Texas A&M Ousts 2 Officials After Student and Professor Clash Over Gender Identity Lesson

The Texas State Capitol in Austin, on Aug. 8, 2025. Brandon Bell/Getty Images Two officials at Texas A&M University have been removed from their posts, and a Justice Department investigation has been launched after a viral video showed a professor telling a student she was free to leave a “children’s literature” class when she objected

Live Updates: RFK Jr. releases report on children’s health

  6m ago Kennedy says administration will study potential “connection between overmedicating our kids” and gun violence The report didn’t cover violence and specifically gun violence, in children’s health and safety, as one reporter noted.  Kennedy said the firearms question is a “complex question,” and the Trump administration is concerned with the “violence,” not the

DOJ charges man accused in deadly stabbing of Ukrainian refugee

Washington — The Justice Department on Tuesday filed a federal criminal charge against the man accused of the deadly stabbing of Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska in Charlotte, North Carolina, last month.  The Justice Department announced that the suspect in the attack, Decarlos Brown Jr., is charged with one count of committing an act causing death

Missouri legislature advances new congressional maps amid Trump redistricting push

Missouri Republicans on Tuesday advanced a proposed congressional map, part of a mid-decade redistricting push started by President Trump to hold onto – and possibly expand — the GOP’s razor-thin majority in the U.S. House.   The proposed maps aim to make Missouri’s congressional delegation seven Republicans and one Democrat, a change from its current delegation