TribCast: Breaking down Trump’s immigration enforcement in Texas
With immigration enforcement ramping up in Texas, Texas Tribune reporter Colleen DeGuzman and immigration attorney Paul Pirela join TribCast to discuss.
Federal judge upholds West Texas A&M drag show ban, short-circuiting student group’s appeal
A final ruling in the case prompted a federal appeals court to cancel oral arguments, set for Friday, on an earlier ruling. Another appeal is expected.
Clinton spokesman lashes out at Comer over Epstein probe as contempt vote nears
A top spokesperson for former President Bill Clinton sharply accused House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., of misrepresenting negotiations in the Jeffrey Epstein investigation, insisting the Clintons never rejected sworn testimony or transcripts as the committee prepares to vote on contempt. Angel Ureña, deputy chief of staff to the former president, said Comer was using a dispute over testimony format as a pretext to move toward contempt proceedings. Ureña’s remarks came after Comer accused the Clintons of defying bipartisan subpoenas and demanding limits on testimony that would bar other lawmakers and prevent the creation of an official transcript. “We never said no to a transcript. Interviews are on the record and under oath,” he wrote on X. “Whether it was written or typed isn’t why this is happening. If that were the last or only issue, we’d be in a different position. You keep misdirecting to protect you-know-who and God knows what.” TOP GOP CHAIR ISSUES STARK WARNING TO CLINTONS IF THEY DEFY DEPOSITIONS IN EPSTEIN INVESTIGATION Comer said the Clintons’ attorneys made what he described as an untenable offer while the committee was moving toward contempt proceedings. “Facing contempt of Congress, the Clintons’ lawyers made an untenable offer: that I travel to New York for a conversation with President Clinton only,” Comer wrote on X. “No official transcript would be recorded and other members of Congress would be barred from participating. I have rejected the Clintons’ ridiculous offer.” Comer also accused the Clintons of seeking preferential treatment and failing to comply with lawful subpoenas. BILL, HILLARY CLINTON RISK CRIMINAL CONTEMPT CHARGES AFTER DEFYING HOUSE SUBPOENAS IN EPSTEIN PROBE “The Clintons’ latest demands make clear they believe their last name entitles them to special treatment,” he wrote. “The House Oversight Committee’s bipartisan subpoenas require the Clintons to appear for depositions that are under oath and transcribed.” The House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform is examining what the Clintons may have known about Epstein and his associate Ghislaine Maxwell, including scrutiny of Hillary’s role overseeing U.S. efforts to combat international sex trafficking while serving as secretary of state. Comer said the lack of a formal record would undermine public accountability as the investigation moves forward. JON STEWART SAYS CLINTONS SHOULD ‘ABSOLUTELY’ COMPLY WITH CONGRESSIONAL SUBPOENAS ON EPSTEIN “The absence of an official transcript is an indefensible demand that is insulting to the American people who demand answers about Epstein’s crimes,” Comer wrote. Rep. Brandon Gill, R-Texas, who serves on the House Oversight Committee, told Fox News the panel bent over backward to accommodate the Clintons and said their refusal to comply with subpoenas left the committee no choice but to pursue contempt. “We’ve seen multiple pictures of Bill Clinton with Epstein victims on Epstein’s plane engaged in all kinds of things that look quite unsavory, and I think the American people want answers, and they want to know what a former U.S. president was doing with this disgusting pedophile,” Gill said. Fox News Digital has reached out to the Clinton Foundation for comment on the matter.
