Culture
NPR’s CEO is a no-show at hearing looking into bias at taxpayer-funded network(The Daily Signal) – A House subcommittee on Wednesday discussed the increasing left-wing bias at National Public Radio, a taxpayer-funded news and features network. The hearing stemmed from… Read More
Opinion
Kansas school district surrenders records after nearly a month of obfuscations and denials(The Sentinel) – After weeks of back and forth reminiscent of a Franz Kafka novel, USD 233 Olathe finally sent the records they continually insisted either did not exist… Read More
Government
US House passes bill to restore citizenship question to census(The Daily Signal) – Legislation adopted Wednesday by the House of Representatives would restore a question about U.S. citizenship to the 2030 census, potentially reshaping congressional representation and the Electoral College. Read More
Kansas, Politics
Kansas Rep. Sharice Davids has financial ties to backers of groups staging anti-Israel protests, report allegesKansas’ U.S. Rep. Sharice Davids is taking money from a funder of some of the groups involved in the anti-Israel protests, according to a report by Fox News. Read More
Government
Abbott instructs Texas colleges, universities not to comply with Biden Title IX rule(The Center Square) – Gov. Greg Abbott on Wednesday directed the Texas public university systems and community colleges to not comply with a new rule change implemented by the… Read More
Culture
Female darts player forfeits big match rather than compete against biological maleA British female darts player made international news after refusing to play against a biological male in the Denmark Open last weekend. Deta Hedman, aged 64, was set… Read More
Public Education
Florida elementary school disbands Christian club after complaint from anti-religion groupAn elementary school in Hamilton County, Florida has disbanded its only Christian club following pressure from the Freedom From Religion Foundation (FFRF). The Wisconsin-based… Read More
Christian Schools
‘Proof’ of greatness: Two Catholic school students crack 2,000-year-old trigonometry problemIf there was ever a real-life Good Will Hunting, most people wouldn’t expect to find them at an all-girls Catholic high school in New Orleans. But Calcea Johnson… Read More
Culture
Where are unaccompanied alien children going after crossing border?(The Daily Signal) – The New York Times has released a trove of raw government data on the unaccompanied alien children who have crossed the U.S.-Mexico border in recent years. Read More
Crime
NYC Mayor Adams offers reward for WWI memorial vandals(The Center Square) — New York City Mayor Eric Adams is offering a $5,000 bounty for information leading to the arrest of pro-Palestinian protesters who vandalized a World War… Read More
Education
Lawmakers grill K-12 school leaders on antisemitic incidentsA Republican-led congressional committee asked school leaders whose districts have seen antisemitic incidents about what they’re doing to prevent further incidents in their schools since the Oct. 7… Read More
Courts
Griffin says process to change Title IX law is outlined on Schoolhouse Rock(The Center Square) – Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin and Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey are leading four other state attorney generals in the latest lawsuit challenging the Biden administration’s changes to… Read More
President Donald Trump
Judge says setting trial date in classified documents case would be ‘imprudent’(The Center Square) – Judge Aileen Cannon said it would be "imprudent" to set another trial date in former President Donald Trump's classified documents case until a number of… Read More
Media
NPR bias, press freedom take center stage in Congressional hearing(The Center Square) – U.S. House Republicans and Democrats sparred Wednesday over press freedom in a hearing held to investigate “ideological bias” and “viewpoint discrimination” of a taxpayer-funded media… Read More
Crime
Senate bill would ban student loan forgiveness for protestors convicted of a crime(The Center Square) – Republican U.S. senators introduced a bill that would ban student loan forgiveness for protestors convicted of a crime while protesting on U.S. college campuses. Read More
Josh Hawley
Light is now being shed on dark money behind anti-Israel protests – funding that may break the law, Hawley arguesLiberal dark-money groups funding the anti-Israel protests may be violating the law, and are “defrauding the American people and putting Jewish students and faculty at risk,” argues Missouri Sen. Read More
Homeschools
Family finds ‘peace of mind’ in homeschooling after physical attacks from bullying, special needs diagnosesA Cuban family has found homeschooling to be the best educational option for their daughter Susana, who was physically attacked by one of her classmates at a public school… Read More
Culture
Biden education secretary refuses to say if he would let boys fight his daughter and undress in front of her(Daily Caller News Foundation) – Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona declined to answer questions about whether he would let boys fight his daughter in sports or undress in front… Read More
Government
Philadelphia Democratic senator crosses aisle for school choice measure(The Center Square) – A plan for school vouchers in Pennsylvania emerged from hibernation on Tuesday. The legislation remains a top priority among Republican leaders in the Senate… Read More
Courts
Missouri and 5 other states latest to file suit against the Biden admin’s ‘radical’ Title IX rewriteMissouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey announced a lawsuit Tuesday against the Biden administration’s revision of existing Title IX law through a Department of Education (DOE) rule change that includes… Read More