Neal McCluskey Over the years, many people have inquired about updating the chart below, which plots change in academic achievement for the nation’s 17-year-olds—the “final products” of our education system—against change…
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The Good and Bad of the New Executive Order on Public Service Loan Forgiveness
Andrew Gillen The Trump administration has issued a new executive order that limits eligibility for Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF), a program that provides student loan forgiveness to government and…
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Religious slaughter in Syria shows need for US, Europe to ‘keep a close eye’ on Islamist regime: Greek FM
With hundreds left dead over the weekend under Syria’s new regime, Greek Foreign Minister Giorigios Gerapetritis warned Europe and the U.S. to ‘keep a close eye’ on the ruling Islamist…
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The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) will close several more offices within its agency as part of President Donald Trump’s ongoing efforts to downsize the government, the acting administrator…
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Romina Boccia and Dominik Lett Congress is barreling toward a March 14 discretionary funding deadline with no agreement in sight. Republicans are aiming to pass yet another stopgap funding patch…
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Alex Nowrasteh The Trump administration is preparing several travel and immigration bans for people from different countries that could be implemented as soon as this week. On inauguration day, the…
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Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., met with Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) employees on Friday who were fired as a result of Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) federal workforce…
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James A. Dorn President Trump likes to say, “The word tariff is the most beautiful word in the dictionary”; tariffs “make our country rich” and “cost Americans nothing.” Yet, nothing could…
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Pentagon losing cutting edge on weapons innovation, needs ‘massive kick in the pants,’ say defense leaders
America’s defenses will not be able to keep up with its peer adversaries if the Pentagon continues to take years to innovate its weapons systems, experts agreed at a security…
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Trump admin ends waiver allowing Iraq to buy Iranian electricity as part of ‘maximum pressure’ campaign
The Trump administration ended a waiver that allowed the Iraqi government to buy Iranian electricity in a renewed effort to choke off Iran’s profits. National security advisor Mike Waltz told…