Accusations of plagiarism appear to be the newest weapon in the raging battle over the leadership and direction of elite universities. For weeks, Bill Ackman, the billionaire hedge fund manager, has campaigned on social media against Claudine Gay, who resigned as Harvard’s president amid accusations of plagiarizing other scholars and of not taking a strong…
Harvard’s governing board on Monday was nearing a resolution that would allow its president, Claudine Gay, to remain in her job, according to two people with knowledge of the discussions. But those discussions were ongoing as of late Monday night. An announcement was expected on Tuesday. Harvard’s board has said nothing about Dr. Gay’s future…
Though Rick Ahearn was just a few feet from John Hinckley Jr. when he opened fire on Ronald Reagan and his entourage outside the Washington Hilton on March 30, 1981, he was most likely among the last people in the city to know that the president had been shot. That’s because as soon as Secret…
WASHINGTON — The National Archives has asked former presidents and vice presidents to check their personal files for classified or presidential records that might have been missed in previous searches, according to people with knowledge of the situation. The archives, which oversees materials covered by the Presidential Records Act and other federal laws, sent a…