Republicans seek to pass national higher education finance reform as part of a massive reconciliation bill. A Republican-led House panel on April 29 supported a measure that caps the amount of federally backed student loans, protects taxpayers against debt forgiveness bailouts, and amends Pell grant requirements. The Student Success and Taxpayer Savings Plan Bill, passed
Mexico’s delinquent water deliveries, in violation of an 81-year-old treaty with the United States, have exposed years of “blind eye” policies, rapid population growth, and hydrological changes, according to an expert at the U.S. Army War College. Evan Ellis, research professor of Latin American studies at the college’s Strategic Studies Institute, told The Epoch Times
‘I am sorry for the moments when we failed to meet the high expectations we rightfully set for our community,’ says university president Garber Anti-Israel Harvard protest, Oct. 2023 (Reuters/Brian Snyder) Harvard University, in the midst of its funding fight with the Trump administration, released its long-awaited anti-Semitism report on Tuesday. It provides a scathing
Washington — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Tuesday he’s ending a program at the Defense Department that promoted the participation of women in peace building and was signed into law by President Trump in 2017. In his initial post on X, Hegseth called the Women, Peace and Security program “yet another woke divisive/social justice/Biden initiative
The Wisconsin Supreme Court has suspended a judge accused of helping a man evade immigration authorities. The FBI took Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Hannah Dugan into custody on Friday morning at the county courthouse. She faces federal charges of concealing an individual to prevent his discovery and arrest and obstructing or impeding a proceeding. In
President Trump is marking the first 100 days in office of his second term on Tuesday evening with a speech in Macomb County, Michigan, outside Detroit. “We’re here tonight in the heartland of our nation to celebrate the most successful first 100 days of any administration in the history of our country, and that’s according to
An all-Black, all-female World War II unit received the Congressional Gold Medal on Tuesday for improving soldiers’ morale with their work sorting mail addressed to those on the frontlines. Congress passed bipartisan legislation in 2022 to recognize the unit with the gold medal, one of the highest civilian honors. On Tuesday, House Speaker Mike Johnson