Harvard under fire (again): The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has launched a new civil rights investigation into Harvard University—this time over its hiring practices, our Aaron Sibarium scoops. The commission is probing whether the school “engaged in a pattern or practice of disparate treatment” in faculty hiring that discriminated against white, Asian, male, or straight applicants.
“In a document initiating the investigation, the EEOC cited materials on Harvard’s website—many of them now deleted—in which the school bragged about increasing the number of ‘women, non-binary, and/or people of color’ on the faculty. The largest increase was in the share of non-white tenure-track faculty, which rose by 37 percent between 2013 and 2023,” Sibarium writes.
“Harvard may have violated and may be continuing to violate Title VII,” acting EEOC commissioner Andrea Lucas wrote in the document, pointing to the school’s fellowships and programs that only accept non-white applicants.
Lucas also noted that the statistics cited in Harvard’s own reports could be evidence of a “pattern or practice of discrimination.”
READ MORE: EXCLUSIVE: Trump Administration Launches Civil Rights Probe of Harvard’s Hiring Practices
Keeping up with the Clintons: Joe Biden’s recent return to the public spotlight might not be about civic duty or salvaging his legacy—it may simply be about cold, hard cash.
“The trough is empty, the spigot has shut down. They need a way to get back in the game to make big money to have the grandchildren fed and clothed and flown first class,” journalist Mark Halperin said last week, citing a source familiar with the Biden family.
As our Andrew Stiles notes, Biden and his wife “are both working on books that no one will want to read.” Jill Biden’s 2022 biography sold just 250 copies in its first week, and her husband’s debut on the paid speaking circuit has been a bust.
“Most Americans would agree that what’s happening to the Bidens is painfully tragic and unfair,” Stiles writes. “That explains why Jill Biden was so desperate to stay in the White House, her husband’s dementia be damned. The Biden family went from living large to begging for pardons to stay out of prison. Biden’s exit from the political arena means his son, Hunter, and brother, Jim, no longer have anything of value to offer the world.”
Sadly, the odds of the Bidens being able to maintain the “lavish lifestyle” they’ve grown accustomed to are looking grim. As Halperin pointed out, Hunter “does not have great earning capacity” these days.
READ MORE: Keeping Up With the Clintons: How the Bidens Went Broke, and How to Fix It
Wright targets green giveaways: In an interview with the Free Beacon, Energy Secretary Chris Wright said the Trump administration may soon be canceling billions in Biden-era green energy loans that don’t serve U.S energy interests or benefit American taxpayers.
“We’re not going to lend billions of dollars to companies with no money in the technology—who knows if it’s gonna work?” Wright told the Free Beacon. “And even if it did work, it wouldn’t add a lot of energy to the United States. If this loan is going to make life for the American people better, then we’re in favor of it.”
Biden’s Department of Energy “closed on 25 loans worth $60.6 billion and issued conditional commitments on loans for 27 projects worth $46.9 billion,” our Thomas Catenacci reports, with more than 80 percent of those closures and commitments coming after President Donald Trump’s 2024 election victory.
The energy secretary’s remarks “reflect many of the same concerns expressed by critics who say the Biden administration weaponized its lending authority to fund risky green energy projects like solar panel assembly plants, electric vehicle battery manufacturing, and hydrogen power facilities,” writes Catenacci.
READ MORE: Trump Energy Sec Hints at Canceling Billions of Dollars of Biden’s Green Energy Loans
Away from the Beacon:
- ABC News reported Sunday that Qatar is set to donate a Boeing 747-8 jumbo jet to the U.S. government for President Trump’s use as Air Force One. Ownership of the jet will later transfer to Trump’s presidential library. In a statement to the Washington Post, Ali Al-Ansari, Qatar’s media attaché, acknowledged that discussions were taking place but said “no decision has been made.” What could go wrong?
- The Times of Israel’s Emanuel Fabian reported Sunday that the IDF has withdrawn its Nahal Brigade from the West Bank as it prepares for a major Gaza offensive aimed at conquering territory, moving civilians south, and blocking Hamas from hijacking humanitarian aid.
- Just weeks before seeking arrest warrants for Israeli leaders, Karim Khan, chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, was accused of multiple sexual assaults by a female subordinate, the Wall Street Journal reported Saturday. The timing of the charges against the Israeli officials has made people wonder: Was Khan looking to shift focus from the misconduct claims against him when he dropped the hammer on Israel?
- CNN’s Abby Phillip on Saturday mocked Bernie Sanders for defending his use of private jets while denouncing billionaires, asking: “Can you fight the oligarchs from coach?”