DHS says ICE agents rammed by vehicles amid Minneapolis enforcement surge: ‘Aggressively assaulted’
Federal immigration officials said Tuesday that Border Patrol and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) have faced escalating violence in Minneapolis, including vehicle ramming incidents as recently as “today” and “yesterday,” during a major enforcement operation targeting criminal illegal aliens in the Twin Cities. “I believe we had a vehicle ramming today. We had one yesterday,” said Greg Bovino, who was identified to the assembled media during a scheduled Department of Homeland Security (DHS) news conference as the commander at large for Customs and Border Protection (CBP) assets in the Twin Cities. Bovino said two suspects “decided that it would be a good idea to ram Border Patrol agents and then take off,” adding that a civilian vehicle was also struck during one of the incidents. He said both suspects were apprehended. No additional details were released. The briefing came amid fiery protests, political pushback and scrutiny of federal immigration enforcement operations in Minneapolis after the death of Renee Nicole Good on Jan. 7. OMAR, MINNEAPOLIS MAYOR ACCUSE TRUMP ADMIN OF UNLEASHING ‘POLITICAL RETRIBUTION,’ ‘INVASION’ WITH ICE ACTIVITY Bovino appeared alongside Marcos Charles, acting executive associate director for ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations, as DHS officials outlined what they described as a sharp increase in arrests, mounting confrontations and resistance from local leaders during Operation Metro Surge. Bovino said the operation is focused on public safety and violent offenders, rejecting claims that enforcement actions are random or politically motivated. “Our operations are lawful, they’re targeted and they’re focused on individuals who pose a serious threat to this community,” Bovino said. “They are not random, and they are not political.” WHITE HOUSE SAYS WALZ, FREY INCITED CHAOS AFTER ANTI-ICE MOB STORMS MINNEAPOLIS CHURCH He accused Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey of using “heated rhetoric” that he said has contributed to a hostile environment for federal agents. “Leaders like Tim Walz or Mayor Frey have relied on heated rhetoric and accusations that distract from the facts,” Bovino said. “The facts are that federal agents are arresting murderers, rapists, child predators, cartel-connected criminals.” Bovino said federal officers have been “violently and aggressively assaulted,” with objects thrown and vehicles damaged since the operation began, though enforcement efforts have continued. DOJ SERVES GRAND JURY SUBPOENAS TO MINNESOTA DEMS IN INVESTIGATION OF ICE OBSTRUCTION: SOURCES Bovino listed several cases he said occurred as recently as the previous day, including what he described as a registered sex offender convicted of crimes against a child and other individuals charged with rape, domestic assault and other violent offenses. Bovino also referenced the recent disruption of a church service during an anti-ICE protest. “Do we like what happened with the church there a couple of days ago when individuals came in and disrupted almost violently a church service? Absolutely not,” Bovino said. The Justice Department has launched a civil rights investigation into the disruption at a Minneapolis-area church after protesters stormed a service over a perceived ICE connection Sunday. Bovino rejected a reporter’s claims during a Q&A, saying agents act in a manner he described as a “legal, ethical and moral” manner and arguing that confrontations often involve agitators rather than random civilians. “Oftentimes, it’s agitators, rioters, anarchists that place mom-and-pop America near very tense situations when they shouldn’t even be,” Bovino said. Asked about the status of the officer involved in the Jan. 7 shooting of Good, Charles said the officer is “recovering at home,” but he did not answer whether the officer remains on administrative leave or involved in the operation. Walz and Frey’s offices, as well as the Minneapolis Police Department, did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s requests for comment.
Ilhan Omar vows ‘not to give ICE a single cent’ in heated congressional funding fight
Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., said she will oppose funding ahead of a House vote to fund the government before the Jan. 30 deadline, saying she will not approve of giving more money to the Department of Homeland Security. Omar voiced her opposition on X, saying she would not vote to financially support federal immigration agencies amid the ongoing enforcement operations in her state. “I will not vote to give ICE a single cent,” she wrote. “No more blank checks for a rogue agency that operates above the law, escalates violence, and erodes our most basic freedoms.” CALIFORNIA DEMOCRAT APPEARS TO CALL TO DEFUND ICE, RESTART IT FROM SCRATCH Omar and many Democratic officials have repeatedly voiced anger at the Trump administration and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) because of their crackdown on illegal immigrant criminals and the shooting of Renee Good, who federal authorities said was trying to ram into an ICE officer with her vehicle. ICE has targeted illegal immigrants with criminal records but has been met with opposition from local officials and anti-ICE agitators who have confronted officers, sometimes violently. MINNEAPOLIS MAYOR FREY REFUSES TO WALK BACK ‘GET THE F— OUT’ MESSAGE TO ICE Many Democrats have framed the operations as unlawful attacks on immigrants. However, the Trump administration has released the names and criminal offenses, including violent and child sex abuse convictions, of some of those arrested. On Tuesday, Congress unveiled a $1.2 trillion spending package that includes funding for multiple aspects of the federal government, but a partisan divide remains over funds for ICE. But progressives have threatened a rebellion over funding for ICE, which is included in the DHS portion of the bill. If passed by the House and Senate, the legislation, which combines four separate spending bills into a package called a “minibus,” would be the final way for Congress to avert another government shutdown. Fox News Digital’s Alex Miller, Elizabeth Elkind and Leo Briceno contributed to this report.
