What to know about education savings accounts, the school choice measure making waves in states
Amid the national debate over school choice, advocates are seeing growing success with arrangements known as education savings accounts (ESAs), with legislation already introduced or passed in multiple states this year. ESAs, derided as vouchers by their opponents, are state-funded accounts for parents who are looking for alternative education options for children besides their local public school. The government will put a certain amount of money in the account each year to help students pay for educational expenses such as private school tuition, homeschooling and private tutors
Read MoreChinese balloons flew over US three times during Trump administration: officials
Balloons similar to the one that was shot down off the coast of South Carolina this weekend flew over the U.S. at least three times during the Trump administration, according to a senior U.S. defense official. As Republicans spent the past few days criticizing the Biden administration over its response to the suspected Chinese spy balloon that flew across the country, an official revealed during a briefing on Saturday th
Read MoreAnti-TikTok pressure is bipartisan and mounting in Congress
Anti-TikTok pressure is mounting in Congress from both sides of the aisle, with lawmakers proposing legal measures to ban the popular video sharing app from use in the U.S. to requests for dominant app stores to drop it. The push is largely based on concerns that the app, owned by Beijing-based ByteDance, poses national security and privacy risks based on the data TikTok is able to collect on users’ activity on their devices both on and off the app. Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) and Rep. Ken Buck (R-Colo.)
Read MoreProspects rise for NY charges against Trump in Stormy Daniels case
New York District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s latest moves suggest prosecutors are nearing a decision about charging former President Trump in connection with a $130,000 hush payment to adult film star Stormy Daniels before the 2016 presidential election. The Manhattan district attorney’s office this week escalat
Read MoreFive things Biden is likely to say and not say in the State of the Union
President Biden on Tuesday will deliver the State of the Union address to a divided Congress, which will bring him face-to-face for the first time with the new GOP House majority. The address always represents a chance for the president to speak to a large national audience. This one comes as lawmakers and the president face a summer showdown for raising the nation’s debt ceiling that will have huge implications for next year’s presidential race. Here’s five things the president likely will say — and five things he probably won’t say — during the address.
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