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Sean Salai

Sean Salai is the general assignment/culture reporter for The Washington Times. A former National desk intern and Metro clerk at The Washington Times, he also has served as a City Hall reporter at the Boca Raton News and as a special contributor at America Media. He can be reached at ssalai@washingtontimes.com.

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Vanderbilt report on liberal bias in the humanities sparks outrage in higher education

A Vanderbilt University report has ruffled feathers in higher education with its conclusion that social justice politics, rather than knowledge, drives much of today's humanities scholarship.

July 1, 2026

Farm Bureau: July Fourth cookouts are cheapest in 10 years after inflation

An annual survey finds the cost of an Independence Day cookout has risen to a 10-year high of $7.38 per person, but remains the cheapest in this period after adjusting for inflation.

June 26, 2026

Report: No federal building meets 60% occupancy standard required by law to stay open

No federal building in the nation has met the 60% occupancy minimum required by law to stay open, an independent government agency reported Thursday.

June 25, 2026

Teachers unions attack while Democratic governors embrace Trump’s school choice program

Some Democratic governors have signaled plans to join President Trump's federal school choice program, prompting teachers unions to launch a counterattack.

June 24, 2026

Lack of money stalls condo repairs near Prince George’s County homeless encampment

Lack of money has stalled repairs at an Adelphi-area condominium complex whose residents say vagrants broke their heating system seven months ago, a Maryland District Court judge said Tuesday.

June 23, 2026

Maryland buys Preakness Stakes to keep Triple Crown racing in the state

Maryland has announced plans to buy the Preakness Stakes, keeping the Triple Crown race in the state and quashing concerns that a for-profit company would move it.

June 22, 2026

Twenty-six jurisdictions to hike minimum wage next month

Twenty-six state and local governments will raise their minimum wage on July 1 -- a flurry of legislative action that supporters say is long overdue and critics insist will worsen the nation's affordability crisis.

June 19, 2026

Kim Jackson, interim D.C. Public Schools chancellor, begins work next week

Longtime administrator Kim Jackson will become interim chancellor of D.C. Public Schools next week as families wait for the next mayor to name a permanent replacement.

June 18, 2026

America250 tourism expected to outdraw 1976 bicentennial events

Tourism during 1976, America's bicentennial, famously underperformed expectations for the nation's capital, but D.C. insiders say this summer's 250th birthday party will do better.

June 17, 2026

Some colleges pull back from Pride Month amid Trump pressure

Dozens of colleges have quietly pulled back from Pride Month this year under pressure from the Trump administration to enforce institutional neutrality policies more closely.

June 16, 2026

Public school districts gut budgets to offset rising costs, falling enrollment

Most public school districts nationwide are slashing staff and budgets this summer as rising costs and falling enrollments squeeze their finances.

June 15, 2026

D.C. watchdogs feud about overspending as city lawmakers eye more budget hikes

Washington's top municipal finance watchdogs are feuding about perennial agency overspending as the D.C. Council eyes more spending hikes in its annual budget.

June 12, 2026

Maryland agency sues Prince George’s County for raiding park funds to plug budget holes

Prince George's County officials are facing a lawsuit after diverting more than $39 million in property tax revenues designated for parks to fill a budget deficit.

June 11, 2026

Gallup: Record few Americans find transgenderism, death penalty, animal testing ‘morally acceptable’

Adults who view transgenderism, the death penalty and animal medical testing as "morally acceptable" fell to record lows in the latest Gallup polling released this week.

June 11, 2026

Civil rights complaint says HHS scholarship for Hawaiian natives violates federal laws

A Department of Health and Human Services scholarship is illegally paying for indigenous Hawaiians to earn healthcare degrees, according to a complaint filed with the agency's Office of Civil Rights.

June 10, 2026

Religious schools push ‘respectful disagreement’ in Trump era

Religious colleges are holding themselves up as models of respectful political disagreement in the Trump era, as they met this week to promote their speech codes as moralizing influences on students.

June 9, 2026

Undergraduate enrollment likely peaked this spring, higher education insiders say

Higher education insiders say undergraduate enrollment likely peaked this spring, as colleges prepare for a long-term slide in applications driven by declining birth rates.

June 8, 2026

Cardinal fires D.C. exorcist who said UFOs are mostly demons in disguise

Cardinal Robert McElroy has removed Stephen Rossetti as the Archdiocese of Washington's exorcist after the monsignor posted a viral video theorizing that most UFOs that people see are demons in disguise.

June 4, 2026

Club for Growth: GOP must persuade base to vote ‘one more time’ for Trump in midterms

Republicans could snatch victory in the midterms that many say would be a surprise if they convince their base to vote "one more time" for President Trump to keep Democrats from deep-sixing the MAGA agenda, said Club for Growth President David McIntosh.