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DHS detains Columbia student in dorm, school says agents 'made misrepresentations' to enter building

DHS detains Columbia student in dorm, school says agents 'made misrepresentations' to enter building

A Columbia University student was detained Thursday by Department of Homeland Security agents who "made misrepresentations" to enter the building on campus, according to the institution's president.

"Our understanding at this time is that the federal agents made misrepresentations to gain entry to the building to search for a 'missing person,'" Columbia's acting president Claire Shipman wrote in an email to the university, CBS News New York reported.

Mamdani meets with President Trump at the White House

Mamdani meets with President Trump at the White House

The meeting was not previously announced in the president's schedule or by Mamdani, who became the city's mayor last month. It comes the same day the Department of Homeland Security officials detained a Columbia University student.

Illinois lawmakers push bipartisan energy choice package

Illinois lawmakers push bipartisan energy choice package
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A bipartisan group of Illinois lawmakers have introduced energy legislation to protect consumers from costs associated with the state’s planned phaseout of natural gas.

Saying Illinois will not meet its 2035 electrification goals if the state eliminates energy options before they are replaced, the Clean Energy Choice Coalition advocated for a package of energy legislation at the Illinois Capitol this week.

Bill Clinton testifies before House panel about his connection to Jeffrey Epstein

Bill Clinton testifies before House panel about his connection to Jeffrey Epstein

Former President Bill Clinton will on Friday become the first former president to testify under a congressional subpoena when he appears in front of the House Oversight Committee as part of its probe into Jeffrey Epstein.

The deposition will be given behind closed doors in Clinton's hometown of Chappaqua, New York, and comes a day after his wife, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, gave her deposition to the panel in a six-hour-long hearing. It also comes after a contentious negotiation between the Clintons’ attorneys and House Republicans, led by Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer who pushed for in-person, recorded depositions rather than written testimony or declarations. 

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