The presidents of Harvard University, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and the University of Pennsylvania will be called to the mat Tuesday after weeks of backlash over their schools’ responses to surging antisemitism.   “Over the past several weeks, we’ve seen countless examples of antisemitic demonstrators on college campuses,” House Education Committee Chair Virginia Foxx (R-N.C.) said in a statement announcing the hearing titled “Holding Campus Leaders Accountable and Confronting Antisemitism.”   The administrators, Foxx said, “have largely stood by, allowing horri ..read more

WASHINGTON (NEXSTAR) – The Justice Department announced on Monday that a former U.S. diplomat has been charged with secretly spying for Cuban intelligence. U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland said Victor Manuel Rocha, who previously served as U.S. ambassador to Bolivia, acted illegally as an agent of foreign government. A complaint alleges that Rocha acted as a covert agent of the Cuban government for over 40 years. “This action exposes one of the highest reaching and longest lasting infiltrations of the U.S. government by a foreign agent,” Garland said. The 73-year-old worked at the State D ..read more

Progress on border talks has screeched to a halt as Democratic negotiators have come under intense pressure from progressives and immigration activists, further complicating potential passage of aid for Ukraine in the coming weeks. Negotiators returned from the Thanksgiving break on an optimistic note, indicating that they had made progress on changes to asylum and that the ball was moving in the right direction. However, talks have become increasingly stagnant, especially as the drumbeat of concern from the left about the direction of talks has gotten louder, and pressure increases to unlock ..read more

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) is facing high stakes ahead of this week’s Republican primary debate in Alabama, as he looks to regain lost ground in the final weeks before the Iowa caucuses.  The forum, which is hosted by NewsNation — a news organization owned by Nexstar, which also owns The Hill — comes as former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley poses a major threat to DeSantis in polling out of Iowa and New Hampshire. Additionally, Haley is appearing to shore up support from the donor class as well as the powerful, Koch-aligned group Americans For Prosperity (AFP). The primary debate also com ..read more

Former President Trump and Deutsche Bank’s years-long symbiotic relationship came to the forefront of his New York civil fraud trial this week when top executives who once loaned the former president’s business hundreds of millions of dollars gave the most compelling defense yet in his trial. The executives bolstered arguments Trump’s counsel has made from the start: that the bank wanted to work with the Trump Organization, did its own due diligence and found no fraud.  In fact, the bankers’ testimony was such a boon to Trump’s defense that his lawyers asked the judge to issue an immediat ..read more

(The Hill) — University of Southern California (USC) professor John Strauss is permitted to return to campus as the university continues its investigation into the comments he made during a student protest about Hamas, the Los Angeles Times reported. Strauss, a 78-year-old economics professor, was filmed during a Nov. 9 protest on the USC campus calling the students protesting "ignorant" and calling the Palestinian militant group Hamas "murderers." He was then placed on leave and barred from campus. “Hamas are murderers,” he said, according to a video. "That’s all they are. Everyone should be ..read more

WASHINGTON (NEXSTAR) – Congress has found common ground on a sweeping legislative package that would expand access to federal lands and parks. The bipartisan measure aims to boost the now $1 trillion outdoor recreation industry with measures from updating infrastructure and trails for visitors with disabilities to improving broadband connectivity. "Our public lands are treasures that are owned by the American people," said U.S. Rep. Bruce Westerman, R-AR. Lawmakers and the outdoor recreation industry largely support Westerman’s legislation, the EXPLORE Act, that would also provide more ways fo ..read more

NewsNation will host the Fourth Republican primary debate on Dec. 6 at 8 p.m. E.T. The debate will be aired and streamed live on all NewsNation platforms. Not sure how to find us on your TV? Use our ChannelFinder app. If you have a question for the candidates, submit it here.  (NewsNation) — Abortion has become a big motivator at the polls with a record-high number of voters saying they will only vote for candidates who share their stance on abortion. During the two elections since the overturning of Roe v. Wade, voters have shown up in droves when abortion has be ..read more

NewsNation will host the Fourth Republican primary debate on Dec. 6 at 8 p.m. E.T. The debate will be aired and streamed live on all NewsNation platforms. Not sure how to find us on your TV? Use our ChannelFinder app. If you have a question for the candidates, submit it here.  (NewsNation) — With an unprecedented surge in migrants coming across the southern border in the last two years, states in the U.S. have had to spend tens of millions of dollars to deal with the escalating crisis. Pressure has been amped up from both Democrats and Republicans for Preside ..read more

(The Hill) — An Illinois appeals court has upheld actor Jussie Smollett’s disorderly conduct conviction in an opinion filed Friday. A three-panel judge affirmed Smollett’s conviction in a 2-1 ruling. His lawyers could appeal the decision and bring it to the state Supreme Court. If the Illinois Supreme Court does take up or reverse the appellate court's decision, the actor must serve the sentence that was handed down in March 2022. The appeals court panel heard arguments from Smollett’s attorneys in September, who said his conviction should be thrown out. In 2019, Smollett claimed he was the vi ..read more