In 1866, Ohio congressman and future president James Garfield championed the creation of a federal Department of Education to address high illiteracy levels among former slaves and an influx of European immigrants. As part of the post-Civil War Reconstruction effort, Confederate states were required to guarantee education for all in their rewritten constitutions. The new
The U.S. government has begun arranging flights for U.S. citizens and lawful permanent residents seeking to leave Israel, as Israeli and Iranian military forces continue to trade blows. “The Department of State has begun assisted departure flights from Israel,” U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee announced in a social media post on June 21. Original News
Respondents overwhelmingly agreed that the Chinese Communist Party leverages the openness of U.S. society to infiltrate institutions and advance its agenda. By Lawrence Wilson | June 21, 2025Updated:June 21, 2025 More than 200 incidents of espionage and more than 1,200 thefts of intellectual property have been committed against the United States by the Chinese Communist
The Department of Labor said on Friday that it was suspending a Biden-era regulation aimed at providing workplace organizing protections to foreign farmworkers holding H-2A visas in the United States. The farmworker rule, implemented last year under President Joe Biden’s administration, allowed farmers to hire H-2A workers, or foreign farmworkers on a temporary basis, when
Like its House counterpart, the Senate’s draft version of President Donald Trump’s fiscal 2026 budget rescinds billions in approved funding for solar, wind, hydrogen, and carbon capture initiatives authorized under 2022’s Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) and 2021’s Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA). Both chambers’ spending plans largely replicate the president’s One Big Beautiful Bill
A U.S. State Department employee responsible for reviewing visa applications has been fired after he admitted on hidden camera that he helped illegal immigrants evade deportation and expressed anti-American sentiment. Visa specialist Arslan Akhtar is no longer working for the State Department following a June 18 undercover investigation by O’Keefe Media Group (OMG), according to
Palantir Technologies is roundly denying claims it’s building a massive, unified database containing Americans’ personal information, following media coverage implying its work for various federal agencies could enable unprecedented surveillance. On May 30, the New York Times published an article highlighting the potential impact of the more than $900 million worth of federal contracts awarded