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Empfangen — 23. Oktober 2026 ⏭

Bard Names Marvin Krislov as President, as Former Leader Fends Off Epstein Allegations

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Von: Alan Blinder
23. Oktober 2026 um 18:10
The new president, Marvin Krislov, has led Pace University and Oberlin College. He replaces Leon Botstein, who retired and has faced scrutiny over ties to Jeffrey Epstein.
Empfangen — 22. Oktober 2026 ⏭

Bard College Hires Forensic Firm to Investigate a Damning Epstein Email

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Von: Vimal Patel
22. Oktober 2026 um 23:45
The firm suggested the former Bard president’s email to Jeffrey Epstein about a young woman may have been fake. Congressional Democrats who publicized the message disagree.

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Leon Botstein became president of Bard College in 1975 and retired this year.
Empfangen — 08. Oktober 2026 ⏭

Leon Botstein, Former Bard President With Epstein Ties, Resigns From College Positions

✇NYT > U.S. News
Von: Vimal Patel
08. Oktober 2026 um 00:56
Leon Botstein had already retired from the presidency of the liberal arts college this spring, after emails showed he had maintained a longtime friendship with Jeffrey Epstein.

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Leon Botstein, the former president of Bard, at a concert in New York last month. He had stayed on in a variety of roles at the college even after stepping down as president last spring.
Empfangen — 14. August 2026 ⏭
Empfangen — 07. August 2026 ⏭

Appeals Court Upholds Block on Trump Ballroom Construction

✇NYT > U.S. News
Von: Zach Montague and Mattathias Schwartz
07. August 2026 um 16:20
A federal appeals court panel backed a lower court’s ruling, and made it likely that the Supreme Court will decide the case. But the decision does not mean construction will halt immediately.

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Construction on the White House ballroom site this week.
Empfangen — 10. Juni 2026 ⏭

Watchdog Group Skeptical of Vows to End Trump Administration’s $1.8 Billion Fund

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Von: Alan Feuer
09. Juni 2026 um 23:11
Two sets of lawyers noted that while senior department officials said the fund would not move forward, they declined to offer assurances that this would hold in the future.

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The Justice Department has promised both in writing and in sworn testimony that it will not proceed with the plan.
Empfangen — 09. Juni 2026 ⏭

Watchdog Group Skeptical of Vows to End Trump Administration’s $1.8 Billion Fund

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Von: Alan Feuer
09. Juni 2026 um 17:39
The group, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, doubled down on its request to a federal judge to issue a formal order stopping the fund from being set up.

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The Justice Department has promised both in writing and in sworn testimony that it will not proceed with the plan.
Empfangen — 06. Juni 2026 ⏭

Justice Dept. Promises to Drop Trump’s $1.8 Billion Fund

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Von: Alan Feuer
05. Juni 2026 um 22:55
It was the department’s clearest statement to date that it was pulling back from a plan to use taxpayer money to make payments to people who claimed to have been politically persecuted.

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Twin filings on Friday are the strongest signal yet that the Justice Department is serious about dropping the idea of the fund.
Empfangen — 05. Juni 2026 ⏭

Justice Dept. Promises to Drop $1.8 Billion Fund

✇NYT > U.S. News
Von: Alan Feuer
05. Juni 2026 um 22:55
It was the department’s clearest statement to date that it was pulling back from a plan to use taxpayer money to make payments to people who claimed to have been politically persecuted.

© Eric Lee for The New York Times

Twin filings on Friday are the strongest signal yet that the Justice Department is serious about dropping the idea of the fund.

Appeals Court Appears Skeptical of Trump’s Ballroom Arguments

✇NYT > U.S. News
Von: Zach Montague
05. Juni 2026 um 20:55
A judge asked what speedy legal recourse people might have if the government decided to bulldoze the Statue of Liberty. A government lawyer said he thought there was none.

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In May, President Trump brought reporters to the site of his ballroom project, where construction has continued despite a pending lawsuit.
Empfangen — 01. Mai 2026 ⏭

Bard College’s President, Leon Botstein, Will Retire After Epstein Revelations

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Von: Vimal Patel
01. Mai 2026 um 23:14
The president, Leon Botstein, who had run Bard for 50 years, faced scrutiny over his connections to Jeffrey Epstein.

