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Conservative student exposes Midwestern college for preventing Turning Point USA chapter
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A conservative student from Beloit College in Wisconsin says her school is blocking students from establishing a new Turning Point USA (TPUSA) club on campus and has failed to adequately protect its members from harassment and threats they have faced for trying to do so.
On Oct. 1, Jocelyn Jordan and some of her classmates began applying to start a new Turning Point USA chapter at Beloit College, requiring them to find a faculty advisor, among a list of other requirements needed to start a club on campus.
Every faculty member the students have asked thus far, including the dean of students, refused to help them, according to Jordan, who said she was advised to establish a group that does not have the Turning Point name attached to it. Jordan also claimed a member of the student government said that even if they were to find a faculty advisor, they still would not be able to establish a Turning Point chapter on campus.
Meanwhile, Jordan and her classmates began promoting their club on social media around mid-October, leading to a harassment campaign targeting the students for their efforts to create a chapter of the Republican group, first founded by assassinated conservative activist Charlie Kirk, on their campus. The harassment initially included disturbing imagery posted on the group’s new Instagram page, referring to Jordan and her co-founders as Nazis, Ku Klux Klan members and White supremacists, but eventually devolved into threats.
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An image of the lawn at Beloit College in Wisconsin is set next to one of the harassing images Republican students have received amid their efforts to start a new Turning Point USA chapter on campus. (Jocelyn Jordan and Universal Images Group via Getty Images)
However, Jordan said the university dismissed the students’ initial harassment concerns, telling them there was nothing faculty could do because they could not identify who was making the harassing posts. When the harassment devolved into threats, Jordan filed a subsequent police report, a move that appeared to spur greater action from the college, which eventually banned one of the main harassers from campus, who Jordan said was an alumnus working in food service on campus at the time.
«As a student, I should feel comfortable coming to campus no matter what beliefs I have, no matter what I identify as, no matter who I want to be. And, at this moment, I don’t feel comfortable,» Jordan told Fox News Digital. «I mean, it took three and a half weeks for [Beloit College] to even address the situation, and that doesn’t give me much hope for how this is going to turn out for Turning Point.»
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In addition to banning the alumnus from campus, the college also sent out an email, which Jordan described as «vague» and pointed out that it came after weeks of their complaints that fell on deaf ears, warning students about hateful rhetoric towards other students. The email did mention an incident of late that included «the depiction of other Beloit students as dangerous radicals, Nazis, or monsters seeking to cause harm.»
«I want to remind everyone that our Student Handbook states that social media harassment … is prohibited behavior,» the email added. «Engaging thoughtfully around difference is hard, but that’s why you’ve come to Beloit: to learn to do hard things well and with compassion. So let’s try this. Be kind to one another. Give the benefit of the doubt to other students.»
The harassment campaign targeting Jordan and her classmates was led in part by a now-deleted Instagram page titled «bc_friendly_fan_edits,» which posted a photo of the potential Turning Point board members at Beloit photoshopped around Charlie Kirk in a casket and Donald Trump on a cross. The same group also posted a sexualized depiction of a female Nazi with Jordan’s face juxtaposed on it. The photo was captioned «#bullythebigots.»
Another harasser sent the group’s new Instagram page direct messages calling them «cowards» and laughing about the fact they have been unable to find a faculty advisor to support them. «Careful yall. The Klan members (tpusa_beloit) are calling in their gang (local police) to invoke fear in brown people within the community because they couldn’t handle the consequences of their own actions,» said a post sent to the hopeful TPUSA chapter’s new Instagram page via its direct messages. Other posts sought to satirize Turning Point USA’s logo, using it to create a «Meet The Campus Nazis» graphic that called out all the potential chapter members.
«Our first post received over 75 comments in just one day, with more than 90% of them being hateful. We heard every name from klan members to Nazis to white supremacists. Some people even began attacking our appearances, specifically my blonde hair (which isn’t even my natural color lol) and blue eyes,» Jordan wrote in a post on Facebook and X calling out her college for the lack of response to the situation.
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But then the threats started coming in, and things got a little more serious.
«The lack of accountability is showing, but the lack of consequences won’t be,» a comment on one of the hopeful TPUSA chapter’s new Instagram posts said.
Several posts also began chastising Jordan and her classmates for getting the police involved.
«The day a white supremacist Nazi tries me is the day I’ll get to prove why burying authoritarians is a family legacy that I will carry on,» the same harasser who threatened there would be «consequences» posted on their Instagram story. «Come after me I dare you. If I run out of ammo I won’t run out of options. Second Amendment works better when its against Nazis.»
«Imagine hiding your klan behind the police because you couldn’t handle the consequences of your own actions. How very klan-like of you,» said another comment on one of the group’s posts.
The campus of Beloit College, located in Beloit, Wisconsin, is pictured. (Universal Images Group via Getty Images)
In response to this article, Beloit College sent Fox News Digital a lengthy statement saying the school is «committed to fostering respectful open inquiry and encouraging a diversity of perspectives on campus.» The statement also insisted it was «not blocking» the students from a path to club membership, noting it has been «in full accordance with campus policies» and that all potential clubs must follow the same list of requirements.
