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Biden calls for order on campuses. At least 200 people were arrested overnight at UCLA, bringing the nationwide total of arrests to more than 2,000 at dozens of college campuses. Demonstrations – and arrests – have occurred in almost every corner of the nation. At Dartmouth College around 90 people were arrested May 1, hours after an encampment had set up. The protests have drawn the most attention in recent days at the University of California, Los Angeles, where on May 2 officers in riot gear surged against a crowd of demonstrators. President Biden is insisting that “order must prevail” on campuses but opposes sending in the National Guard.

Conservatives have urged U.S. college leaders to crack down on antisemitism. Now a bipartisan bill in Congress amplifies that message, but also reveals the complexities of defining what antisemitism is.