The provost’s decision follows criticism of the university’s aggressive DEI program and pushback from the board of regents Students at the University of Michigan’s 2024 spring commencement ceremony (Nic Antaya/Getty Images) The University of Michigan has eliminated diversity statements from its hiring, promotion, and tenure processes, Provost Laurie McCauley announced Thursday morning. The decision comes
The assistant energy secretary refuted the significance of the claim, saying the decision to pause LNG was based on multiple reports. House Republicans say the Biden administration buried a 2023 analysis that cautioned against imposing its January 2024 pause in processing new liquified natural gas (LNG) export permits and continues to dodge congressional requests to
Democrats are set to lose the Senate and the White House in 2025. The U.S. Senate on Dec. 5 confirmed the eighth judge this week, as Democrats race to utilize the remaining days of their majority. Senators in a 52–45 vote confirmed Sarah Morgan Davenport as a U.S. district judge in New Mexico. Sens. Susan
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) hosts Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy, whom President-elect Donald Trump chose to lead the new Department of Government Efficiency, on Capitol Hill as they address “major reform ideas” to save costs in the government on Dec. 5. Schedule: 1:45 p.m. ET – Musk/Republicans stakeout 2:00 p.m. ET – … Original
The interview will air on Dec. 8. President-elect Donald Trump will be interviewed on NBC’s “Meet the Press”—his first network interview since he won the Nov. 5 election, the outlet announced on Dec. 4. The interview will air this Sunday, Dec. 8, said the network, which added that portions of the interview will air ahead
Atkins, a former SEC commissioner, has been a vocal advocate of cryptocurrency. Paul Atkins, President-elect Donald Trump’s selection to lead the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), could spark a cryptocurrency regulatory overhaul for the Wall Street watchdog. Trump announced on Dec. 4 his nomination of the crypto proponent and former Wall Street regulator to head
Senators berated the Biden administration’s cybersecurity officials for their weak response and lack of accountability following a massive Chinese government-linked hack of U.S. and global telecommunications networks, Politico reported. “There’s no accountability in anybody sitting up there. They have not told us why they didn’t catch it, what they’ve done to prevent it,” Sen. Rick