Newsom warns ‘pathetic’ foreign leaders to grow a backbone in bizarre takedown likening Trump to a T.rex
Democratic California Gov. Gavin Newsom slammed foreign world leaders for “rolling over” when confronted by President Donald Trump, declaring he should have brought “kneepads” for foreign dignitaries attending the World Economic Forum in Switzerland. “People are rolling over. I should have brought a bunch of kneepads for all the world leaders,” Newsom told reporters at the World Economic Forum in Davos. “It’s just pathetic.” Newsom is attending the World Economic Forum and is expected to address the forum with a speech Thursday. Trump is set to depart for Switzerland Tuesday evening, which comes as the president levels threats of imposing steep tariffs on a handful of nations as he works to acquire Greenland for the United States. Greenland is a self-governing island within the Kingdom of Denmark that is located in the Arctic. European leaders have balked at Trump as he intensified rhetoric that it is crucial for the U.S. to take control of Greenland from a national security standpoint. TRUMP TOLD TO ‘F— OFF’ BY DANISH LAWMAKER DURING EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT GREENLAND DEBATE China has recently intensified its activities in the Arctic region, while Greenland has historically served as a strategic outpost for the military to conduct missile detection during the Cold War. Newsom said European leaders were “being complicit” with Trump, urging them to “have a backbone” while slamming gifts foreign leaders have given Trump, such as Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado gifting her Nobel Peace Prize to the president in January. “This is pathetic,” Newsom continued in his comment to reporters. “Nobel Prizes, they are being given away. I mean, it’s just pathetic. And I hope people understand how pathetic they look on the world stage. I mean, at least from an American perspective. It’s embarrassing.” Newsom suggested that Trump is “playing folks for fools” and compared Trump to a T. rex who is on the prowl to mate or eat. TRUMP SAYS ‘YOU’LL SEE’ WHEN ASKED HOW FAR HE’LL GO ON GREENLAND TAKEOVER “This is diplomacy with Donald Trump. He’s a T.rex. You mate with him, or he devours you, one or the other. The Europeans could be (devoured) if they continue down this path and process. They need to stand tall, stand firm, stand united,” Newsom said. “Look, a year ago we should have been having this conversation, and they didn’t. And now you’re paying the price — exactly what any one objective observer would have anticipated we’d be where we are today.” Newsom’s office did not provide additional comment on the governor’s remarks when approached by Fox News Digital Tuesday afternoon. Amid his meetings in Davos, Newsom was photographed with left-wing billionaire Alex Soros, the son of billionaire philanthropist George Soros, who is also attending the World Economic Forum. Trump announced in January that he would levy a 10% tariff on Denmark, Norway, Sweden, France, Germany, the U.K., the Netherlands and Finland starting Feb. 1 if no deal to acquire Greenland is reached. The tariffs are bumped to 25% on June 1 if there is no deal at that stage, the president said, which has flared tensions with European leaders. TRUMP EXPLAINS WHY HE POSTED MACRON, RUTTE PRIVATE TEXT MESSAGES ON SOCIAL MEDIA “The proposed additional tariffs are a mistake, especially between long-standing allies. The European Union and the United States have agreed to a trade deal last July. And in politics, as in business, a deal is a deal,” European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said at the forum. Trump was asked about Newsom’s presence in Davos Tuesday during a press briefing considering the pair’s ongoing political spats that commonly focus on Trump criticizing the left-wing governor’s policies in the deep blue state. “I had a very good relationship with Gavin Newsom when we were, you know, in office together,” Trump told the media, referring to his first term in the Oval Office. “I was president. He was the governor of California. We had a really … he would talk about it often. And, somewhere, we just went astray. I just, I just hate the way California is being run. “We actually have people leaving. It’s never happened before, but I hate the way it’s being run. He and I had a very good relationship. Really, close to the word exceptional, but now we seem not to.”
