West Virginia could join 45 states with new religious vaccine exemption bill. (Getty Images) The West Virginia Senate on February 21, 2025, approved a bill that would allow religious and philosophical exemptions for vaccination requirements in schools. This decision marks a significant shift in one of the nation’s strictest school vaccination policies, which currently only…
David L. Boren, a popular reform-minded Democrat who led Oklahoma as its governor and then represented it for three terms in the United States Senate, where he was an influential voice on national intelligence, died on Thursday at his home in Norman, Okla. He was 83. The death was confirmed by Clark Brewster, his lawyer….
Senate committee calls for defunding $3 million in Harvard research amid ‘woke’ criticism The Senate Commerce Committee is urging the defunding of over $3 million in National Science Foundation (NSF) research grants awarded to Harvard University, accusing some of the projects of promoting what it calls “far-left ideology.” The call for action follows an investigation…
Linda McMahon, President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Department of Education (NYT Photo) Linda McMahon, Trump’s nominee for Education Secretary, recently testified before the Senate, facing tough questions about the administration’s plans to dismantle the Department of Education (DOE). McMahon, a former WWE executive and political donor, stated that she would work with Congress…
A Senate committee is investigating whether a prominent cryptocurrency investor violated federal tax law to save hundreds of millions of dollars after he moved to Puerto Rico, a popular offshore tax haven, according to a letter reviewed by The New York Times. Senator Ron Wyden, an Oregon Democrat, sent the letter on Jan. 9 to…
FILE – An opponent of a multifaceted higher education bill protests at the Statehouse in Columbus, Ohio, May 17, 2023. (AP Photo/Samantha Hendrickson, File) Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion were the keywords in the US education sphere. However, following Trump’s assumption of office DEI programmes have been narrowly in the crosshairs. Aligning to the President’s broader…
Linda McMahon, a sports entertainment mogul and longtime booster of President Trump, will face lawmakers on Thursday for the beginning of confirmation hearings as she seeks to lead the Department of Education. A former executive of World Wrestling Entertainment, Ms. McMahon has been tapped to run an agency in the middle of intense upheaval, whose…
WASHINGTON: Kash Patel, President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the FBI, holds more than $1 million of stock in a fashion company founded in China. He established a nonprofit that spent big on promotion but little on its mission. And he advised a roster of foreign clients, including a Czech arms maker that top Republicans…
The Republican-led US Senate Finance Committee on Tuesday advanced President Donald Trump’s nomination of Robert F Kennedy Jr as health secretary, paving the way for the full Senate to vote to confirm him as soon as this week. The committee voted 14-13 along party lines with Democrats having accused Kennedy over two days of contentious…
For the last decade, Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts has been a favorite foil of President Trump, who has subjected her to persistent name-calling and taunting as he tried to make the progressive Democrat the face of the “radical left.” But with Mr. Trump back in the White House and Democrats reeling from the rejection…