The Frightening Precedents for Trump’s ‘Legal Abyss’
The ‘dual-state theory’ explains how authoritarians bend the law to their will. Source link
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The Pandemic Is Not the Only Reason U.S. Students Are Losing Ground
There was once a time when America’s lowest-performing students were improving just as much as the country’s top students. Despite their low scores, these students at the bottom made slow but steady gains on national tests for much of the 2000s. It was one sign that the U.S. education system was working, perhaps not spectacularly,…
Trump Pulled $400 million From Columbia. Other Schools Could Be Next.
The Trump Administration’s abrupt withdrawal of $400 million in federal funding from Columbia University cast a pall over at least nine other campuses worried they could be next. The schools, a mix that includes both public universities and Ivy League institutions, have been placed on an official administration list of schools the Department of Justice…
Unruly Passenger Aboard Frontier Flight Bashes Window and Is Subdued
Chaos erupted aboard a Frontier Airlines flight from Denver to Houston this week when a man started bashing a window and several seats around him, prompting other passengers to subdue him with shoelaces and zip ties until the plane landed. The struggle, captured on videos and photos taken by passengers, began about 40 minutes into…
Pause on U.S. Funding Spreads Fear of H.I.V. Spike Across Africa
As he does every three months, Sibusiso traveled on Wednesday morning to a clinic in the capital of Eswatini, a tiny southern African nation, to get a refill of the H.I.V. medication he needs to save his life. When he arrived, the door was locked and about 20 other patients stood outside, baffled that the…
Michelle Obama to skip Trump’s inauguration; Obama, Clinton, and Bush confirm attendance
WEST PALM BEACH: Former first lady Michelle Obama will skip the inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump, the second time in two weeks that she is not attending a gathering of former U.S. leaders and their spouses, but former Presidents Barack Obama, Bill Clinton and George W. Bush will be there. Laura Bush and former Secretary…
Biden rates lower than Trump, Obama, and Bush on key policies: Gallup poll
President Joe Biden has a lower rating than his three White House predecessors — Donald Trump, Barack Obama, and George W. Bush — on critical policy matters such as national defence, immigration, and federal debt, according to a recent Gallup poll. The survey revealed widespread dissatisfaction with Biden’s performance as he prepares to leave office…