Mike Johnson on the clock
House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., passed an interim spending bill to avert a government shutdown, but will it be enough…
‘Lowering the bar’: New York might cut Regents exam as graduation requirement for high school students
The New York State Education Department is considering eliminating the Regents exam as a graduation requirement for high school students,…
‘Eliminate another barrier’: Teachers’ union seeks to end basic skills test requirement for aspiring educators
A New Jersey teachers' union is seeking to eliminate the basic skills test requirement for aspiring educators, according to a…
‘What a disgrace’: MIT student launches anti-Israel rant during math lecture but viewers are shocked by professor’s reaction
A video of a Massachusetts Institute of Technology student interrupting a mathematics lecture so that he can launch a rant…
While Americans are tightening their belts, the government is a pig feeding at the trough
With inflation rampant, it’s been an incredibly tough couple of years for Americans. Their real disposable personal income is down,…
House GOP gears up to pick new speaker nominee amid crowded field
House Republicans will meet Tuesday morning to pick a new speaker nominee from a crowded field, though it remains unclear…
House Republicans are making a gamble with a possible Jim Jordan speakership
If House Republicans elect hard-charging Jim Jordan as speaker on Tuesday, they will be picking an election denier who is…
It’s been 14 days without a speaker. Here’s what needs to happen in the House
It's been 14 days since eight Republicans were able to bounce former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy from the top position…
Jordan faces grim prospects in speaker’s fight after whirlwind week for House GOP
After a series of setbacks, Republicans ended the week no closer to electing a new speaker as deep internal divisions…
Shorter summer breaks and free tutoring: How some schools are tackling pandemic learning loss
The significant learning loss experienced during the Covid-19 pandemic coupled with a historic federal investment in K-12 education made the…