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Military Seeks Legal Advice on Trump-Era Strikes, Deployments

Military service personnel have been seeking outside legal advice about some of the missions the Trump administration has assigned them. The strikes against alleged drug traffickers and deployments to U.S. cities have sparked a debate over their legality. Amna Nawaz discussed more with Frank Rosenblatt, president of the National Institute of Military Justice, which runs The Orders Project. Amna Nawaz: Military service personnel have been seeking outside legal advice about some of the missions the Trump administration has assigned them. The U.S. strikes against alleged drug trafficking boats and deployments to American cities have sparked a firestorm of debate over

MacKenzie Scott Donates Record Gifts to HBCUs in 2025

On Wednesday, Winston-Salem State University announced it had received a historic $50 million gift from Scott, whose current net worth is roughly $36 billion. Scott acquired much of her wealth from her 2019 divorce from Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, and she has pledged to give away most of her wealth. So far, she’s donated well over $19 billion. “This gift is truly life-changing for our students and our community,” WSSU Chancellor Bonita J. Brown said in a statement. Her gift “transform[s] lives, not just today, but for generations. Her investment empowers us to make a high-quality education accessible, affordable, and within reach for students who never believed

DHS to Award $10K Bonuses to TSA Staff After Shutdown

By Caitlin Yilek Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem announced Thursday that TSA agents with “exemplary service” during the government shutdown will receive a $10,000 bonus check.Noem said the bonus checks, on top of their back pay, are “for stepping up, taking on extra shifts, for showing up each and every day.” She announced the bonuses at a press conference in Houston flanked by agents, and said others across the country would be recognized. “We will be continuing to not only recognize employees across the country, but we will be looking at every single TSA official who helped serve during this government

House Targets Senate Phone-Record Provision in Funding Bill

ByKatherine Faulders, Lauren Peller, and Allison Pecorin Speaker Mike Johnson said Wednesday the House will hold a standalone vote next week on stripping out a Senate provision in the government funding bill that allows senators to sue the government if their phone records are investigated without notifying them. Eight Republican senators had their phone records subpoenaed by special counsel Jack Smith as part of his investigation into Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election. The provision would allow them to seek hundreds of thousands of dollars in damages. The provision was debated in the House Rules Committee on Tuesday night before the funding bill

Trump Signs Bill Ending 43-Day Government Shutdown

By David Morgan, Nolan D. McCaskill, Bo Erickson and Gram Slattery, President Donald Trump on Wednesday signed legislation ending the longest government shutdown in U.S. history, hours after the House of Representatives voted to restart disrupted food assistance, pay hundreds of thousands of federal workers and revive a hobbled air-traffic control system. The Republican-controlled chamber passed the package by a vote of 222-209, with Trump’s support largely keeping his party together in the face of vehement opposition from House Democrats, who are angry that a long standoff launched by their Senate colleagues failed to secure a deal to extend federal health insurance subsidies. Trump’s signature on the bill,

Public HBCUs Drive Mobility Amid Deep Funding Gaps

By Jamal Watson Applications to public historically Black colleges and universities have skyrocketed 126% since 2004—far outpacing national trends—even as these institutions struggle with endowments that are a third the size of their private HBCU counterparts, according to a new report. The findings, detailed in “The American Dividend: Public HBCUs Powering National Strength and Opportunity,” underscore a stark paradox facing American higher education. Public HBCUs are producing outsized results in economic mobility, research output and workforce preparation while managing severe resource constraints that threaten their capacity to meet surging demand. The report from the Dr. N. Joyce Payne Research Center

Duffy Urges Congress to End Shutdown, Fix Flight Chaos

By Rebecca Cohen and Corky Siemaszko Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy on Tuesday urged Congress to quickly pass the bipartisan bill that would end the government shutdown and the flight disruptions that have plagued the country for nearly a week. “If the House does its work tomorrow, we’re well on our way” to getting air travel back to normal, Duffy said during a news conference at Chicago O’Hare International Airport. But if lawmakers don’t act fast, Duffy warned that the disruptions are likely to get worse ahead of Thanksgiving week, one of the busiest travel times of the year. “This is the Super Bowl of air traffic

Senate Passes Deal to Reopen Government After Shutdown

By Sahil Kapur, Frank Thorp V, Melanie Zanona and Julie Tsirkin WASHINGTON — The Senate passed legislation Monday night to reopen the government and end the record-long shutdown after eight Democrats broke with their party and joined Republicans to break the logjam. The vote was 60-40, with every Republican except Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky voting in favor of the measure. The measure now goes to the House, which could vote as early as Wednesday to pass the package and send it to President Donald Trump, who said Monday that he supports the bipartisan deal. Senate passage came after a long vote series to reject several amendments and package

Trump Criticizes Air Traffic Controllers During Shutdown

By Zoë Richards President Donald Trump on Monday doubled down on his criticism of air traffic controllers who have been absent during parts of the record-long government shutdown, when they’re required to work without pay. During a Fox News interview, Trump roundly dismissed the employees who in some cases have had to take on second jobs to pay their bills amid a funding lapse that will hit the six-week mark on Tuesday. “You know, a lot of people who showed up also had a second job. They took a second job temporarily. But they all know the money’s coming, and the money was coming,”

Trump Floats Direct Health Care Payments, $2K Tariff Dividend

By Alexandra Marquez President Donald Trump this weekend floated directly paying Americans for their health care costs and giving out $2,000 dividends from tariff revenue, ideas that administration officials later said were not formal proposals being sent to the Senate. In one Truth Social post on Saturday, the president wrote, “I am recommending to Senate Republicans that the Hundreds of Billions of Dollars currently being sent to money sucking Insurance Companies in order to save the bad Healthcare provided by ObamaCare, BE SENT DIRECTLY TO THE PEOPLE SO THAT THEY CAN PURCHASE THEIR OWN, MUCH BETTER, HEALTHCARE.” The following day, he again posted that

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