Amanda Holpuch

1 week ago | nytimes.com | Amanda Holpuch

Hundreds of thousands of people traveling in parts of the Southeast and central United States faced delays and uncertainty on Monday because of severe thunderstorms that caused damaging winds and heavy rains during the busy Memorial Day weekend. There were more than 5,000 delayed flights to, from and within the United States on Monday, according to FlightAware, a company that tracks flight information. The airports most affected were in Texas and Colorado.

2 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Amanda Holpuch

Administration officials have suggested suspending a legal principle that protects against unlawful detention, and struggled to accurately define it. Members of the Trump administration have spoken recently about possibly suspending a foundational principle of the Constitution, habeas corpus, which protects people from unlawful detention.

3 weeks ago | telegraphindia.com | Jenny Gross |Amanda Holpuch

Detentions in US of non-citizen students for participating in pro-Palestinian protests, arrest of a woman who had criticised Israel’s war in Gaza, cancellations of hundreds of student visas with little or no explanation are what many have described as an assault by the Trump administration on science and academia Jenny Gross, Amanda Holpuch Published 17.05.25, 06:53 AM Tufts University student Rumeysa Ozturk of Turkey at Boston Logan International Airport after she was released on a judge’s...

3 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Amanda Holpuch

Once drawn to American universities as havens, some students from abroad are finding the United States is not the bedrock of free speech they had expected. Hassan Kamal Wattoo, a law student from Pakistan, on the campus of the University of California, Berkeley, this month. Credit... Felix Uribe for The New York Times Once drawn to American universities as havens, some students from abroad are finding the United States is not the bedrock of free speech they had expected.

3 weeks ago | flipboard.com | Amanda Holpuch

4 hours ago Why new Starbucks dress code prompted hundreds of baristas to strike Hundreds of Starbucks workers have walked off the job at over 100 U.S. stores this week in a strike that's protesting a new dress code that went into … 10 hours ago Trump administration officials say Secret Service is investigating Comey's '86 47' social media post WASHINGTON (AP) — Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said Thursday that federal law enforcement is investigating a social media post made by...