Hafiz Rashid

Baltimore

Associate Writer at The New Republic

Articles

Is the Trump Administration Taking Deportation Orders From Extremists?

1 week ago | newrepublic.com | Hafiz Rashid

Mahmoud Khalil, the Columbia University graduate and pro-Palestine activist detained by the Trump administration and threatened with deportation, thinks that government officials coordinated with anti-Palestinian groups and organizations to target him.
Is the Trump Administration Taking Deportation Orders From Extremists?

1 week ago | yahoo.com | Hafiz Rashid

Mahmoud Khalil, the Columbia University graduate and pro-Palestine activist detained by the Trump administration and threatened with deportation, thinks that government officials coordinated with anti-Palestinian groups and organizations to target him.
Trump’s Next Authoritarian Target: The Federal Reserve

1 week ago | yahoo.com | Hafiz Rashid

After the chairman of the Federal Reserve, Jerome Powell, met with Donald Trump at the White House Thursday, the bank took the unprecedented step of releasing a statement asserting its independence. The statement said that the Fed has an independent, nonpartisan role using economic data to set monetary policy.
Why Is a House Democrat Making Nice With El Salvador’s President?

1 week ago | yahoo.com | Hafiz Rashid

Donald Trump is a big fan of El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele and turns a blind eye to his administration’s myriad human rights violations and increasing authoritarianism, in exchange for El Salvador’s accepting deportees of any nationality. But why does Bukele also have a fan in Democratic Representative Vicente Gonzalez?
Surprise! New “MAHA” Report Is Full of Junk Science and Fake Studies

1 week ago | newrepublic.com | Hafiz Rashid

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s “Make America Healthy Again” report cites fabricated studies and draws the wrong conclusions. The secretary of health and human services brags that the report, released last week, is based on “gold-standard” science drawn from over 500 studies and other sources. But in reality, NOTUS found, its citations are error-ridden, with missing links, incorrect conclusions, and sometimes even made-up studies.
Surprise! New “MAHA” Report Is Full of Junk Science and Fake Studies

1 week ago | flipboard.com | Hafiz Rashid

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Surprise! New “MAHA” Report Is Full of Junk Science and Fake Studies

1 week ago | yahoo.com | Hafiz Rashid

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s “Make America Healthy Again” report cites fabricated studies and draws the wrong conclusions. The secretary of health and human services brags that the report, released last week, is based on “gold-standard” science drawn from over 500 studies and other sources. But in reality, NOTUS found, its citations are error-ridden, with missing links, incorrect conclusions, and sometimes even made-up studies.
Judge Rips Government for Acting Illegally in Harvard Scientist Case

1 week ago | yahoo.com | Hafiz Rashid

A Harvard University scientist detained by immigration authorities for over three months was granted bail by a federal judge Wednesday in a rebuke to the Trump administration. U.S. District Judge Christina Reiss ruled that Kseniia Petrova’s detention and the revocation of her J-1 visa for failing to declare frog embryos at Boston’s Logan Airport in February should not have happened, and raised serious legal concerns.
Trump Seems to Have No Idea What’s Happening With Student Visas

1 week ago | yahoo.com | Hafiz Rashid

Donald Trump doesn’t seem to be aware of his own administration’s new restrictions on student visas. When asked by a reporter when the U.S. would resume interviews for student visas, which were halted Tuesday, the president was clueless. “When do you think your administration could resume these interviews?” the reporter asked. “On what?” Trump replied, clearly bemused.
State Dept Spokeswoman Attacks Cindy McCain in Confused Update on Gaza

1 week ago | yahoo.com | Hafiz Rashid

A State Department spokesperson attacked Cindy McCain and the U.N. World Food Programme in a confused response to a question about aid reaching people in Gaza.