Harvard Law Review Digs Itself Into Deeper Hole Amid Fight With Feds. Plus, Who's Behind the New Columbia Encampment Doc?

From bad to worse: The Harvard Law Review is facing multiple federal probes over reports, published in the Free Beacon, of racial discrimination at the journal. Its conduct in the face of those probes has only added to the furor.

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Former Iran Hostages Not Keen on Prospective Trump Deal With Iran. Plus, the Floodgates Open on Karine Jean-Pierre.

Know when to fold ‘em, know when to walk away: The Free Beacon's Jon Levine spoke to several of the Americans who spent more than a year in Iranian captivity during the 1979 hostage crisis to ask a simple question: What do you think about a Trump nuclear deal with Iran? Most, he reports, "reacted with ambivalence—or outright dismay."

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Time’s Up for the Muslim Brotherhood on Capitol Hill. Plus, WaPo Issues Mea Culpa Over Stealth-Edited Israel Story.

Time's up for the MB: Momentum is growing on Capitol Hill for the United States to designate the Muslim Brotherhood as a terrorist organization, the Free Beacon's Adam Kredo reports.

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Breaking Down Israel's Gaza War Plan. Plus, the Washington Post Steps In It On Israel Coverage.

Entering a new phase: Israel "is in the midst of the second phase of a three-phase Gaza war plan that ends with the military in full control of the strip," according to current and former officials who provided "previously undisclosed details about the structure, timeline, and goals of the plan" to our Andrew Tobin.

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How Putin Perplexed Trump. Plus, Three Cheers for Assault at Harvard Commencement.

Patience running thin: As spring turns to summer, Russia's offensive in Ukraine is growing stronger, and Donald Trump is growing frustrated. It's easy to see why, writes the Hudson Institute's Mike Watson. The Trump administration, Watson observes, "believed that another attempt to normalize political and economic relations with Russia" and pressuring Ukraine to make a deal would "demonstrate American good faith to the Kremlin." But offers of "sanctions relief, economic cooperation, and other goodies" have not brought a deal to end the war. Now, Trump is left with few good options, particularly as Russia strengthens its economic relationship with China.

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An Axis of Evil Meets To 'Coordinate Positions' on Iran's Nuclear Program. Plus, Court Tells Pulitzer Board It Can’t Micromanage Trump’s Schedule.

Axis of evil: As the Trump administration engages in nuclear talks with Iran, officials from the Islamic republic sat down with their counterparts from two other top American adversaries—Russia and China—to "coordinate their positions" on Tehran's nuclear program, our Adam Kredo reports.

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When they go low, we whoop ass

What a week. We learned that Democrats are planning to spend $20 million to "study the syntax, language and content that gains attention and virality" in masculine-coded heteronormative sociocultural cohorts. It's called SAM, which is short for "Speaking with American Men: A Strategic Plan." It sounds too stupid to be real, but we were able to confirm its authenticity by exclusively (and semi-legally) obtaining an early draft of the report:

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Columbia Library Stormers Stay on the Hook (For Now). Plus, Has Jake Tapper Seen the Light?

Kicking the can down the road: A group of keffiyeh-clad students "descended on Manhattan Criminal Court on Wednesday to face formal arraignment for their roles in a violent takeover of Columbia University’s Butler Library," our Jon Levine reports from the scene. Though their lawyer asked the court to consider dismissal (and accused Israel of genocide), they aren't off the hook yet and are due back in court in July.

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Right-Wing Dissent Emerges Over Netanyahu's Gaza War Plan. Plus, a Look Inside the Democrats' $20 Million Male Outreach Effort.

"There is no such thing as half control": When Israel's security cabinet approved Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Gaza war plan in early May, there were no public fireworks. Privately, however, lawmakers from Netanyahu's ruling coalition had reservations.

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Meet Northwestern's Gift to Student Radicals: A Terror-Tied Professor. Plus, Who Funds the Marxist Group Associated With Elias Rodriguez?

Consequences of capitulation: When Northwestern University president Michael Schill brought an end to his school's encampment last spring, he struck a deal with student radicals and agreed to bring Palestinian professors to campus.

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