Federal Judge to Hear Arguments on Lawfulness of Jack Smith Appointment

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Attorneys for former President Trump have argued that Mr. Smith’s appointment was unlawful. U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon, who is overseeing one of the four criminal cases against former President Donald Trump, has scheduled a hearing on June 21 to address the lawfulness of special counsel Jack Smith’s appointment. The parties will argue on President

Senators Debate Proposed $60K National Minimum Wage for Teachers

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Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) proposed a $60,000 annual national minimum wage for teachers, sending the message that if you pay them, the results will come. None of the legislators or witnesses who spoke at the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee hearing on June 20 disputed that increased pay is a solution for recruiting

Biden faces calls to give legal status to undocumented caregivers

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With President Biden moving to provide legal status for some undocumented immigrants, some Democratic lawmakers, advisers to the White House and advocacy groups are calling on him to expand work permits to certain long-settled immigrant caregivers.  They’re asking the administration to allow undocumented immigrants to apply for work permits if they’ve lived in the U.S.

Wanted: Adult Supervision at Columbia

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Are there no adults in the Columbia administration? That’s a rhetorical question that answered itself last week when the dean of Columbia College, Josef Sorett, put out a statement on Friday addressing a series of disparaging text messages he and several other top university administrators exchanged during a panel last month about Jewish life on