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Teachers Fear Smithsonian Review Could Rewrite U.S. History

High school history teacher Katharina Matro often pulls materials from the Smithsonian Institution website as she assembles her lessons. She trusts its materials, which don’t require the same level of vetting as other online resources. She uses documents and other primary sources it curates for discussions of topics like genocide and slavery. As the White House presses for changes at the Smithsonian, she’s worried she may not be able to rely on it in the same way. “We don’t want a partisan history,” said Matro, a teacher in Bethesda, Maryland. “We want the history that’s produced by real historians.” Far beyond

Judge Blocks Trump From Firing Fed Governor Lisa Cook

By Steve Kopack A federal judge on Tuesday granted a temporary restraining order blocking President Donald Trump’s firing of Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook for now. The ruling means Cook will remain on the board of the central bank until her case is heard at length. She is allowed to continue carrying out her work during that time. In granting the order, U.S. District Judge Jia Cobb said that “the Court will enter an injunction directing [Fed Chair Jerome] Powell and the Board of Governors to allow Cook to continue to operate as a member of the Board for the pendency of this litigation.” “The public interest

Supreme Court to Rule on Trump’s Emergency Tariff Powers

By Lawrence Hurley and Steve Kopack The Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to quickly decide a high-stakes showdown over President Donald Trump’s tariffs on imports from foreign nations, a signature policy of his second term. At issue is Trump’s power to unilaterally impose tariffs, without congressional approval, under a law reserved for use in times of emergency. The court took two different cases covering most of Trump’s tariffs, one of which the Trump administration filed last week after the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ruled Aug. 29 that he exceeded his authority. The other case is a similar challenge brought by two

RFK Jr. Faces Backlash Over Nutrition Education Mandate

By Kathryn Palmer Even as lawmakers, medical professionals and his own kin call on secretary of health and human services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to resign for spreading misinformation, medical education organizations are on the hook to give Kennedy their plan for expanding nutrition education requirements by Wednesday. It’s one of the latest public health directives Kennedy has put forth to advance his so-called Make America Healthy Again agenda, which is heavily focused on addressing chronic illness through diet and lifestyle choices. “The chronic disease epidemic is the most urgent and costly health crisis in America today. We can’t afford another decade

Civil Rights Icon Joseph McNeil of A&T Four Dies at 83

Joseph McNeil, one of four North Carolina college students whose occupation of a racially segregated Woolworth’s lunch counter 65 years ago helped spark nonviolent civil rights sit-in protests across the South, died Thursday, his university said. He was 83. McNeil, who later became a two-star general, was one of four freshmen at North Carolina A&T State University in Greensboro who sat down at the local “whites only” counter on Feb. 1, 1960. The young Black men were refused service and declined to give up their seats even as the store manager and police urged them to move on. Statements from

NYC Opens First HBCU Early College Prep High School

By Tessa Langston Mayor Eric Adams and Chancellor Melissa Aviles-Ramos kicked off the new school year by ushering in over a million New York City public school students, and by marking the occasion with a bit of ceremonial ribbon-cutting at the first historically Black college and university (HBCU) Early College Prep High School in Queens, as reported by NYC’s Mayoral Office. They weren’t shy about highlighting the transformative educational initiatives that the Adams administration has pushed, with public schools across the city set to benefit from expanded programs and new tech policies. “We are ringing in the school year with more

ICE Launches “Operation Midway Blitz” in Chicago Crackdown

By Phil Helsel Immigration and Customs Enforcement is launching an operation in Chicago targeting undocumented immigrants who have committed crimes, the Department of Homeland Security announced Monday — a decision long rumored and opposed by local officials. DHS said the ICE effort is called “Operation Midway Blitz” and blamed so-called sanctuary policies in Chicago and Illinois. The DHS announcement didn’t mention using the National Guard, which President Donald Trump has publicly talked about. Trump has been talking for weeks about possibly ordering federal authorities to Chicago, an effort he has said is intended to fight crime. Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson and

Protests Erupt in Chicago Ahead of Planned ICE Operations

By Christian Piekos Protesters demonstrated across the Chicago area Friday ahead of an expected surge in ICE operations this weekend. Crews have put up fencing around Dirksen Federal Courthouse in downtown Chicago. The expected increase in immigration enforcement could come as soon as Saturday. Naval Station Great Lakes will serve as the logistical hub for some 300 federal agents each day carrying out operations in Chicago. ABC7 saw no sign of ramped up activity Friday night at the Broadview ICE facility that’s expected to be used as a processing center, but that could soon change Saturday. With the Trump administration

Nearly 60% of HBCUs Risk Losing Federal Student Aid

When too many former students default on their student loans, the Department of Education can remove a school’s access to federal financial aid. Almost 60 percent of HBCUs could lose access, compared to less than 20 percent of non-HBCUs, if current rates of borrowers being behind on loans translate into similarly high default rates. Higher percentages of HBCU students rely on federal financial aid to help fund their education than students at non-HBCUs. Losing federal financial aid could devastate institutions that move Black Americans from low-income to middle class, but advocates say supporters can take action to help protect HBCUs.

PBS Cuts Nearly 100 Jobs After Congress Pulls Funding

By Phil Helsel and Madison Lambert PBS has eliminated almost 100 staff positions over the last several months because of a loss of federal funding, it said Thursday. The job cuts include 34 staff members who were notified Thursday that they were losing their jobs, a spokesperson for PBS said. The Republican-controlled Congress cut $1.1 billion in federal funding for PBS and NPR in July. “In this unprecedented moment we remain focused on what matters most: ensuring our member stations can deliver quality content and services to communities across America,” the spokesperson said. The New York Times first reported the eliminated positions. The July rescissions package cut $9

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