The map of flu activity across the United States continues to darken, both figuratively and literally, as case numbers spike upward in most states, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
The Nation’s Report Card is sparking calls to action as dismal scores on reading and math show students across the country have failed to academically recover from the pandemic. Data released Wednesday in the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), commonly referred to as the Nation's Report Card, showed reading scores have fallen even further...
Former Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) has backed Wisconsin state party chair Ben Wikler to lead the Democratic National Committee (DNC), following an endorsement by Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) earlier this month. “For several years, I have had the honor and success to work with Ben Wikler from his thousands of events to save...
President Trump has signed an executive order freeing up federal funds for school choice programs and ordering the creation of guidance on how states can use federal money for K-12 scholarships. The signed order, previously confirmed by a White House official, says the Department of Education must prioritize school choice in discretionary grant programs....
President Trump signed an executive order Wednesday seeking to fight antisemitism on college campuses and vowing action against "Hamas sympathizers" among student populations. Antisemitism has spiked on campuses after Hamas's Oct. 7, 2023 attack on Israel, and pro-Palestinian protests roiled campuses last spring, with more than 2,000 arrests at universities across the country. Trump is...
President Trump this week revoked a security detail for retired Gen. Mark Milley and announced an investigation into the former Joint Chiefs chair’s conduct, enacting promised retribution while also sending a chilling message to military brass. Trump, who also revoked Milley’s security clearance in orders to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, has long clashed with Milley,...
Senate Republicans backed a Wednesday effort from Texas GOP Sen. Ted Cruz to defund the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). Cruz has unsuccessfully tried to disassemble the agency in the past and is now working to reduce the amount of funding it receives from the Federal Reserve to zero. “The CFPB is an unelected, unaccountable...
A Houston man who was pardoned by President Trump over his role in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol is wanted in Texas on older solicitation charges, a district attorney's office confirmed this week. The Harris County District Attorney’s Office said Andrew Taake, 36, who was pardoned by Trump last week, is wanted...
Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) on Wednesday hit President Trump over what he called “photo op” immigration raids following the president's flurry of immigration orders. “I think an [Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)] raid, to me anyway, when you're going into a school or in a community, you do it very publicly with cameras, you're looking...
Former Sen. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) decried his corruption case as a “political prosecution" and invoked President Trump's legal battles as proof of a crooked justice system after he was sentenced to 11 years in prison Wednesday. “President Trump was right,” Menendez said outside the New York federal courthouse. “This process is political, and it’s corrupted...
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Wednesday moved to strike race and sex as considerations for military promotions, with plans for a new Pentagon task force to promote “merit-based, color-blind policies” throughout the U.S. military. In a new memo with the subject line “Restoring America’s Fighting Force,” Hegseth writes that the Defense Department’s (DOD) mission is to “win...
