(Casey Harper, The Center Square) The U.S. Department of Education in February warned colleges and universities that if they did not eliminate programs, they could risk losing federal funding.
Now, two months later, many universities around the country still boast of their DEI programs and employ DEI staff, raising questions...
(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) Secretary of State Marco Rubio said in an interview released on Wednesday that Iran cannot enrich uranium under any deal with the US, an idea Tehran has said is “unacceptable.”
Rubio said that Iran could maintain a civilian nuclear program but that it would have to import...
(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) The Financial Times reported on Wednesday that Russian President Vladimir Putin was willing to halt his invasion of Ukraine across the current frontlines to reach a peace deal with President Trump.
If true, the position would mark a significant concession from Russia, which has maintained that any...
(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) Mike Huckabee, the US’s new ambassador to Israel, responded to the World Health Organization (WHO) asking him to pressure Israel to allow humanitarian aid into Gaza by shifting the blame to Hamas, backing Israel’s collective punishment of the civilian population of Gaza.
“What I would like to...
(Headline USA) One of Pope Francis' final encounters before his death was with U.S. Vice President JD Vance, who visited the Vatican over the weekend.
The meeting took place on Easter Sunday. Vance, a Catholic convert, entered the room and reached down for the pope's hand. “Hello,” the vice president said....
(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) Overnight Israeli strikes on Gaza hit multiple tent camps sheltering displaced Palestinians, killing dozens, Gaza’s Civil Defense agency has said.
One attack hit tents in al-Mawasi, a tent camp in southern Gaza that Israel had declared a so-called “humanitarian zone” but continues to bomb.
“At least 16 martyrs ,...
(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) The United States military has started removing hundreds of troops from Syria but will leave over 1,000 in the country, at least for now, The New York Times reported on Thursday.
US officials told the Times that the US was shuttering three of its eight bases in...
(Headline USA) Amid rural Louisiana’s crawfish farms, towering pine trees and cafes serving po’boys, nearly 7,000 people are waiting at immigration detention centers to learn whether they will be expelled from the United States.
If President Donald Trump’s administration has its way, the capacity to hold tens of thousands more...
(Morgan Sweeney, The Center Square) In a last-minute press briefing Wednesday afternoon, the mother of Rachel Morin, a 37-year-old Marylander who was raped and murdered by an MS-13 gang member, addressed reporters at the White House.
The White House announced it was hosting a “special guest” to speak just two...
(Ken Silva, Headline USA) On Tuesday, Judge Aileen Cannon ruled that Ryan Routh’s defense attorneys are allowed to test-fire the alleged would-be Trump assassin’s rifle, but they won’t be allowed to test other aspects of the rifle, including how well it aims.
Judge Cannon’s ruling was in response to a...
(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) The U.S. government ran the second-largest 6-month budget deficit in history through the first half of fiscal 2025.
The March budget shortfall of $160.53 billion pushed the total deficit through the first half of the fiscal year to $1.31 trillion, according to the latest Treasury...
(Headline USA) A Pennsylvania man remained jailed on Sunday after being accused by authorities of planning a mass school shooting for later this month that would have coincided with the anniversary of the Columbine High School massacre.
Police allege Braeden Phillips, 20, had planned to commit a mass shooting at State...