On Tuesday, after two years of President Donald Trump controlling the levers of power in Washington, Democrats rode a blue wave back to power on Capitol Hill, winning back both the Senate and the House of Representatives.

Evan Gershkovich, a foreign correspondent for The Wall Street Journal, peeled back the curtain on his high-profile detention in Russia at a Columbia book talk Friday.

Columbia notified its international students Thursday of a new Department of Homeland Security proposal that seeks to implement a $70,000 fee for a work authorization program for those looking to work in the United States after graduation. The proposal is the latest in a two-year-long federal push to increase Washington’s control over universities.

The U.S. Commission on Civil Rights released a report on Monday criticizing the federal government’s response to antisemitism at Columbia and other universities following Hamas’ Oct. 7, 2023, attack on Israel and the ensuing war in Gaza.

President Donald Trump proposed bringing funding from the National Institutes of Health under the control of the White House in a Friday Oval Office meeting, where concerns also arose about the efficacy of his administration’s yearlong oversight campaign on Ivy League institutions.

Guatemalan President Bernardo Arévalo canceled his Monday World Leaders Forum appearance, which was set to be the first of eight World Leaders Forum events this week at Columbia.

The Internal Revenue Service proposed Friday to revoke the tax-exempt status of universities that promote diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives—over a year after Columbia curtailed DEI-related language.