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Education Department executive order could be issued as soon as today

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Washington — President Trump is expected to issue an executive order as soon as Thursday directing  Education Secretary Linda McMahon to start the process of dissolving the Education Department, CBS News confirmed.  Sources confirm the details of a Wall Street Journal report, which first reported the news, are accurate. According to the Journal, there is

Federal judge extends block on funding cuts to medical research

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A federal judge on Wednesday blocked the Trump administration from drastically cutting medical research funding that many scientists say will endanger patients and cost jobs. The new National Institutes of Health policy would strip research groups of hundreds of millions of dollars to cover so-called indirect expenses of studying Alzheimer’s, cancer, heart disease and a

Democratic mayors push back on sanctuary city criticism at House hearing

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Democratic mayors push back on sanctuary city criticism at House hearing – CBS News Watch CBS News The mayors of four so-called “sanctuary cities” testified before the Republican-led House Oversight Committee, where they defended their jurisdictions’ immigration policies and treatment of undocumented immigrants. Caitlin Huey-Burns has details. View CBS News In Be the first to

Justice Dept. probing antisemitism at University of California system

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The Justice Department on Wednesday announced it is investigating the University of California system over allegations of antisemitism in the wake of protests that broke out on several campuses over the war between Israel and Hamas. “This Department of Justice will always defend Jewish Americans, protect civil rights, and leverage our resources to eradicate institutional