Tuition Hikes and Spending Cuts—What’s Behind the Financial Woes of US Universities?

Colleges and universities across the country, both public and private, face financial challenges ahead of the upcoming academic year, regardless of their size, wealth, and prestige. Layoffs or hiring and wage freezes were recently announced at affluent schools including Cornell, Temple, Northwestern, Duke, Notre Dame, Emory, the University systems in California, Maryland and Nebraska, and

Musk Launches ‘America Party,’ Vows to Challenge 2-Party Dominance

Elon Musk attends the finals for the NCAA wrestling championship in Philadelphia on March 22, 2025. Matt Rourke, File/AP Photo Tech entrepreneur Elon Musk has officially launched a new political party, announcing the formation of the America Party in a July 5 post on his social media platform X. “Today, the America Party is formed

Netanyahu to send negotiating team to Qatar for ceasefire talks

Israel is sending a negotiating team to Qatar for indirect ceasefire talks with the terrorist group Hamas, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Saturday. Netanyahu’s office said that it would send its negotiating team to Qatar on Sunday, this after Hamas on Friday said it had issued a “positive response” to a U.S.-mediated ceasefire proposal in the