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Financial literacy classes growing in high schools, with middle school the next target

Personal finance classes have become a requirement for high school graduation in dozens of states in the past few years, sparking hope for activists that financial literacy is finally receiving the support it deserves. A tracker from Next Gen Personal Finance shows that in 2020, only eight states had a standalone personal finance course available...

Online content moderation is an exercise of free speech

The conduct-vs.-speech game is lose-lose, especially when applied to the internet.

Graham suggests he would support House-led aid, border security proposal

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) suggested Sunday he would support the House-led proposal that would include funding for Ukraine, Israel and provisions on the southern border. “Yes, I'm saying that the House proposal, it depends on how it's written, makes perfect sense to me. I think you'll pick up six to eight Republicans who want to...

Haley dodges questions over whether she would support Trump nomination: ‘Y’all can talk about support later’

Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley on Sunday would not say directly whether she would support former President Trump if he’s the ultimate party nominee for president. During the first 2024 GOP primary debate, Haley was among the vast majority of candidates who raised their hands to signal they’d support Trump if he’s the party nominee,...

Cruz: Senate GOP leadership should show ‘some backbone’ in bringing up Mayorkas impeachment trial

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) on Sunday called on his GOP colleagues in the upper chamber to demonstrate "some backbone" and push for an impeachment trial for Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, who was impeached by the GOP-led House last week. Mayrokas became the first Cabinet official to be impeached since the 1870s in last Tuesday's...

Cruz says he doesn’t know if McConnell runs for reelection if Trump wins White House

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) on Sunday said he is unsure if Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) will run for reelection if former President Trump takes back the White House in November, given the frequent tension between the two men. Pressed by "Sunday Morning Futures" host Maria Bartiromo if he believes McConnell will not run...

Watch out — California’s damaging gig workers law is going nationwide 

When it comes to bad politicians and bad legislation, what happens in California seldom stays in California. 

Michael Cohen suggests Trump’s mounting legal fees make him ‘thoroughly compromised’: ‘He is for sale’

Michael Cohen — who long served as former President Trump’s personal lawyer and fixer — warned Sunday of the potential risk of sending Trump back to the White House with mounting legal fees and financial liabilities. “We need to be very careful about him as a potential president because he is for sale,” Cohen, now...

Kansas City mayor accuses governor of racial ‘dog whistle’ for calling Super Bowl parade shooters ‘thugs’

Missouri Gov. Mike Parson used a racial "dog whistle" when referring to the suspects in the Super Bowl parade shooting as "thugs," Kansas City's mayor says.

Hochul apologizes after saying Israel ‘has right to defend itself’ with ‘inappropriate’ Canada analogy

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul apologized for an "inappropriate analogy" after comments some said implied Israel has the right to destroy Gaza after Oct. 7.

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