Sean Salai

Teachers’ lack of fundamentals blamed for declining U.S. math scores

Two recent studies show that K-12 teachers' nagging ignorance of fundamentals has contributed to historic declines in U.S. math performance.

April 8, 2025

‘Wake-up call’: California’s $20 minimum wage directly linked to fast-food job losses

California's $20 per hour minimum wage for fast-food workers has cost the state a significant number of jobs since it took effect a year ago, according to separate reports.

April 7, 2025

JAMA study estimates Trump deportations could cost health industry over 1 million workers

The Trump administration's aggressive deportation strategy could cost understaffed U.S. medical providers more than 1 million non-citizen workers, including a third who are undocumented, according to an estimate published Thursday.

April 3, 2025

Federal layoffs comprised almost 80% of March job cuts, showing effects from DOGE, report shows

Federal worker layoffs made up 79% of the 275,240 jobs that U.S. employers eliminated in March, a new report shows.

April 3, 2025

Career experts urge federal workers to learn AI skills as Trump cuts workforce

Workforce experts are urging federal workers to acquire skills in artificial intelligence for private sector jobs as the Trump administration implements sweeping personnel cuts.

April 3, 2025

Texas attorney general appeals ruling against Trump-inspired ban on A&M drag shows

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has appealed a federal judge's ruling blocking Texas A&M University from enforcing a Trump administration-inspired ban on campus drag shows.

April 1, 2025

Federal tax credit could steer $10 billion to private school scholarships

Nonprofit agencies that dispense private school scholarships to low-income families say they expect Congress to pass tax credit legislation giving them $10 billion for another 2 million students.

April 1, 2025

Democrat-led states sue Trump administration to block $12 billion cut to health grants

Democratic officials in 23 states and the District of Columbia on Tuesday sued the Trump administration for clawing back roughly $12 billion in health grants awarded during the COVID-19 pandemic.

April 1, 2025

Elite universities slash spending amid Trump grant cuts

Dozens of top universities have frozen hiring, slashed spending and retracted graduate admissions offers amid uncertainty over Trump administration cuts to federal research grants.

March 31, 2025

Student says Brown University administrators threatened him for asking what they do

A Brown University student journalist says administrators threatened him with disciplinary action for sending a Department of Government Efficiency-inspired email asking them to explain what they do.

March 27, 2025

University of Maryland announces Kermit the Frog as 2025 commencement speaker

Kermit the Frog will be the University of Maryland's 2025 commencement speaker, campus officials announced Wednesday.

March 26, 2025

Federal judge rejects Trump-inspired ban on drag shows at Texas A&M University

A federal judge has blocked Texas A&M University's ban on drag shows.

March 25, 2025

Reports predict car insurance hikes if Trump tariffs hit Mexico and Canada

Recent reports predict that car insurance premiums will surge if President Trump carries out his threat to tax metals imported from Canada and Mexico next month.

March 24, 2025

Economists say DOGE layoffs could briefly bump unemployment rates

Economists say the Trump administration's quest to downsize the federal government could briefly add tens of thousands of bureaucrats and contractors to the nation's unemployment rolls.

March 24, 2025

Flight interruptions surged to 41% of DCA arrivals last month

Delays and cancellations consumed 41% of arrivals at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport last month as VIP helicopter flights triggered new safety procedures enacted after January's deadly crash.

March 21, 2025

Blowback continues after medical board chief quits for moonlighting at Planned Parenthood

The Texas Medical Board director's resignation earlier this year amid complaints he worked on the side at Planned Parenthood South Texas for 13 years while policing the industry still has aftershocks.

March 21, 2025

Texas AG announces closure of illegal Houston abortion clinics

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced Thursday that he has closed three illegal abortion clinics operating in the Houston metropolitan area.

March 20, 2025

Survey finds that 40% of D.C.-area eateries likely to close this year

About 40% of casual dining restaurants in the D.C. area expect to close this year due to higher food costs, tipped wage increases and federal layoffs, according to a survey by the Restaurant Association Metropolitan Washington.

March 20, 2025

Trump pivots to supply side to tackle inflation

Economists say inflation cannot be tamed until pandemic-era imbalances between supply and demand are rectified -- a goal the Trump administration aims to achieve by unleashing private sector productivity.

March 19, 2025

Texas officials arrest two more suspects in crackdown on illegal Houston abortion clinics

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced Tuesday the arrests of two more people in a widening probe of illegal abortion clinics in the Houston metropolitan area.

March 18, 2025