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Today: Education Department Proposes Rule to Open University Accreditation Today: Abbott Unveils Plan to Bar Foreign Influence, H-1B Workers in Texas Schools Today: Florida Primaries Deliver Upsets and Set November Matchups Today: CDC Adds Detransitioning to Official Diagnosis Codes, Enabling Expanded Care Today: Ex-Fauci Advisor David Morens Pleads Guilty to Conspiring to Evade Federal Records Laws Today: Grassley Alleges FBI Misclassified Biden Probe Documents to Limit Oversight Today: Education Department Ends Race-Based Discipline Mandates, Launches Investigations Today: Biden-Era Inflation Drives Prices Up 29% Since 2020, BLS Data Show

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Education Department Proposes Rule to Open University Accreditation

Education · Lead Story

Education Department Proposes Rule to Open University Accreditation

The Department of Education proposed a rule to allow more organizations to accredit universities, aiming to shift focus from ideology to student outcomes.

Samira Brooks · Aug 19

Biden-Era Inflation Drives Prices Up 29% Since 2020, BLS Data Show

Jeffries Signals Openness to Supreme Court Expansion, Citing 'Dramatic Reform'

Texas AG Paxton Warns 110 Cities Against Raising Property Taxes Above State Limit

Texas Rep. Harrison Urges Special Session on Sharia Law Concerns

DOJ Asks Supreme Court to Lift Block on White House Ballroom Project

Education · Story of the Day

Abbott Unveils Plan to Bar Foreign Influence, H-1B Workers in Texas Schools

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott announced an initiative to block foreign funding and ban H-1B visa workers in public schools, citing concerns over outside influence.

Samira Brooks · Aug 19

Abbott Unveils Plan to Bar Foreign Influence, H-1B Workers in Texas Schools

Courts & Law

Ex-Fauci Advisor David Morens Pleads Guilty to Conspiring to Evade Federal Records Laws

Ex-Fauci Advisor David Morens Pleads Guilty to Conspiring to Evade Federal Records Laws

Liam Walker · Aug 19

Grassley Alleges FBI Misclassified Biden Probe Documents to Limit Oversight

Liam Walker · Aug 19

Jeffries Signals Openness to Supreme Court Expansion, Citing 'Dramatic Reform'

Liam Walker · Aug 18

Texas AG Paxton Warns 110 Cities Against Raising Property Taxes Above State Limit

Liam Walker · Aug 18

DOJ Asks Supreme Court to Lift Block on White House Ballroom Project

Liam Walker · Aug 18

FBI Documents: Alleged Chinese Spy Sold Access to Rep. Eric Swalwell

Liam Walker · Aug 17

Federal Prosecutors Charge 11 in Decade-Long Marriage Fraud Scheme as Supreme Court Locks In Birthright Citizenship

Liam Walker · Aug 17

Abbott Proposes Mandatory 10-Year Sentences for Texas School Predators

Liam Walker · Aug 15

The Primer

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Free Speech in America

The First Amendment fights defining the moment — from campus to Congress.

Election Integrity

How U.S. elections are secured, audited, and contested.

Immigration Enforcement

ICE, the border, and how enforcement actually works.

The Legal Landscape of Abortion

Where the law stands, state by state, after Dobbs.

The Transgender Debate

The policy, the science, and the legal battles explained.

Redistricting, Unveiled

Maps, gerrymanders, and the fight for the House.

Politics

Florida Primaries Deliver Upsets and Set November Matchups

Florida Primaries Deliver Upsets and Set November Matchups

April Clark · Aug 19

Biden-Era Inflation Drives Prices Up 29% Since 2020, BLS Data Show

April Clark · Aug 18

Texas Rep. Harrison Urges Special Session on Sharia Law Concerns

April Clark · Aug 18

Milwaukee Election Commission Reviews Absentee Ballot Delay After Human Error in Primary

April Clark · Aug 17

California Says It Does Not Track Noncitizens Removed From Voter Rolls

April Clark · Aug 17

Ballot Language Disputes Intensify Ahead of Major State Referendums

April Clark · Aug 16

Trump Administration Launches 'Treatment First' Homelessness Strategy in California

April Clark · Aug 16

Obama Expected to Campaign for El-Sayed After Michigan Senate Primary Win

April Clark · Aug 16

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Culture & Media

Top Tennis Players Back WTA Rule Barring Men From Women’s Competition

Top Tennis Players Back WTA Rule Barring Men From Women’s Competition

Theo Ramirez · Aug 9

White House Report Criticizes Smithsonian’s American History Museum for Omissions

Theo Ramirez · Aug 9

WNBA Faces New Tensions Over Player Treatment and Transgender Athlete Debate

Theo Ramirez · Aug 8

PBS and NPR Remain Operational After Federal Funding Cut, Rely on Surge in Private Donations

Theo Ramirez · Aug 1

Poynter to Honor Chuck Todd Amid Fauci Diary Revelations

Theo Ramirez · Jul 28

Trump’s Joke Comparing Kaitlan Collins to Dylan Mulvaney Draws Media Criticism

Theo Ramirez · Jul 27

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