Trump rips ‘crooked’ Ilhan Omar as House ramps up investigation into exploding net worth
President Donald Trump slammed Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., a member of the far-left “Squad” in the House, over her multimillion-dollar net worth during a news conference from the White House Tuesday afternoon. Trump called the Somali-born lawmaker from Minnesota “crooked” Tuesday amid a probe by congressional Republicans on the House Oversight Committee looking into how Omar’s wealth exploded after she became a lawmaker. In just one year, Omar’s net worth reportedly jumped $30 million, according to financial disclosures first reported last week. “I was told that Ilhan Omar is worth $30 million,” Trump then quipped. “She never had a job. She’s a crooked congressman. So here you – it’s another one. ILHAN OMAR ACCUSES NOEM OF ‘LIES AND PROPAGANDA’ ON MINNESOTA ARRESTS “Nobody talks about the fact that $19 billion, at a minimum, is missing in Minnesota, given to a large degree, but, by Somalians — they’ve taken it. Somalians. Can you imagine? And they don’t do it. A lot of very low-IQ people, they don’t do it. Other people work it out, and they get them money, and they go out and buy Mercedes-Benzes. “They have no money. They never had money. They never had a life. They never had a government. They never had a country because there’s basically no country. Somalia is not even a country. They don’t have anything that resembles a country. And if it is a country, it’s considered just about the worst in the world. They come here, and they become rich, and they don’t have a job,” Trump complained from the podium in the White House briefing room before turning his focus to Omar. Omar denied being a millionaire earlier this year, posting on X that she “barely” has thousands, let alone “millions” and has argued she is being targeted by House Republicans’ investigation. The concern, according to Republican Oversight Chairman James Comer, is tied to both Omar and her politically connected husband Tim Mynett. Omar disclosed 2024 evaluations of Rose Lake Capital LLC, a business firm co-founded by her husband, at somewhere between $5 million and $25 million in 2024. Just one year before, in 2023, she reported that the same company’s value was between $1 and $1,000. TRUMP SAYS MEDIA FOCUSES TOO MUCH ON MINNESOTA ICE COVERAGE, NOT ENOUGH ON CORRUPTION ALLEGATIONS Meanwhile, a winery registered in Santa Rosa, California, that first appeared on Omar’s disclosure reports in 2020, reported a value between $1 million and $5 million in 2024. The company, ESTCRU LLC, was evaluated at just $15,000 to $50,000 the previous year. Trump on Tuesday took to the White House briefing room to tout his achievements roughly one year after he was sworn in for his second term, including the arrest of thousands of criminals in Minnesota amid his administration’s federal immigration enforcement efforts in the state. Trump also slammed Minnesota and its leaders for the rampant fraud the Trump administration has been investigating involving the state’s large Somalian population. “Ilhan Omar, she comes from Somalia, a backward country,” Trump added from the podium Tuesday. “But she’ll come here, and then she wants to tell us how to run our country. ‘The Constitution says that I have a title to this.’ I can’t stand her.” In addition to House Republicans, officials within the Trump administration have also reportedly indicated they are aware of allegations against Omar and would be looking into them.
Trump says criminal illegal aliens ‘make Hells Angels look like the sweetest people on Earth’
President Donald Trump said criminal illegal aliens being removed from the U.S. are so violent, they “make the Hells Angels look like the sweetest people on Earth,” arguing tougher border enforcement is now driving what he called “reverse migration.” Trump made the remarks during a White House press briefing Tuesday, where he displayed images of individuals ICE agents are targeting in U.S. cities, including Minneapolis. The president said that for the first time in 50 years, more illegal immigrants are now leaving the country than entering it, blaming prior border policies under former President Joe Biden’s administration for allowing dangerous criminals into the U.S. “You remember when they used to say the people who come into our country as immigrants are very nice people — they’re wonderful people — they don’t commit crime?” Trump said. “No. They make our criminals look like babies. They make our Hells Angels look like the sweetest people on Earth.” ILLEGAL ALIEN WITH 24 CONVICTIONS AMONG ‘WORST OF THE WORST’ ARRESTED IN MINNESOTA ICE OPERATION: DHS He added that the Hells Angels Motorcycle Club members are now considered “nice, high-quality person,” noting that he likes them because they voted for and protected him. Trump continued, saying some of those being removed came from foreign prisons, including prisons in Congo. “Some of the toughest, meanest people you’ll ever meet,” he said. “They allowed them to come into America. These are tough people.” WHITE HOUSE BLAMES DEMOCRATS FOR ICE VIOLENCE AS MINNEAPOLIS ERUPTS, INSURRECTION ACT THREAT LOOMS White House officials say the administration’s enforcement efforts are focused on removing illegal immigrants with violent felony records, gang affiliations, or outstanding warrants. As part of the crackdown, ICE has expanded targeted operations in several major metropolitan areas, prioritizing individuals with serious criminal histories. MINNESOTA DEM COMPARES ICE OPERATIONS TO 1930S GERMANY, ADDING ‘NOTHING SHOULD BE OFF THE TABLE’ TO STOP IT That enforcement push has been particularly visible in Minnesota. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem said Monday that more than 10,000 criminal illegal immigrants have been arrested in and around Minneapolis, underscoring the administration’s focus on interior enforcement. The federal immigration enforcement effort in Minnesota — part of a broader nationwide crackdown — has become one of the administration’s most visible operations, with authorities emphasizing that many of those targeted have serious criminal records. Tensions escalated after an ICE officer fatally shot Renee Good during a confrontation earlier this month, a case that has sparked protests and drawn national attention. Demonstrations have continued for weeks, with faith groups, labor unions and community organizers planning coordinated actions — including an economic blackout protest — to voice their anger at the operation and to mourn the woman’s death.
