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Federal health department to investigate medical schools over pro-Palestinian graduation protests

JL;DR SUMMARY The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), under a directive from former President Donald Trump, is expanding Title VI investigations into alleged antisemitism beyond the Department of Education, specifically targeting elite medical schools like Harvard and Columbia. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Trump AdministrationTitle ViCampus ProtestsMedical SchoolsRobert F. Kennedy Jr.KeffiyehFederal InvestigationsHhs

Places mentioned

Harvard, Massachusetts, United States
"The first investigations are into four elite medical schools at Harvard, Columbia, Brown and Johns Hopkins universities that the department said received reports of antisemitic incidents during their 2024 commencement ceremonies."
Columbia, New York, United States
"The first investigations are into four elite medical schools at Harvard, Columbia, Brown and Johns Hopkins universities that the department said received reports of antisemitic incidents during their 2024 commencement ceremonies."
Johns Hopkins, Maryland, United States
"The first investigations are into four elite medical schools at Harvard, Columbia, Brown and Johns Hopkins universities that the department said received reports of antisemitic incidents during their 2024 commencement ceremonies."
Providence, Rhode Island, United States
"A graduating medical student at Brown University wears a keffiyeh during the schools commencement ceremony in Providence, Rhode Island, May 26, 2024."
Israel
"At least one of the new HHS investigations appears to be inspired by a study published in an Israeli medical journal by two American Jewish doctors."

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