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Eraser (LA Johnson/NPR)
NPR
Education

DeVos seeks to rewrite the rules on higher ed

The U.S. Education Department is going back to the drawing board on some basic rules of higher education, including one concept that has been in place for 125 years.

8 years ago

Signs bearing the letter
NPR
Politics & Policy

What is QAnon? The conspiracy theory tiptoeing into Trump world

The conspiracy theory centers on a mysterious and anonymous online figure — "Q."

8 years ago

Pope Francis, shown here in May
(Andrew Medichini/AP)
NPR
Politics & Policy

Catholic church now formally opposes death penalty in all cases

The Catholic Church now formally considers the death penalty "inadmissible because it is an attack on the inviolability and dignity of the person."

8 years ago

Led by Chairman Jerome Powell, the Federal Reserve held steady with no rate increase, but it is expected to raise rates twice more by the end of the year. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)
NPR
Money

Saying economy is strong, fed keeps interest rates unchanged for now

The Federal Reserve on Wednesday held off on raising its key interest rate, which plays a role in loans to consumers and businesses.

8 years ago

Former President Barack Obama speaks during his town hall for the Obama Foundation at the African Leadership Academy in Johannesburg, South Africa last month. (Themba Hadebe/AP)
NPR
Politics & Policy

Former President Obama makes his first 2018 midterm picks

"I'm proud to endorse such a wide and impressive array of Democratic candidates."

8 years ago

A senior citizen's group called The Old Farts were arrested in front of Philadelphia’s ICE headquarters Friday morning in protest of the Trump administration’s family separation policy. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Courts & Law

U.S. appeals court: Trump ‘sanctuary cities’ order is illegal

In a 2-1 ruling, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals agreed that the order exceeded the president's authority.

8 years ago

Why is it so hard to talk about whiteness in America? (LA Johnson/NPR)
NPR
Lifestyle

Why it’s still ok to ‘trash’ poor white people

For some reason, the term "white trash" manages to come across as less offensive than most other racial slurs.

8 years ago

In this May 24, 2018, file photo, Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, speaks to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington. The Republican chairman and top Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee want federal investigators to examine charges that immigrants have suffered sexual, physical and emotional abuse at two government agencies’ detention centers. Grassley of Iowa and California’s Dianne Feinstein have written to the inspectors general of the departments of Homeland Security, and Health and Human Services, that the allegations are “extremely disturbing and must be addressed. This is not a partisan issue. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
Politics & Policy

Official says agency warned family separation bad for kids

A Department of Health and Human Services official told senators that his agency had warned the administration that separating families would be dangerous for children.

8 years ago

President Donald Trump pauses during remarks at a campaign rally at Florida State Fairgrounds Expo Hall, Tuesday, July 31, 2018, in Tampa, Fla. (Evan Vucci/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

Trump calls on Sessions to end Mueller’s Russia probe

Trump called Wednesday for Attorney General Jeff Sessions to put an end to special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia probe.

8 years ago

A 1040 U.S. Individual Income Tax Return form for 2018.
NPR
Money

More taxpayers will owe the IRS in April due to under-withholding, report says

Based on simulations run by the Treasury Department, the GAO says taxes for 30 million Americans are being under-withheld by their employers

8 years ago

Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh, center, arrives for a meeting with Sen. Jim Inhofe, R-Okla., Thursday, July 26, 2018, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
Courts & Law

Supreme Court nominee Kavanaugh’s gun views are clear

Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh believes the Constitution limits how far the government can go to restrict gun use to prevent crime.

8 years ago

Marchers carry an LGBTQ pride flag during the Utah Pride Parade in Salt Lake City in June.
(Rick Bowmer/AP)
NPR
Community

Senate bill to require sexual orientation, gender identity data by 2030 census

If the Census Equality Act becomes a law, sexual orientation and gender identity questions would have to be added to forms for the census by 2030

8 years ago

The Justice Department has ended the $61 million contract for 2020 census forms that the U.S. Government Publishing Office awarded to the now-bankrupt printing company Cenveo, which has already produced materials for this year's census test run.
(Claire Harbage/NPR)
NPR
Politics & Policy

Bankrupt contractor will get $5.5 million for not printing 2020 census forms

With less than two years before the start of the 2020 census, the U.S. government is back on the market for a new contractor to print forms and letters.

8 years ago

Student picking book from bookshelf at university (bigstockphoto.com)
Education

With the new ‘Aim Higher Act,’ House Democrats want states to make community college free

House Democrats unveiled the Aim Higher Act this week, which they say would give students the opportunity to go to college debt free without compromising their education.

8 years ago

Paul Manafort (center), standing with his lawyers, is introduced to jury pool on Tuesday. (Sketch by Art Lien)
NPR
Courts & Law

Jury is seated as Manafort trial begins, ushering in new phase in Mueller probe

Lawyers working for special counsel Robert Mueller plan to call witnesses they say demonstrate where Manafort spent his allegedly ill-gotten gains

8 years ago

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