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Book bans hit another record high: PEN America

After already soaring to record peaks, book bans in U.S. schools have hit a new high, according to free speech advocacy group PEN America. In the first half of the current school year, the group found more than 4,000 instances of book bans, beating the number found in the entire 2022-2023 academic year. The...

School district budgets catch long COVID

When temporary pandemic aid expires later this year, school districts across the country will be hit with a triple whammy.

American Airlines pilots union warns of ‘significant spike’ in safety problems 

A union representing pilots for American Airlines warned over the weekend that there has been a “significant spike” in safety problems at the airline. “APA has been tracking a significant spike in safety- and maintenance-related problems in our operation," the safety committee of the Allied Pilots Association (APA) wrote in a memo dated April 13....

Speaker Johnson calls ouster threat ‘absurd’

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) pushed back on the growing ouster effort against him Tuesday, calling it “absurd” and “not helpful.” The comment came shortly after Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) announced he would co-sponsor Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s (R-Ga.) motion to vacate resolution, becoming the first lawmaker to publicly back the Georgia Republican’s measure. “It is,...

Ending crippling debt seizure is one solution to our student loan nightmare

Congress can stop the federal student aid program from pushing families into poverty by banning earned income tax credit, child tax credit and Social Security seizures as a method of collecting debt.

White House deems House impeachment inquiry ‘over,’ President Biden formally declines to testify

President Biden formally declined to testify at the request of House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer, R-Ky. regarding his family's business dealings.

Massie threatens to oust Speaker Johnson if he doesn’t step down over foreign aid plan

Speaker Mike Johnson is facing another threat to oust him from leadership as he struggles to navigate a fractured and unruly conference.

Biden under fire for shutting down US oil production, urged to impose sanctions on Venezuela

FIRST ON FOX: Senate Republicans are calling on President Biden to revoke sanctions relief for Venezuela over the nation's apparent violation of an agreement with opposition leaders.

Bragg files motion to hold Trump in contempt for alleged gag order violations, threatens 30 days of jail time

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg has filed a motion to hold former President Trump in contempt of court, claiming he violated the gag order imposed upon him by publishing three social media posts relating to two known witnesses in his criminal trial—Michael Cohen and Stormy Daniels.

GOP lawmaker demands action from Japan PM on key issue impacting hundreds of US children abroad

GOP Rep. Chris Smith is calling on Japan's prime minister to act to ensure that hundreds of American children abducted by their parents in Japan are reunited with their families.

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