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Education Department, DOJ partnering in Title IX investigations
The Education Department and Department of Justice (DOJ) announced Friday a collaboration to create the “Title IX Special Investigations Team." The departments said the team will “streamline” ...The Hill - 1d -
Supreme Court will allow cancellation of education grants for now
The Supreme Court divided 5-4 in granting a DOJ request to pause a lower court order requiring the Education Department to reinstate grants to universities and nonprofits.CBS News - 20h -
Elizabeth Warren launches campaign to investigate Department of Education closure
Elizabeth Warren is launching a "Save Our Schools" campaign against Donald Trump and Linda McMahon's attempt to dismantle the Department of Education.ABC News - 3d -
Students protest Education Department closure in 'Hands Off Our Schools' rally
Hundreds of students from some of the largest schools in the D.C. area will rally outside the Department of Education Friday to oppose the gutting of the agency.ABC News - 17h -
McMahon meeting with House Democrats over Education Department layoffs
Education Secretary Linda McMahon is having a meeting with House Democrats Wednesday over their concerns surrounding the layoffs at the Department of Education, which she and President Trump have ...The Hill - 3d -
Senate Democrats open investigation into reports AI could replace contract workers at Education Department
Senate Democrats are opening an investigation into reports that Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) is attempting to replace some contract workers at the Education Department ...The Hill - 3d -
'Unsatisfactory': Dems slam McMahon for dodging questions about end of Education Department in meeting
Democrats slammed Education Secretary Linda McMahon for dodging their questions about the end of her department in a Wednesday meeting, accusing the secretary of not having a plan for moving ...The Hill - 3d -
Justice Department seeks 7 year sentence for George Santos
The Department of Justice (DOJ) is seeking a 7 year sentence for former Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.) according to a Friday filing. Prosecutors said the length of the requested sentence — 87 months ...The Hill - 18h -
Trump administration reviewing alleged antisemitism at Harvard University
The Department of Education and other agencies are reviewing Harvard University for fostering antisemitism on its campus, Secretary Linda McMahon said Monday.ABC News - 4d -
OpenAI, Anthropic target college students with latest education AI announcements
Anthropic and OpenAI both rolled out education services for college students ahead of their final exams.CNBC - 2d -
Trump’s Mantra from Schools to FEMA: ‘Move it Back to the States’
President Trump justifies his plan to shutter the Education Department by saying that states should control schools. He’s using the idea to explain other policies now, too.The New York Times - 4d -
USDA freezes funding for Maine schools over transgender athletes
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) said Wednesday it had frozen federal funds for some Maine education programs over the state’s refusal to ban transgender students from girls’ and women’s ...The Hill - 2d -
Anthropic flips the script on AI in education: Claude’s Learning Mode makes students do the thinking
Anthropic launches Claude for Education with Learning Mode that teaches critical thinking rather than providing answers, partnering with top universities to transform AI's role in education.VentureBeat - 3d -
Think our education system is bad now? Wait ’til AI takes over.
Artificial intelligence could be the final nail in the coffin of educational excellence, by removing the “rote work” from learning and creating an educational environment in which critical thinking ...The Hill - 7h -
Education secretary hijacks House Democrats' presser after closed-door meeting
Education Secretary Linda McMahon interrupted a press conference by House Democrats to give an impromptu statement after they met in a closed-door meeting.ABC News - 2d -
Inside DOGE’s AI Push at the Department of Veterans Affairs
A DOGE operative at the Department of Veterans Affairs appears to be trying to use an AI tool to write code for the agency’s systems, among other proposals.Wired - 23h -
Bradley basketball associate head coach Jimmie Foster departs for new school
Bradley basketball associate head coach Jimmie Foster departs to take an assistant coaching job in the Mountain West.Yahoo Sports - 16h -
Justice Department purge under Trump administration | 60 Minutes
President Trump says his administration is cleaning up a Justice Department corrupted by politics. Amid the firings and resignations, one leader described a workplace of "confusion" and "fear."CBS News - 6d -
2/23/2025: The Justice Department; CFPB; John Oliver
