Trump admin is withholding over $6 billion in school grants
On Monday, the Trump administration notified states that it was withholding over $6 billion in previously approved federal education grants to schools. The announcement came [...]
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Reflections on the agency that Trump dismantled Goats and Soda
A storied US agency, one that began under President Kennedy in 1961 with the aim of providing global stability through a wide array of humanitarian aid and development [...]
Jury deliberation ongoing
As the jury began deliberating in the high-profile federal criminal trial of Sean Combs on Monday, a clear narrative struggle came into focus, one that will decide whether or [...]
Trump to visit ‘Alligator Alcatraz,’ Florida detention site
President Trump is due in Florida on Tuesday to visit what’s been dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz,” a controversial migrant detention center in the Everglades [...]
Zahran Mamdani interview; Democracy in U.S. poll
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