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Zachary Schermele

Washington, D.C., United States

Education Reporter at USA Today

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  • 2 weeks ago | usatoday.com | Zachary Schermele

    WASHINGTON – Emi Glass had one thing on her mind when she was applying to college: cost. Footing the bill for a degree was never a foregone conclusion for her, growing up in a single-parent household in Kettering, Ohio. In between shifts at the local Dairy Queen, she poured hundreds of hours into applications for a wide range of schools and scholarships. She worried about where she would go, and more importantly, if she’d be able to pay for it.

  • 2 weeks ago | usatoday.com | Zachary Schermele

    WASHINGTON – Congress is closer than it's been in a long time to massively reforming college financial aid. On June 10, GOP lawmakers in the U.S. Senate proposed their version of the higher education section of President Trump's tax and spending megabill. The 71-page portion of the so-called "One Big Beautiful Bill Act" would set new caps on student loan borrowing while drastically cutting the number of repayment plans.

  • 2 weeks ago | news-journalonline.com | Zachary Schermele

    A Volusia County Proud Boys leader whose prison sentence for the Jan. 6 insurrection was commuted by President Donald Trump is among five members of the right-wing extremist group who filed a lawsuit in federal court in Orlando against the U.S. government for more than $100 million.

  • 2 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Zachary Schermele

    A Volusia County Proud Boys leader whose prison sentence for the Jan. 6 insurrection was commuted by President Donald Trump is among five members of the right-wing extremist group who filed a lawsuit in federal court in Orlando against the U.S. government for more than $100 million.

  • 2 weeks ago | flipboard.com | Zachary Schermele

    5 hours agoIndonesia: Sacrificial cow escapes and tramples worshippers at Eid festivalBandung, Indonesia - June 06, 2025 This is the terrifying moment a rampaging sacrificial cow trampled worshippers at a Muslim festival in Indonesia. The bovine was about to be slaughtered for the Eid al-Adha or Feast of Sacrifice when it broke free from its tethers at the mosque in West Java, on June 6. CCTV footage showed the farm animal ploughing through a crowd of panicked devotees trying to run away.

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Zach Schermele
Zach Schermele @ZachSchermele
5 Jun 25

RT @karinfischer: NEW from me: President Trump aimed his presidential pen once again at international education, signing a travel ban and a…

Zach Schermele
Zach Schermele @ZachSchermele
5 Jun 25

RT @dsamuelsohn: Expired milk, missing soap: Trump's New Jersey golf club racks up health code violations https://t.co/P16Kj85ITT by @ZachS…

Zach Schermele
Zach Schermele @ZachSchermele
5 Jun 25

The federal government can easily access information about foreign students enrolled at American universities, including Harvard and Columbia.

Acyn
Acyn @Acyn

Trump: Chinese students are coming. No problem. An honor to have them. We want foreign students but we want them to be checked. In the case of Harvard, Columbia and others, we want to see their list. There is no problem with that. https://t.co/MaenRmbCzx