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Students at the university staged “Mayday,” a show that satirizes the administration, especially the beleaguered president, Nemat Shafik.

Scenes of chaos unfolding on campuses across the country are stoking internal divisions and carry political risk as a major election year unfolds.

With pro-Palestinian protests spreading across campuses nationwide, university leaders have had to confront a central question: When does a demonstration cross the line?

President Biden joked about former President Donald J. Trump’s age — and his own — among other topics at the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner. Outside the event, outrage over Mr. Biden’s support for Israel in the war in Gaza was evident.

The police made arrests at Washington University in St. Louis, Northeastern in Boston, Arizona State and Indiana, as more schools move in on encampments.

Some colleges that initiated police crackdowns on pro-Palestinian protests have since taken a different tack. Others have defended the move. Hundreds have been arrested.

The progressive Democrat from a rural, mostly white Wisconsin district is highlighting that it is not just young people of color who are concerned about the war.

Frustrated at the growing protest movement, the opposition leader defends his country’s “existential” war.

The students had been among more than 100 who were suspended for participating in an encampment at Columbia University.

The senators voted for a resolution that accused the administration of breaching the due-process rights of students and professors.