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175+ Democrats supporting NAACP suit against dismantling Department of Education
More than 175 Democratic members of Congress are filing an amicus brief on Thursday opposing the Trump administration's ...
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The Senate Passed a Federal Voucher Program. What’s in It?
The measure would create a national program funding private school tuition through tax credits, though states would have to ...
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Senate Tweaks ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ Ahead of Final Vote
Update: The Senate passed the bill Tuesday by a vote of 51 to 50. Vice President JD Vance broke the tie after three ...
Vermont Education Secretary Zoie Saunders meets with Bernie Sanders over federal education funding freeze
The U.S. Department of Education has announced that it is withholding $26 million that was supposed to be given to the ...
Sen. Mark Warner warns that if Trump administration can pressure University of Virginia president to resign, "they can do it anywhere"
Sen. Mark Warner, Democrat of Virginia, on Sunday condemned what he described as an "outrageous" pressure campaign by the ...
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Democrats challenge Trump administration plan to shuffle parts of Education and Labor
The lawmakers reiterated that it’s up to Congress to decide whether federal agencies should be rearranged or dismantled.
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Why hasn’t the Education Department brought back laid-off workers? They don’t have parking.
The Trump administration laid off about 1,300 Education Department workers. A federal judge ordered the department to bring ...
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Senator Banks praises President Trump’s U.S. attorney nominees for Indiana
WASHINGTON, D.C.- On Monday, Senator Jim Banks (R-Ind.) released a statement following President Trump’s nomination of Adam ...
As Ohio students struggle with math, Senate aims to improve curriculum, collect data
State lawmakers are considering proposals in the state budget that they say would improve math education for public school ...
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Cuts to Sports, STEM, and Student Programs Draw Backlash as Education Department Budget Rises to Offset Federal Shortfalls
A decision by the V.I. Department of Education to shift several federally funded positions back to the general fund has inflated its FY2026 budget by 5.04%, said Commissioner Dionne Wells-Hedrington ...