March 1, 2025 · Immigration, Detention & Civil Rights

Well supported

Foreign Students and Scholars Detained Over Campus Protest Activity

Beginning in March 2025, the Trump administration moved to detain and seek deportation of foreign students and scholars connected to pro-Palestinian campus protests, most visibly Columbia graduate Mahmoud Khalil...

January 29, 2025 · Information Integrity, Press & Democratic Norms

Confirmed

Meta Pays $25 Million to Settle Trump Lawsuit Over Suspended Accounts

In late January 2025, Meta agreed to pay $25 million to settle a four-year-old lawsuit brought by Donald Trump over the suspension of his social media accounts following the January 6, 2021, Capitol riot. Of that sum...