The U.S. Department of Education Could Essentially Become Just a Big Building with Empty Offices. In September 2023, Donald Trump’s presidential campaign announced 10 principles for reforming education. Chief among them was closing the Department of Education in Washington, and sending “all education work and needs back to the states.” The president-elect has maintained that
Administration officials are working at the last minute to issue billions in grants before Biden leaves office in January. In the remaining weeks of his administration, President Joe Biden and his officials are racing against the clock to issue billions in grants and take other steps to retain as much as possible of his legacy
The GOP will have control of the House of Representatives, the Senate, and the White House, making passing and enacting reconciliation bills easier. WASHINGTON—A powerful but little-known mechanism is expected to be employed in the upcoming Congress to advance significant parts of President-elect Donald Trump’s legislative agenda. The budget reconciliation mechanism can be used to
Oregon officials are set to require health insurers, both public and private, to cover procedures like sex-change surgeries and cross-sex hormones for all ages. Those that fail to do so risk losing their state licenses. The proposed rule from Oregon’s Department of Consumer and Business Services relies on the latest standards of care developed by
The Congressional Review Act gives a new Congress 60 days to adopt resolutions halting certain regulations adopted by the previous administration. Among the final bills introduced in the current lame-duck Congress, and the first resolutions to be filed in the new Congress that convenes on Jan. 3, will be resolutions seeking to suspend implementation of
President-elect Donald Trump on Nov. 22 announced Wall Street financier Scott Bessent as his Treasury secretary following weeks of speculation. “Scott is widely respected as one of the world’s foremost international investors and geopolitical and economic strategists,” Trump said in a statement on the nomination. “Scott’s story is that of the American Dream.” Bessent edged
President-elect Donald Trump nominated Dr. Marty Makary Friday to lead the Food and Drug Administration, selecting a surgeon and author who opposed vaccine mandates and some other public health measures during the coronavirus pandemic. Makary, a Johns Hopkins University professor, is the latest in a string of Trump nominees who have declared the U.S. health