom Gender Policy

Mayor Eric Adams’s remarks, aimed at a policy allowing students to use bathrooms that align with their gender identity, came two days after the Trump administration expressed concern over such guidelines.

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Has Britain Gone Too Far With Its Digital Controls?

British authorities have ramped up the use of facial recognition, artificial intelligence and internet regulation to address crime and other issues, stoking concerns of surveillance overreach.

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