Universities in the US face the possibility of federal funding cuts if they don’t comply with White House demands to walk ...

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House Republicans are getting closer to passing President Donald Trump’s tax breaks, spending cuts and beefed-up border security.

House Republicans have taken a major step forward on President Donald Trump’s agenda. The House early Thursday passed a ...

Northwestern can either continue down a path of appeasement and ideological conformity, or reclaim its role as a leading ...

For decades, Qatar has been secretly funding elite US universities. Since 2012, Qatar has been the top foreign funder to ...

But behind the gleaming towers of Doha and the generous endowments to universities lies a murkier dimension to Qatar’s ...

The House Budget Committee advanced President Donald Trump's legislative agenda bill a rare Sunday night vote.

Qatar has dumped over $6 billion into American universities in the last four decades, according to a bombshell new report.

State Rep. Heather Scott, sponsor of HB 96, sure made of fool out of herself and dragged fellow Republican legislators as well as Gov. Brad Little along with her. Scott’s thinly disguised attempt to ...

In a Q&A, a scholar and activist who's been criticizing Qatari donations since 2012 discusses the airplane gift and the ...

In times of political turbulence, leading research universities often become both targets of populist rhetoric and beacons of ...