Spanberger signals left bent after centrist campaign; GOP leader warns Dems will ‘Fairfax the rest of VA’
Newly minted Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger campaigned as a pragmatic centrist, while critics said her day-one actions depict a very different four years the Old Dominion is about to experience. In a flurry of executive orders after her inauguration, the Democrat rescinded ex-Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s 287(g) order that instituted cooperation with ICE, and seized on broad affordability initiatives, including housing regulation reviews that align with progressive approaches to zoning. Virginia House Minority Leader Terry Kilgore, R-Cumberland Gap, saw his razor-thin 2025 minority get slashed to 36-64 after November’s wave election that Spanberger also won. When asked about one of Spanberger’s key executive orders, establishing a “process for housing affordability,” and how critics warned what that may mean for intervention in local zoning matters, Kilgore said that when it comes down to it, “government’s not always the answer.” FOX NEWS POLL: HOW SPANBERGER WON VIRGINIA GOVERNOR “What you have to do is allow the free market to go in and build the houses and get a rate of return. But a lot of bills that we’re passing here now; a landlord-tenant [bill] would keep folks if they’re not paying their rent [have] longer to come up with their rent, gives them all kinds of options there,” Kilgore said. “When folks are investing money, and they are losing money because they can’t get folks out because they’re not paying their rent, they’re not going to invest in the commonwealth.” He criticized how Spanberger’s orders often created commissions or panels, remarking, “Virginia needs affordability now; that’s what was campaigned on.” SPANBERGER SAYS ‘ABSOLUTELY NOT’ TO USING ELECTION WINS TO JUSTIFY GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN STANCE “We’re willing as a Republican caucus to [step] up right now. There are things we can do to make Virginia more affordable… We don’t need a study. Let’s work on it right now and address what we can.” Fox News Digital reached out to Spanberger for comment on whether her executive order would potentially lead to overriding local zoning policies – and for more clarity on her definition of “affordable” in terms of housing, and on her 287(g) rescission. Spanberger’s order said she would “support, encourage, coordinate, and innovate using the fullest powers of state government in partnership with local governments and the nonprofit and private sectors to create practical solutions that meet the housing needs of Virginians.” SHOWDOWN FOR THE HOUSE: DEMOCRATS, REPUBLICANS BRACE FOR HIGH-STAKES MIDTERM CLASH Del. Wren Williams, R-Stuart, told Fox News Digital that the flurry of orders, including the housing affordability one, is “exactly what we said would happen.” “Gov. Spanberger campaigned as a centrist pragmatist, but she was a progressive in moderate’s clothing from the start.” “Her ‘affordable housing’ order raises serious questions about whether this administration will override local zoning authority across the commonwealth. Virginians were sold a facade of practical solutions to make the commonwealth affordable—instead, they’re getting Zohran Mamdani-style collectivism dressed up as housing policy.” ‘FULL-BLOWN BATTLE’ BREWING IN DEM PARTY AS MAMDANI-STYLE CANDIDATES RISE IN KEY RACES Another top concern for Virginia Republicans is a push by Spanberger and Senate Leader L. Louise Lucas, D-Portsmouth, to redraw the state’s congressional map in a way that would leave only one GOP-held seat — represented by Rep. Morgan Griffith — in an otherwise purple state. “The Democrats are pursuing redrawing our lines in the commonwealth of Virginia to basically ‘Fairfax’ the rest of Virginia. That’s what I’m calling it because all the lines that are being drawn across the commonwealth to make it a 10-1 Democrat majority in Virginia.” He said the lines proposed by Democrats don’t connect “communities of interest,” remarking that Washington suburbs have little in common with the Shenandoah Valley and so forth. “[Democrats] say it’s because there’s a threat to democracy. I don’t know what the threat to democracy is or who’s threatening anybody over democracy. So it’s just a power grab,” he said. Republicans also suggested the leftward pivot is two-front, as Kilgore’s office shared a slew of what they dubbed the “bad bills” that the new legislature has already crafted for Spanberger. VIRGINIA SLAMMED FOR ‘TRULY DEMONIC’ ELECTION THAT EXCUSED POLITICAL VIOLENCE TO SPITE TRUMP, CRITICS SAY Several create new sales taxes, including 4.3% on Amazon and food-delivery services, 3.8% additional investment tax on top of the state income tax, which critics said would unnecessarily