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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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‘Benign neglect’ parenting is having a moment, but experts remain unsure

A parenting trend with a troubling name has divided child care experts over whether it is better than it sounds.

April 8, 2026

Mizzou quits sponsoring multicultural student groups, in line with Trump direction

The University of Missouri has yanked sponsorship from its Black, Latino, Asian, gay and marginalized student groups to comply with Trump administration policies.

April 7, 2026

U.S. Catholics see 38% surge in adult converts over Easter weekend: Analysis

The U.S. Catholic Church experienced an estimated 38% increase in adult converts over the Easter weekend, driven by young men in their 20s, according to an analysis of data from 140 of the nation's 175 dioceses.

April 6, 2026

Report finds most service workers now have college degrees

More than 90% of lifeguards, bartenders, cashiers and postal workers now have college degrees, according to a report that finds too many graduates chasing too few jobs that require their advanced level of education.

April 5, 2026

Pro-lifers sound alarm over mail-order pills surpassing abortion travel

Pro-life activists fear a recent report that mail-order pills flowing into abortion-restricting states have stymied their efforts to limit the procedure.

April 1, 2026

Virginia’s Court of Appeals rejects data centers near Manassas battlefield

A unanimous three-judge panel of the Court of Appeals of Virginia has upheld a lower court ruling that could kill a plan to build 37 data centers near Manassas National Battlefield Park.

April 1, 2026

Montgomery County’s only charter school submits plan to stay open

Montgomery County's only charter school met a Monday deadline to document students' special education needs and submit a plan to keep the district from closing it.

March 31, 2026

Federal judge refuses to halt condo evacuations near Prince George’s County homeless camp

A federal judge has ruled that Prince George's County authorities can force residents of an Adelphi-area condominium to evacuate the building more than four months after homeless people were accused of disabling its heating system.

March 30, 2026

University of Maryland regent resists student calls to resign over Epstein ties

University System of Maryland regent Tom McMillen is resisting student calls to resign over his ties to the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

March 27, 2026

First federal building sold under the Trump administration as government shrinks

A private developer has purchased the General Services Administration's Regional Office Building, marking the first federal building sold under the Trump administration's downsizing efforts.

March 26, 2026

Juries find social media platforms knowingly harmed children

Juries in California and New Mexico have ordered social media companies to pay hundreds of millions of dollars for harming children with purposely addictive algorithms in two unprecedented verdicts this week.

March 25, 2026

‘Completely inappropriate’: Chatbots reinforce psychotic thoughts in mentally ill users, study finds

A new study finds that all versions of the generative artificial intelligence program ChatGPT exhibit high rates of inappropriate responses to questions testing for delusions, hallucinations and paranoid thoughts.

March 25, 2026

Free-speech group FIRE blasts Catholic University for blocking antisemitism speakers

A prominent free-speech group slammed the Catholic University of America for telling a pro-Israel student group it cannot host talks on antisemitism unless it gives equal time to opposing views.

March 24, 2026

Federal judge weighs request to block forced evacuation of condos

A federal district court judge in Greenbelt heard arguments Monday in a lawsuit seeking to block Prince George's County from forcibly ejecting residents of an Adelphi-area condominium complex who say vagrants broke their heating system four months ago.

March 23, 2026

University of Maryland students weigh sanctuary campus status and whether to oust regent

University of Maryland undergraduates will vote in upcoming student elections on referendums to oust a system regent who had contact with the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and to declare College Park a sanctuary campus for illegal immigrants evading Trump administration deportations.

March 18, 2026

Judge urges Prince George’s County to ‘step up’ condo evacuations near homeless camp

A Maryland District Court judge has urged the Prince George's County deputies to "step up" evacuations of an Adelphi-area condominium complex whose residents say vagrants disabled their heating system more than three months ago.

March 17, 2026

AI-generated pictures and voices drive surge in online dating scams, cyber experts say

That attractive, charming person on a video-chat dating website and that attentive, sympathetic caller on a dating phone line are likely scammers employing the latest artificial intelligence features to separate lonely romantics from their money, cybersecurity experts say.