A US State Department report alleges Cuba is behind major US political upheavals, including the George Floyd riots and rise of antifa, and poses a unique threat. This comes as Cuba faces a six-month US oil blockade and sanctions, leading to severe shortages and blackouts, with critics calling the report a new form of McCarthyism.
The Trump administration is moving from campus-specific investigations to rewriting federal rules governing higher education, targeting DEI policies, transgender athletes, and perceived anti-white discrimination. This shift follows judicial blocks on funding cuts and aims to influence 6,000 institutions.
Hundreds of young conservatives attended a Turning Point USA rally at the University of Idaho featuring Daily Wire commentators Matt Walsh and Michael Knowles. The event, the final stop on TPUSA's spring tour, drew a capacity crowd of 869 after the organization reduced seating from an initially planned 3,000, leaving over 1,000 people outside. Unlike other tour stops featuring Trump officials, Walsh and Knowles engaged in debates and Q&A with attendees, emulating the style of late TPUSA founder Charlie Kirk.
Series, a next-generation social networking app founded by Yale students Nathaneo Johnson and Sean Hargrow, raised a $5.1 million pre-seed round from investors including Venmo co-founder Iqram Magdon-Ismail, Pear VC, Reddit CEO Steve Huffman, and GPTZero founder Edward Tian. The platform operates entirely through iMessage, allowing users to text Series AI to connect with others based on shared interests or needs, presenting potential matches as swipeable carousels. The company, still based on the East Coast with an office in Chelsea, New York, has expanded beyond its initial college student base to target Gen Z and professionals.
