Federal prosecutors quietly filed more charges against Mahmoud Khalil, in an attempt to seemingly circumvent the first amendment debate.

Lawyers for Mahmoud Khalil, a student facing deportation for pro-Palestinian activism, will be in New Jersey court today. Newsweek's live blog is closed.

A still from a video released by Mahmoud Khalil's attorney of him being detained at Columbia University in New York City on March 8, 2025. Family of Mahmoud Khalil After waiting to enter a processing room, Khalil said he was told "they don't need you in ...

A federal judge in New York ordered the case of Columbia University graduate and Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil be transferred from New York to New Jersey where his lawyers will continue their legal efforts for his release.

Lawyers for Mahmoud Khalil, a Columbia University graduate student facing deportation for his role in pro-Palestinian campus protests, appeared before a judge in New Jersey to debate where Khalil’s fight to be released from federal custody should play out.

A federal judge in New York ruled that the case should be heard in New Jersey, where Khalil was held for several hours after his arrest on March 8 at the Elizabeth Detention Center, and where a lawsuit to block his deportation was filed.

Mahmoud Khalil’s case was transferred to New Jersey on Wednesday by a federal judge in a compromise rejecting the pro-Palestinian activist’s bid to keep it in Manhattan and the Justice

Mahmoud Khalil called himself a "political prisoner" in a new letter dictated from the Louisiana detention center where he remains held following his arrest.

Khalil, 30, was arrested March 8 at his university-owned apartment building in New York, then flown south to Louisiana, where he remains locked in an immigration detention center.