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The announcement includes a partnership with the Department of Labor to take on elementary and secondary education programs and institution-level higher education grants; a partnership with the Department of Interior to take on Indian education programs; a partnership with the Department of Health and Human Services to take on childcare programs and foreign medical accreditation programs; and a partnership with the State Department to oversee international education programs.

This is huge news. The Senate Majority Leader, John Thune, indicating that this bill, just passed the United States House by a 427 to 1 vote, now could pass the Senate as soon as tonight. In fact, that is what he just told reporters just moments ago. He said that it could move, quote, fairly quickly in the United State Senate, and that there would not be any changes because of the fact that it was approved by such a large margin.

Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) is pressing the Trump administration for more information on potential plans to "prop up" major AI companies with money from taxpayers.

He did not go quite as far as he could have: he has the power to order the disclosure of these files without Congress's permission. The documents could reveal the involvement in Epstein's sexual trafficking network of dozens of wealthy and influential men, as well as the complicity of financial institutions, judicial bodies, and failures by authorities that allowed him to act with impunity.

213 Democrats, including the entire party leadership, told Johnson that his failure to enforce basic standards of conduct has allowed dehumanizing attacks to become routine on the House floor. "We write to you to strongly condemn the rise in anti-transgender rhetoric, including from members of Congress," the lawmakers wrote, urging Johnson to ensure members of Congress are following rules of decorum and not using their platforms to demonize and scapegoat transgender people.

The Trump administration has not provided a credible rationale for its 21 unauthorized military strikes on vessels in the Western Hemisphere, which have resulted in the extrajudicial killings of dozens of individuals. Nor has this administration explained why it has deployed an invasion-level force of roughly 15,000 troops, a carrier strike group, and military aircraft for a mission it claims is about counter-narcotics,

The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) said today that it has approved award recommendations for 15 states and three territories in the Broadband, Equity, Access and Deployment (BEAD) program. Telecompetitor reached out to all 15 states to ask about any changes made by NTIA. Several states answered us. We will update this post as more responses come in. The upshot: NTIA's changes so far have been relatively minor.

Since the attacks on our country, we have indeed been kissing the proverbial derriere of the American Muslim establishment, and it's time we stopped, she wrote in July 2002. It is now their turn to do the right thing and go out of their way to show us that they are American first and foremost. (The) Muslim establishment in this country should be tripping over themselves to prove they're with us and are loyal and sympathetic, she added.

Over the weekend, it seemed that months of Trump administration stonewalling of the release of the trove of federal documents behind the prosecution of notorious pedophile and sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein came to a close.

But the CPB reversed course under mounting pressure from the Trump administration, according to NPR. The agency redirected federal interconnection funds away from NPR to an entity that didn't exist and wasn't statutorily authorized to receive it, NPR says. CPB attorneys denied that the agency retaliated against NPR to appease Trump. They had argued that NPR's claims are factually and legally meritless. On May 1, Trump issued an executive order that called for federal agencies to stop funding for NPR and PBS.

But I understand why it's important if you're at the New York Times or a network to claim to be completely objective. Vanity Fair's west coast editor shared her thoughts on objectivity vs. subjectivity when asked about the state of the media world and the future of journalism, while talking to Patrick Murray, the director of Monmouth University's Polling Institute at the time. I never had a mandate to be objective and be this news robot, like an AP wire, right? she told Murray.

Would I launch strikes on Mexico to stop drugs? It's OK with me. Whatever we have to do to stop drugs. Mexico islook I looked at Mexico City over the weekend. There's some big problems over there. If we had to would we do there what we've done to the waterways? You know there is almost no drugs coming through our waterways anymore,

For years, he has used lawsuits to intimidate major newspapers and broadcasters, in the process getting major outlets such as and to repeatedly bend the knee. Under his watch, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has reportedly pushed broadcasters to fire personalities, such as Jimmy Kimmel and Stephen Colbert, whom he disapproves of and has threatened to withhold broadcast licenses and to stymie lucrative mergers should those broadcasters not fall into line.

But, curiously, the singer chose to perform an acoustic cover of Chappell Roan's gay bar-themed hit Pink Pony Club, widely considered to be an LGBTQ anthem because it describes a young woman who finds self-acceptance in a place where she feels free from her strict upbringing. Chappell Roan arrives at the 67th annual Grammy Awards on Sunday, Feb. 2, 2025, in Los Angeles.

During COVID-19, stimulus checks were handed out by the U.S. government to deal with the massive economic crisis caused by the pandemic. People were struggling financially, and the government provided thousands of dollars, including a $1,200 check in March of 2020 under the CARES Act, a $600 check in December of 2020 under the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021, and a $1,400 check under the American Rescue Plan Act in March of 2021.