Education Secretary Defends Student Loan Forgiveness and Cutting Charter School Funds

Miguel Cardona says the agency will announce soon its rules on gender/biology, student sports teams, and locker rooms. Tensions were high as Education Secretary Miguel Cardona testified before the House Appropriations Committee on April 10 regarding the U.S. Department of Education’s (ED) budget requests for fiscal year 2025. Republicans grilled Mr. Cardona over the department’s

Biden Presses Israel To Declare Ceasefire, Calls Netanyahu’s Gaza Campaign a ‘Mistake’

President Joe Biden last week pressed for Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu to pursue a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, calling Netanyahu’s campaign against Hamas a “mistake.” “I think what [Netanyahu] is doing is a mistake. I don’t agree with his approach,” Biden said in an interview that aired Tuesday on Univision. “What I’m calling

Mayorkas Impeachment Is About ‘Rule of Law,’ Rep. Josh Brecheen Says, as Senate Outcome Uncertain

Rep. Josh Brecheen (R-Okla.) is standing by the impeachment case against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, even as the Democrat-controlled Senate appears poised to quickly dismiss the case. The Republican-controlled House of Representatives impeached Mr. Mayorkas in February on two articles alleging he has engaged in a “willful and systemic refusal to comply with” U.S.

House blocks bill to renew FISA spy program after conservative revolt

Washington — A bill that would reauthorize a crucial national security surveillance program was blocked Wednesday by a conservative revolt in the House, pushing the prospects of final passage into uncertainty amid a looming deadline. The legislative impasse also follows an edict earlier in the day from former President Donald Trump to “kill” the measure.

Speaker Johnson, Trump to Hold Joint Press Conference on Election Integrity at Mar-a-Lago

No further details have been publicized. House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) and former President Donald Trump are scheduled to hold a joint press conference on April 12 regarding “election integrity,” a source familiar with the matter told The Epoch Times. CNN first reported the joint presser, which will be at President Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate in

Columbia Student Suspended Over ‘Resistance 101’ Event Refuses To Leave Campus, Calls for ‘Intifada’

‘We will resist institutional repression just as the Palestinians have resisted occupation,’ Aidan Parisi says Aidan Parisi (@itsaidanbitch Twitter) A Columbia University graduate student who was suspended over his involvement in the now-infamous “Palestinian Resistance 101” event is refusing to leave campus and pledging to “resist institutional repression just as the Palestinians have resisted occupation.”

Senate Homeland Security Committee’s Hearing on ‘Improving Export Controls Enforcement’

The Senate Homeland Security Committee Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Spending Oversight holds a hearing on “Improving Export Controls Enforcement” at 3:00 p.m. ET on April 10. Witnesses: EUN YOUNG CHOI Deputy Assistant Attorney General U.S. Department of Justice KEVIN J. KURLAND Deputy Assistant Secretary for Export Enforcement Department of Commerce JAMES R. MANCUSO Assistant