Senate Republicans have until Friday to pass a $9.4 billion rescissions package requested by President Donald Trump last month. Otherwise, they will be forced to start the process all over again, virtually ending Congress’s chance of making permanent the spending cuts the Department of Government Efficiency put in place earlier this year.  “We have other rescission packages that we will send if […]

A CRASH COURSE IN ARTICLE II. Among other things, the second Trump administration is giving the political world an education in the meaning of Article II of the Constitution, the article that establishes the executive branch and lays out the president’s powers. A lot of people do not like what they are learning. “The executive power […]

New results from a Wednesday Lumina Foundation-Gallup education survey shows confidence in higher education has gone up for the first time in a decade during a turbulent time for the sector. Public confidence has spiked to 42 percent in higher education institutions, up from 36 percent in 2024 and 2023. Confidence levels have been...