Violet Jira
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1 week ago |
notus.org | Violet Jira
State education departments are stuck: Either sign on to President Donald Trump’s order targeting diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives in the classroom — that many administrators, lawyers and advocates think is legally unsound — or risk losing federal funding. In early April, the Department of Education announced it would be requiring states to sign and return a document certifying that they are in compliance with two civil rights laws, Title VI and Students for Fair Admissions v.
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2 weeks ago |
notus.org | Violet Jira
What’s the price of an ambassadorship? Officially, it’s nothing. Yet increasingly, presidents aren’t picking as many career diplomats for the posts — the jobs are instead going to cash-rich donors. Donald Trump’s ambassadorship nominees collectively donated almost $60 million in political contributions to Trump and other Republican candidates and committees in the two years leading up to their nominations, according to Federal Election Commission data.
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2 weeks ago |
notus.org | Violet Jira |Emily Kennard
The Department of Education will escalate its crackdown on public schools for purported Title IX violations through a newly created “Title IX Special Investigations Team” with investigators from the Department of Justice, Education Secretary Linda McMahon announced on Friday. “From day one, the Trump Administration has prioritized enforcing Title IX to protect female students and athletes,” McMahon said in a statement.
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2 weeks ago |
notus.org | Evan McMorris-Santoro |Violet Jira
Today’s notice: A Ric Grenell phone call. More on Laura Loomer’s day at the White House. One Republican’s “moral obligation” to a detainee. But first: Everyone is trying to figure out what the heck is going to happen with Trump’s tariffs. The Day Two ScramblePeople are really running around trying to figure out what these tariffs all mean, including, apparently, the White House.
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3 weeks ago |
notus.org | Evan McMorris-Santoro |Violet Jira
Today’s notice: One Republican senator hopes it’s not “Libation Day.” A powerful trade association called it “complicated.” The Trump administration says it’s going to work, no matter what the numbers say. Plus: the fossil fuel industry and DOGE. It’s a Numbers Game There is a great deal no one knows about what Donald Trump’s new tariff plan will do for (or to!) the economy.
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Maine Sen. Susan Collins agrees with the federal government’s position in the Title IX dispute between Ed and Maine DOE, though she advocates for federal dollars for the state. Ed is moving to potentially revoke Maine’s K-12 federal funding. Her full emailed statement: https://t.co/MRxgnGy1g3
RT @emilyykennard: Some Republican lawmakers don't agree with Health Secretary RFK Jr.'s calls for states to stop fluoridating water. I ta…
RT @JasperJSmith_: The agency responsible for investigating discrimination on college campuses received more than 22,000 complaints last ye…