Judge upholds U.S. Naval Academy’s race-conscious admissions program

Case on military academies’ affirmative action Affirmative action in military academies faces challenge in federal court 01:26 Washington — A federal district court on Friday upheld the U.S. Naval Academy’s race-conscious admissions policies, rejecting a challenge brought by the group Students for Fair Admissions following the Supreme Court’s landmark decision ending affirmative action in higher

After losing bid for vice president, Gov. Tim Walz says he isn’t ruling out a third term as Minnesota governor

St. Paul, Minn. — After losing his bid for vice president on the Democratic ticket this November, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz said he is not ruling out running for a third term in the state’s top office.  “I’ve always said the decision to do that is really driven more by the people as they start

Secret Service Director Touts Reforms After Trump Assassination Attempts

Acting Director Ronald Rowe said the agency has enacted multiple changes since the assassination attempts. The U.S. Secret Service has been revamped since two attempts were made on President-elect Donald Trump’s life, the agency’s acting director, Ronald Rowe Jr., told lawmakers on Dec. 5. Rowe said that the Secret Service has been “reorganizing and reimagining”

China Achieved Top Education Rankings by Cherry-Picking Students: Report

It says China selects participants from its wealthier and higher academically performing areas. With the next round of global standardized testing planned for next year, education leaders anxiously await improvements by U.S. students and which version of China will participate in the assessments. The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) will roll out its

DNC Chair Frontrunner Ben Wikler Oversaw Wis. Dems as They Downplayed Oct. 7, Labeled Themselves ‘Party of DEI’

Under Wikler’s stewardship, the Wisconsin Democratic platform called to ‘reimagine policing and criminal justice’ Chair of the Democratic Party of Wisconsin Ben Wikler (Jim Vondruska/Getty Images) Wisconsin Democratic Party chairman Ben Wikler, an emerging favorite to lead the DNC, presided over the state party earlier this year when it voted for a resolution that called for an unconditional ceasefire in Gaza—and excluded references