The 37-minute interview included tense exchanges over topics including race, DEI, voting rights, and inflation. Former President Donald Trump sat for what quickly became a contentious interview with a panel of journalists in Chicago on July 31. The former president took questions from Rachel Scott of ABC News, Kadia Goba of Semafor, and Harris Faulkner
Senators take action to address Beijing’s state-sanctioned persecution and forced organ harvesting targeting Falun Gong practitioners. Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) has brought forth a bill aimed at deterring the Chinese regime’s state-sanctioned killing of Falun Gong practitioners for their organs. Introduced to the Senate on July 31, the Falun Gong Protection Act would make it
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) introduced legislation on July 29 to minimize the influence of China and other foreign actors in schools across the United States. The Transparency in Reporting of Adversarial Contributions to Education (TRACE) Act would address an issue that has gained significant attention, as states such as Oklahoma have attempted to mitigate the
A new law that allows districts and teachers to create evaluation systems at the local level was passed unanimously by the state assembly and senate. A new law that takes effect in the coming academic year allows New York school districts to remove student standardized test scores as a metric for evaluating and sanctioning educators.
A federal program financed by the Inflation Reduction Act is sending aid to more than 43,000 disadvantaged farmers, ranchers and forest landowners. More than 43,000 individuals are receiving financial assistance as part of a federal program aimed at helping farmers, ranchers, and forest landowners who “experienced discrimination” prior to 2021. The total assistance package amounts
Biden is following the advice of several lawmakers. President Joe Biden has decided to allow many Lebanese nationals in the United States to be safe from removal, after several lawmakers urged him to act. “Humanitarian conditions in southern Lebanon have significantly deteriorated due to tensions between Hezbollah and Israel,” the president said in a July
The Republican incumbent Maricopa County, Arizona, recorder lost his primary election during elections on July 30, according to the unofficial election results posted to the county recorder’s website. Stephen Richer, the incumbent, was defeated by State Rep. Justin Heap. Richer had previously taken office in early 2021 after unseating a Democratic incumbent. Heap also defeated