harm low-and-mid-tier investors, and a ban on gas-powered leaf blowers. Another so-called “bad bill” would extend the absentee ballot acceptance period, prohibit hand-counting of ballots, allow internet-based voting, lower robbery penalties, and enact several Second Amendment-related taxes. Kilgore said housing affordability also includes energy costs, adding Spanberger indicated she would reenter Virginia into RGGI, the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative. He noted another Democrat-led energy-industry state – Pennsylvania – just took itself out of the pact. However, Kilgore also agreed with observers who warn that Spanberger and Richmond Democrats’ swift pivot from the Youngkin years may lead to voter backlash in the midterms. Sen. Mark Warner, a former Democratic governor himself, is up for re-election, as are all members of the U.S. House and state delegates and senators. “Virginia is not a liberal state. A lot of folks think, ‘Oh, [Democrats] got their trifecta now’, but… we’re a moderate state,” Kilgore said. “We are already looking at these bills – the pendulum swings back. I’ve been in politics a long time, and I’ve seen the pendulum go back and forth in the commonwealth of Virginia, and I’m sure that we’ll be back.” Fox News Digital’s Kiera McDonald contributed to this report.
Blue-state university sparks outrage with ‘decolonizing medicine’ course challenging the ‘White body’ standard
A course offered by the University of Maryland for the 2026 spring semester is sparking outrage from experts, including two who told Fox News Digital it represents “identity politics” getting in the way of proper education. “This course provides a comprehensive foundation of how colonial legacies continue to shape global health systems and medical practices,” the University of Maryland website says about the class called “Decolonizing Medicine: Steps to Actionable Change,” first reported by College Fix. The course description continues, “We will critically engage with the concept of ‘the White body’ as the standard in medical training, explore the consequences of the historical context underpinning colonial medicine, and interrogate neocolonial dynamics in contemporary global health efforts. Designed for students interested in careers in medicine, public health, or health policy, this course will challenge students to rethink the ethical and epistemological frameworks that underlie modern healthcare.” Weekly topics, according to the syllabus, include “Medicine as a Colonial Project,” “Indigenous Medicine and Knowledge Systems,” “Structural Violence in Public Health,” and “Intersectionality as a Decolonial Tool in Modern Medicine,” with assigned readings drawn from works such as Medical Apartheid, The Killing of the Black Body, and critical race theory scholarship. GOT A SCOOP ON CAMPUS? SEND US A TIP HERE “While this one-credit course at Maryland is predictable, it is nonetheless troubling,” Reagan Dugan, director of higher education initiatives at Defending Education, told Fox News Digital. “Coursework that frames medicine as problematic because of its ‘colonial legacy’ is both historically and scientifically unfounded. The coursework seems to go even further and push critical theory into the classrooms of our future health leaders. Instead of training future doctors to serve all patients well, this emphasis appears to encourage them to see patients as oppressor and oppressed. Our institutions should train medical students in medicine, not progressive orthodoxy.” WATCHDOG URGES DOJ PROBE OF TOP RESEARCH UNIVERSITY OVER ALLEGED ILLEGAL DEI PRACTICES: ‘DEFIES COMMON SENSE’ The class is facilitated by students rather than a listed faculty instructor, according to the syllabus, and includes explicit guidance encouraging students to share their preferred pronouns and self-identified aspects of their identity in classroom discussions. Dr. Kurt Miceli, medical director at Do No Harm, told Fox News Digital, “These courses focused on identity politics unfortunately shift attention from evidence-based reasoning to ideological framing, which risks confusing political analysis with clinical judgment.” “Over time, trust in the profession gets undermined, particularly if patients feel their care is being filtered through a political lens rather than grounded in biology, data, and individualized medical need,” Miceli said. Fox News Digital reached out to the University of Maryland for comment. Fox News Digital has extensively reported on universities across the country injecting social justice advocacy into curriculum, including in December when a Defending Education report revealed the accreditation process for bachelor’s and master’s social work programs at top U.S. universities is rife with DEI, critical race theory and other far-left agenda items.