First, a report on the upheaval at the Justice Department. Then, a look at why the CFPB is under fire by President Trump, DOGE. And John Oliver: The 60 Minutes Interview.CBS News - 5d -
Trump taps ex-Rep. D’Esposito as Labor Department watchdog
President Trump tapped former Rep. Anthony D’Esposito (R-N.Y.) to be the Department of Labor’s (DOL) inspector general on Monday evening, months after he lost his House seat to Rep. Laura Gillen ...The Hill - 3d -
DOJ directs prosecutors to seek death penalty for Luigi Mangione
Attorney General Pam Bondi has directed prosecutors to seek the death penalty for Luigi Mangione, the man charged with killing UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.NBC News - 4d -
DOJ to seek death penalty against Luigi Mangione, AG Bondi says
AG Pam Bondi directed federal prosecutors to pursue the death penalty against Luigi Mangione, the UnitedHealthcare CEO murder suspect.CBS News - 3d -
Mayor Eric Adams' case dismissed with prejudice in opposition to Trump's DOJ
A federal judge in New York on Wednesday dismissed corruption charges against Mayor Eric Adams.ABC News - 3d -
Trump education moves: Where the legal challenges stand
The Trump administration’s request for the Supreme Court to intervene in a fight over federal teacher development grants has elevated an expanding series of legal battles implicating the ...The Hill - 5d -
French Schools Will Finally Teach Sex Education
For 25 years, France has said schools must teach sex ed. Now the government is at last putting a curriculum in place.The New York Times - 4d -
What’s at Risk for Medicine at Harvard
The task before higher education is immense.The New York Times - 1d -
Layoffs Begin at U.S. Health and Human Services Department
The agencies responsible for research, tracking disease and regulating food are expected to lay off 10,000 people.Inc. - 4d -
Gender pay gap widens at big Whitehall departments
Changes are despite overall narrowing in amount men in civil service are paid over women colleaguesFinancial Times - 1d -
Medicare, Medicaid agency cuts jobs from minority health office, other divisions, as RFK Jr. guts U.S. health department
CMS detailed some of the specific offices impacted by cuts under Kennedy's broader plan to restructure the Department of Health and Human Services.CNBC - 22h -
Energy Department considers more than 40 percent of its staff nonessential as layoffs loom
The Energy Department (DOE) considers more than 40 percent of its staffers to be nonessential — meaning these people could be on the chopping block — as mass layoffs loom at the agency and across ...The Hill - 21h -
Judge dismisses criminal case against New York Mayor Eric Adams
The DOJ argued that charges against Adams should be tossed to avoid hurting the mayor's ability to cooperate with immigration policies of President Trump.CNBC - 3d -
An MIT-educated professor, the New York Yankees and the bat that could be changing baseball
After the Yankees' home run barrage with bats that look like bowling pins, the innovation is sweeping baseball.ESPN - 3d -
Private school VAT 'discriminatory', court hears
Families argue that the policy "interferes with the fundamental right to an education".BBC News - 4d -
DOJ to seek death penalty for Luigi Mangione in CEO Brian Thompson murder case
Luigi Mangione is accused of stalking UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson and killing him outside a New York hotel in December.CNBC - 4d -
White House firing of a career prosecutor pulls DOJ under ever-closer control
WASHINGTON — The White House's firing of a career federal prosecutor last week was one in a series of Trump administration moves that have undermined the post-Watergate separation between the White ...NBC News - 3d -
Boeing tells Senate it's making progress on safety reforms and is in talks with DOJ over revised plea deal
Boeing's CEO Kelly Ortberg faces senators' questions about its recovery from a series of manufacturing and safety crises.CNBC - 3d -
Democrats intro bill to protect State Department from DOGE cuts
A new proposal on Capitol Hill takes aim at DOGE while proposing guardrails to reassert congressional oversight authority over the executive branch.ABC News - 3d -
Energy Department Invites AI Development at Los Alamos and Other Federal Lands
The DOE says that there are 16 federal sites that would be ideal places for tech companies to build AI data centers.Inc. - 1d -
Universities Should Not be Afraid of Contentious Ideas
Higher education cannot cede the space of public discourse and the free exchange of ideas.The New York Times - 4d -
I loved being a principal, but Australia has grown complacent about the growing violence directed at educators | Andy Mison
School principals are resilient but, in an alarming number of cases, their job harms them. We would not tolerate these conditions in other workplaces. I’ve been lucky. I’ve enjoyed a rewarding ...The Guardian - 3d