‘Very Republican, very patriotic’: right-leaning civic centers now offer courses at US public colleges

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Republican lawmakers push for conservative professors to counter purported leftwing indoctrination in schools This story was produced by the Hechinger Report, a non-profit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education. One glossy insert stuck out from the orientation packet handed to hundreds of Ohio State University freshmen last August. It advertised a … Read more

Democrats call for freeze on gas exports as energy prices soar for US households

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Families are ‘struggling with cost of heating their homes’, letter says as Trump repeatedly pledges to slash utility bills As energy prices for US households soar nationwide, Democratic and progressive lawmakers are calling on the energy department to stop increasing exports of liquefied natural gas (LNG). “The Trump administration’s LNG export policies are not putting … Read more

Columbia says DHS detained student after agents entered university building

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Acting university president says agents misrepresented themselves to gain entry to the residential building Columbia University said on Thursday morning that one of its students was arrested by federal immigration officers who apparently misrepresented themselves to gain entry to a residential building to make the apprehension. The acting president of the elite institution in New … Read more

Walz slams Trump admin for temporarily halting Medicaid funding to Minnesota: ‘Campaign of retribution’

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Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz accused the Trump administration of unleashing a “campaign of retribution” against his state after Vice President JD Vance announced a temporary pause in Medicaid funding there.  Vance’s announcement was made after President Donald Trump railed against fraud in Minnesota on Tuesday evening in his State of the Union address.  Vance said … Read more