Oklahoma to test political leanings of teacher applicants from N.Y., Calif.

Oklahoma will require applicants for teacher jobs coming from California and New York to pass an exam that the Republican-dominated state’s top education official says is designed to safeguard against “radical leftist ideology” but that opponents decry as a “MAGA loyalty test.” Ryan Walters, Oklahoma’s public schools superintendent, said Monday that any teacher coming from

South Africa’s Ruling Party Under Scrutiny at Home and in US

U.S. President Donald Trump and South African President Cyril Ramaphosa in the Oval Office at the White House on May 21, 2025. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images JOHANNESBURG—South Africa’s African National Congress (ANC), in power since apartheid ended in 1994, is being assaulted on two fronts, with salvos fired from inside the government, as well as from

Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey Tapped as Co-Deputy FBI Director

Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey leaves the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington on March 18, 2024. Bonnie Cash/Reuters U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi has named Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey as a co-deputy director of the FBI, where he will work alongside Dan Bongino. Bailey will resign from his current position to assume the new