Columbia sets deadline for protesters to leave campus

People gather in support of the encampment of pro-Palestinian protesters on the campus of University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) EPA EFE

Thank you for following along with our coverage of the campus protests across the US today.

We brought you reporting from Tom Bateman in Dallas, Texas; Nomia Iqbal, Phil McCausland and Morgan Gisholt Minard in New York; Regan Morris in Los Angeles; and Mike Wendling in Waukesha, Wisconsin.

Here's a recap of the some of the day's key moments:

  • Police moved in to clear protest camps on a number of campuses on Wednesday, including at the University of Texas at Dallas
  • Arrests also took place at Fordham University in New York
  • New York City Mayor Eric Adams said police made 300 arrests at Columbia University and the City College of New York on Tuesday night
  • During a campaign rally in Wisconsin, former President Donald Trump described the police raid at Columbia as "a beautiful thing to watch"
  • At least a dozen protesters were arrested at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Four police officers sustained injuries as the situation escalated outside the university library
  • Rival protesters clashed on campus at the University of California, Los Angeles , dozens were reported injured
  • California Gov Gavin Newsom's office called the "limited and delayed" campus law enforcement response at UCLA's campus "unacceptable."
  • There have been more than 1,000 arrests in the last two weeks as pro-Palestinian protests continue on campuses across the US

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