«The college takes all allegations of threats and harassment against students seriously, including recent ones related to the students interested in forming a Turning Point USA chapter,» the statement said. «Beloit College expects all members of our community to practice compassion and respect towards each other. We are an educational institution, and students learn best within a safe and vibrant campus environment.»
The statement also confirmed that «a recent investigation» led to one individual being banned from the Beloit College campus.
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Jordan told Fox News Digital that she and her classmates are not giving in. The group is still hoping to get their Turning Point chapter a faculty advisor, so that they can become a fully functioning student organization on campus.
In response to the alleged political bias, GOP Wisconsin gubernatorial candidate Josh Schoemann called on Beloit College to «approve the chapter.» Current governor, Democrat Tony Evers, announced his plan to retire earlier this year.
«Beloit College must approve the chapter and take immediate action to protect students from harassment and threats, anything less is a failure of leadership,» Schoemann told Fox News Digital.
«I stand with these students in their fight to establish a Turning Point USA chapter,» Schoemann added, noting that, as governor, he «will ensure that students can freely and safely express their views on campus.»
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A resolution led by Reps. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., and Ro Khanna, D-Calif., aimed at curbing President Donald Trump’s war powers in Iran is getting the blessing of the House of Representatives’ top Democrat.
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., released a statement alongside other Democratic leaders Thursday announcing that they will force a vote on Massie’s resolution next week.
«As soon as Congress reconvenes next week, we will compel a vote of the full House of Representatives on the bipartisan Khanna-Massie War Powers resolution,» the joint statement read.
«This legislation would require the President to come to Congress to make the case for using military force against Iran. The Iranian regime is brutal and destabilizing, seen most recently in the killing of thousands of protesters. However, undertaking a war of choice in the Middle East, without a full understanding of all the attendant risks to our servicemembers and to escalation, is reckless.»
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries is backing an effort by Reps. Thomas Massie and Ro Khanna to force a vote on reining in President Donald Trump’s war powers. (Nathan Posner/Anadolu via Getty Images; Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images; Kenny Holston-Pool/Getty Images)
Jeffries and other top Democrats argued that any military force against Iran would be illegal without approval from Capitol Hill.
«We maintain that any such action would be unconstitutional without consultation with and authorization from Congress. Next week, every Member will have the opportunity to go on the record as to whether they support military action against Iran absent Congressional approval,» they said.
Massie cited Congress’ war powers in the Constitution in unveiling the legislation earlier this month alongside Khanna.
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«Congress must vote on war according to our Constitution,» he posted on X. «[Khanna] and I will be forcing that vote to happen in the House as soon as possible. I will vote to put America first, which means voting against more war in the Middle East.»
Buses that were burned during Iran’s protests, in Tehran, Iran, Jan. 21, 2026. (Majid Asgaripour/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via Reuters)
There are multiple mechanisms for forcing a vote over the will of House leadership. But the quickest route is called a «privileged resolution,» which mandates that a specific piece of legislation is considered by the full chamber within two legislative days of its introduction.
Before a vote on the measure itself, however, House GOP leaders can call for a preliminary vote to «table» the legislation or refer it to the relevant committee, both ways of effectively killing those resolutions.
It’s considered easier for lawmakers in the majority party to vote to kill resolutions on that procedural vote before they have to take a vote on the bill itself.
Reps. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., left, and Ro Khanna, D-Calif., conduct a news conference after reviewing unredacted portions of the Jeffrey Epstein files, outside a Department of Justice office in NoMa on Feb. 9, 2026. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call, Inc. via Getty Images)
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Privileged resolutions, which are traditionally seldom used, have gained popularity in recent years as Republicans grapple with a razor-thin House majority.
In this case, Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., can only afford one GOP defection if all Democrats vote to proceed with blocking Trump’s war powers.
Because Massie is already likely to vote with the minority party, all remaining Republicans in the chamber must vote in lockstep to block the resolution.
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An Egyptian tour guide was arrested after allegedly sketching a stick figure onto the side of the 4,000-year-old Pyramid of Unas while leading a group of tourists.
Video of the incident, which circulated widely on social media, shows the man leaning toward a lower section of the pyramid’s outer casing while tourists stand nearby listening. He is then seen attempting to wipe the markings away with his hand, though remnants remain visible in the footage.
In a post on X, Egypt’s Interior Ministry said the guide «damaged an antiquity by drawing on the outer casing of one of the pyramids» while explaining the site to tourists. Although the initial report mentioned the general Giza area.
The ministry said the investigation was launched after the video spread online, prompting an antiquities inspector to file a report with the Saqqara Tourism Police Station identifying the guide. Officials said the markings were later removed by specialists.
An Egyptian tour guide was arrested after allegedly sketching a stick figure on the 4,000-year-old Pyramid of Unas in Saqqara, officials said. (Egyptian Ministry of Interior)
Authorities apprehended the suspect, who confessed to the act during questioning, according to the ministry.
«Legal measures have been taken,» the ministry added, noting that specialists have since removed the markings.
Local media outlets, citing the Interior Ministry’s investigation, identified the site as the Pyramid of Unas in the Saqqara necropolis south of Giza.
