DC schools relaxing COVID-19 protocols ahead of student return
The Washington, D.C., public school system announced Thursday evening during a town hall that it would relax COVID-19 measures ahead of the 2022-2023 school year. D.C. Public Schools (DCPS) announced that it will no longer be conducting daily health screenings on students upon arrival to school. However, DCPS is askin
Read MoreThe terrorists are indeed back in Afghanistan
The one year anniversary of the Biden administration’s chaotic exit from Afghanistan has provided the occasion for Congressman Michael McCaul (R-Texas) and his fellow Republicans on the House Foreign Affairs Committee to issue an interim report entitled “A ‘Strategic Failure’: Assessing the Administration’s Afghanistan Withdrawal.” Even before the report appeared
Read MoreMcConnell says House more likely to flip than Senate, cites candidate quality
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) on Thursday predicted that Republicans have a better chance of flipping the House than the Senate, citing candidate quality, again taming expectations for the upper chamber less than three months out from the midterm elections. “I think there’s probably a greater likelihood the House flips than the Senate. Senate races are just different — they're statewide, candidate quality has a lot to do with the outcome,” McConnell said when asked about his expectations for the midterms during an event in Kentucky, according to
Read MoreStudent parents need to work 50 hours per week to afford childcare, tuition in US: report
Story at a glance Low-income student parents need to work at least 50 hours on average per week at minimum wage to cover both childcare costs and tuition. The number of hours was calculated after applying grants, scholarships and 10 hours of minimum wage work. Researchers found that student parents are disproportionate
Read MoreRep. Meeks on Taiwan visit: 'Not going to allow Beijing' to tell Congress what to do
New York Rep. Gregory Meeks (D) on Friday said in an interview that he and the coalition that traveled to Taiwan with Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) are “not going to allow Beijing and Xi” to dictate the actions taken by Congress. “We're not going to allow Beijing and Xi to tell members of Congress what to do, who could visit, when [they can] and cannot visit,” Meeks said to The Washington Post. He added: “You just can’t kowtow and bow down, changing what
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