A few years back, one could not have imagined a professor’s stipulation for in-class essay writing being met with demands for in-class grading. Now, it seems less far off. When ChatGPT entered schools in 2022, it ranked high on the list of concerns and remains there. Many schools, particularly colleges, take a “balanced” position on […]
You have likely heard about the Democratic policies that have been running residents out of Democrat-run states such as California, New York, and Illinois. But you may not have heard that Pennsylvania is going through the same process. Penn State University is closing seven of its 20 campuses in the state, citing Pennsylvania’s declining population. According to a report commissioned by […]
The Moody’s ratings agency downgraded U.S. creditworthiness Friday from the triple-A category to double-A, as Republicans work to pass a massive bill to cut taxes and spending that would add nearly $4 trillion to the federal deficit. Moody’s dropped the U.S. rating from its “Aaa” category to “Aa1” on concerns over increased debts and interest...
Pope Leo XIV has offered to host a peace deal between Russia and Ukraine at the Vatican, while Cardinal Pietro Parolin called the failure of the two sides to reach a truce in Istanbul "tragic".
{beacon} HOUSE REPUBLICANS WILL REGROUP over the weekend, as they search of a way forward on President Trump’s agenda bill after suffering a stunning setback Friday. Conservative fiscal hawks, insisting the bill doesn’t do enough to address the federal deficit or Medicaid work requirements, prevented the bill from advancing out of the House Budget...
President Trump’s legislative agenda is hanging by a thread as House Republican leaders scramble to make last-minute changes to their “big, beautiful bill” and cut deals to appease warring factions of the party. The latest setback came Friday, when four spending hawks tanked a key vote in the House Budget Committee to advance the legislation...
The federal judge overseeing the case of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the man mistakenly deported to El Salvador, blasted the Trump administration Friday for not giving her enough material to decide whether it can invoke the state secrets privilege. U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis said a declaration submitted by Secretary of State Marco Rubio, which seeks...
U2's lead singer Bono claimed during a recent interview that the possibility of another world war breaking out is more likely now than at any point in his lifetime. “Nationalism is not what we need. We grew up in a very charged atmosphere in Ireland. It makes you suspicious of nationalism and those animal spirits...