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An Egyptian tour guide was arrested after allegedly sketching a stick figure on the 4,000-year-old Pyramid of Unas in Saqqara, officials said. (Egyptian Ministry of Interior)
B.C. for the Pharaoh Unas, is historically significant for containing the earliest Pyramid Texts. These religious inscriptions consist of more than 200 spells carved into the pyramid’s interior walls, forming what scholars consider the oldest known collection of funerary texts.
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An Egyptian tour guide was arrested after allegedly sketching a stick figure on the 4,000-year-old Pyramid of Unas in Saqqara, officials said. (Egyptian Ministry of Interior)
The pyramid is located within the vast Saqqara necropolis, part of ancient Memphis – Egypt’s first capital and now a UNESCO World Heritage Site that contains a sprawling complex of tombs, temples and pyramids.
Egypt has increased enforcement and preservation efforts at archaeological sites in recent years as officials seek to protect ancient monuments that attract millions of visitors annually.
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Under Egypt’s Antiquities Protection Law, damaging actions such as writing on or damaging archaeological sites can carry prison sentences and fines, with the exact penalties varying by offense.
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Irán y Estados Unidos lograron “progresos” en una nueva ronda de diálogos en Ginebra para evitar una guerra
Irán y Estados Unidos lograron “progresos” en las conversaciones este jueves en Ginebra, afirmó el canciller iraní, Abbas Araqchi, tras las negociaciones indirectas que buscan evitar una guerra.
Estos diálogos, mediados por Omán, transcurren bajo la amenaza del mayor despliegue militar estadounidense en Oriente Medio en décadas.
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Irán insiste en que las negociaciones deben ceñirse al programa nuclear, pero Estados Unidos quiere abordar también el tema de los misiles y el apoyo que da Teherán a grupos armados en Oriente Medio.
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Las dos delegaciones sostuvieron conversaciones durante la mañana en la residencia del embajador de Omán y mantuvieron otra ronda de reuniones que concluyó por la tarde.
“Hemos terminado el día con progresos significativos en la negociación entre Estados Unidos e Irán”, apuntó el canciller de Omán, Badr Albusaidi en la red X. Además dijo que ambos países sostendrán conversaciones a nivel técnico la próxima semana en Viena. El ministro de Exteriores de Omán, Sayyid Badr bin Hamad Al Busaidi (derecha), mantiene una reunión con el enviado especial de la Casa Blanca, Steve Witkoff (centro) y Jared Kushner como parte de una nueva ronda de negociaciones indirectas entre Estados Unidos e Irán, en Ginebra, Suiza, el 26 de febrero de 2026. (Ministerio de Exteriores de Omán vía AP)
El ministro iraní de Relaciones Exteriores, Abbas Araqchi, también informó de “progresos” tras el final de las reuniones y afirmó que se abordaron temas sobre el programa nuclear y el levantamiento de las sanciones.
El canciller indicó que las conversaciones a nivel técnico comenzarán el lunes en Viena y que habrá un nuevo ciclo de negociaciones en menos de una semana.
El argentino Rafael Grossi participó en las negociaciones
El director general del Organismo Internacional de Energía Atómica (OIEA), el argentino Rafael Grossi, participó en las negociaciones, informó una fuente cercana a las conversaciones.
El presidente estadounidense Donald Trump envió a Oriente Medio un dispositivo militar masivo que incluye un portaaviones, el USS Abraham Lincoln, nueve destructores y otros tres buques de combate.
Además movilizó por el Mediterráneo al portaviones más grande del mundo, el USS Gerald R. Ford.
“Soluciones nuevas y creativas”
El diario The Wall Street Journal reportó este jueves que el equipo negociador estadounidense busca exigir que Irán desmantele sus tres principales instalaciones nucleares y entregue todo el uranio enriquecido.
Más temprano, el canciller de Omán afirmó que los negociadores mostraron “una apertura sin precedentes a ideas y soluciones nuevas y creativas”.
El presidente iraní, Masud Pezeshkian, insistió antes de las negociaciones en que su país no busca dotarse de armas nucleares.
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“El tema de las negociaciones (…) se centra en la cuestión nuclear”, dijo el portavoz del Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores iraní Esmail Baqai.
Añadió que su país presionará para que levanten las sanciones a las que se ve sometido y reiterará su derecho “al uso pacífico de la energía nuclear”.
Para el jefe de la diplomacia estadounidense, Marco Rubio, esto es “un gran problema”. “Tenemos que hablar de otros temas además del programa nuclear”, advirtió.
Irán ha “desarrollado misiles que pueden amenazar a Europa y nuestras bases” militares y quiere diseñar otros aún más poderosos, capaces de “alcanzar pronto a Estados Unidos”, aseguró el martes el presidente Trump en su discurso sobre el estado de la Unión.
Irán, que afirma que el alcance máximo de sus misiles es de 2.000 km, tachó de “mentiras” estas afirmaciones. Irán dispone de un amplio arsenal, en particular los Shahab-3, que pueden alcanzar a Israel, su enemigo jurado, y a algunos países de Europa del Este.
(Con información de AFP)
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