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Leon Botstein on the Bard College campus in Annandale-On-Hudson, N.Y.
Empfangen — 28. April 2026 ⏭

Adopting Trump’s Voice, Justice Dept. Asks Judge to Let Ballroom Proceed

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Von: Luke Broadwater and Zach Montague
28. April 2026 um 15:48
The court filing links the security breach at the White House correspondents’ dinner to the lawsuit over President Trump’s ballroom project.

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Todd Blanche, the acting attorney general, spoke Monday about the attempted attack at the White House correspondents’ dinner and signed a motion linking the breach to President Trump’s ballroom project.
Empfangen — 18. April 2026 ⏭

Appeals Court Again Allows Ballroom Construction to Go On, for Now

✇NYT > U.S. News
Von: Zach Montague
18. April 2026 um 15:40
In the latest ruling, an appeals court in Washington allowed construction to continue until at least June while it considered the case.

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An appeals court in Washington allowed construction of President Trump’s ballroom to continue into June.
Empfangen — 16. April 2026 ⏭

Judge Again Halts Aboveground Construction on Trump Ballroom

✇NYT > U.S. News
Von: Zach Montague
16. April 2026 um 18:22
A federal judge wrote that an exception he made for work on security features did not cover most of the construction on the larger ballroom project Trump has proposed.

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Cranes over the former East Wing location at the White House earlier this month.
Empfangen — 15. April 2026 ⏭

Trump’s Go-To Justification for Contentious Decisions: National Security

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Von: Maxine Joselow and Devlin Barrett
15. April 2026 um 16:16
The administration has invoked national security in a variety of matters, including the White House ballroom and offshore wind farms, drawing rebukes from some judges.

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Construction of the White House ballroom project last month. An appeals court signaled that the Trump administration’s assertions about the national security implications of ballroom construction might be valid.
Empfangen — 11. April 2026 ⏭

Appeals Court Allows Work on Trump’s Ballroom Project for Now, but Seeks Clarity on Scope

✇NYT > U.S. News
Von: Zach Montague
11. April 2026 um 21:23
A three-judge panel allowed construction on the ballroom to proceed until April 17, but asked a lower court to untangle the details of the president’s plans.

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The Planning Commission voted this month to approve Mr. Trump’s ballroom project.
Empfangen — 02. April 2026 ⏭

Planning Commission Approves Trump’s Ballroom, but Legal Roadblocks Remain

✇NYT > U.S. News
Von: Luke Broadwater
02. April 2026 um 19:38
The board had been expected to vote to approve the project last month, but it was delayed after about 32,000 mostly negative comments rolled in from across the country.

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Will Scharf, who was appointed by President Trump as the chairman of the National Capital Planning Commission, at a meeting to approve the White House ballroom plans on Thursday.
Empfangen — 01. April 2026 ⏭

Trump Seeks to Justify Ballroom as Security Measure

✇NYT > U.S. News
Von: Zolan Kanno-Youngs
01. April 2026 um 17:21
President Trump spoke about his ballroom’s security as he argued against a judge’s orders to stop construction.

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A federal judge on Tuesday said that work on the White House ballroom had to stop until the project received a go-ahead from Congress.
Empfangen — 31. März 2026 ⏭

Judge Orders Construction Stopped on Trump’s White House Ballroom

✇NYT > U.S. News
Von: Zach Montague
01. April 2026 um 14:27
A federal judge required the president to seek lawmakers’ input and pursue traditional approvals before proceeding with the $400 million replacement for the East Wing.

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A federal judge ordered on Tuesday that construction be halted of the White House ballroom.
Empfangen — 23. März 2026 ⏭

Trump Is Digging Up Washington. Can Lawsuits Stop the Bulldozers?

✇NYT > U.S. News
Von: Zach Montague
23. März 2026 um 13:34
As the president develops plans to fundamentally alter the White House, the Kennedy Center and other sites, federal lawsuits are beginning to catch up.

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A coalition of eight prominent cultural and architectural preservation organizations filed a new lawsuit on Monday challenging President Trump’s emerging vision for the Kennedy Center.
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