For the White House press corps on Thursday, class was in session — and press secretary Karoline Leavitt was the teacher. Speaking before President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday aimed at dismantling the behemoth known as the Department of Education, Leavitt was armed with some solid statistics documenting some results of the department’s…

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Two janitors at Columbia University alleged that they were forced to unlawfully clean countless swastikas spray-painted across the Ivy League campus as the school was immersed in anti-Israel protests. Lester Wilson, who is black, and Mario Torres, who is Latino, said they lost track of how many swastikas they had to clean up, and claimed…

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Police in Aspinwall, Pennsylvania, are searching for a man who appears to have approached at least two properties with Trump flags or banners outside, spitting on at least one of their front doors. On Friday morning, the unidentified man allegedly walked up to a home, opened what seemed to be a screen door, and then…

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A French official made what appears to be a tongue-in-cheek request that President Donald Trump return the Statue of Liberty. Raphael Glucksmann, who represents France in the European Parliament, told his fellow Socialists and Democrats alliance members that the United States should return the monument, which was given as a gift in 1886. “We’re going…

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On Thursday afternoon, Democratic Rep. Raúl Grijalva of Arizona went off on “President Trump’s latest reckless decision to fire thousands of employees at the Department of Education,” saying in a post on X that it “jeopardizes critical student aid programs, weakens protections for students’ civil rights, and undermines essential support for students with disabilities.” The…

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A series of “swatting” incidents against prominent conservatives has FBI Director Kash Patel sounding the alarm — and promising action. In a Friday statement on X, Patel said that the FBI’s team was “fully committed to working with local law enforcement” on solving the crimes and punishing those responsible. The signal that the bureau was…

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Three people have been charged with second-degree murder in connection with the January death of a 5-year-old boy in a hyperbaric chamber that burst into flames at a Michigan clinic. Thomas Cooper died on Jan. 31 at the Oxford Center, in Troy. His mother, who was with him at the time, suffered burns after the…

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Russian President Vladimir Putin appeared in military fatigues as he visited soldiers on Wednesday in the Kursk region, which Russia is currently retaking from Ukrainian forces. Ukraine seized the Kursk region of Russia in August, marking a surprise counteroffensive that could have given Ukraine a bargaining chip in negotiations, according to a report from Reuters.…

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What the shell is going on in Oregon? According to Fox News, a member of the Oregon Health Authority’s Consumer Advisory Council on mental health unironically identifies as a turtle, known in the nonbinary community as “turtlegender” or, for the more sophisticated, “tortoisegender.” The member, JD Holt, cheerfully shared this fact at the council’s virtual…

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Thursday could be the end of the Department of Education. The Wall Street Journal reported in an exclusive on Wednesday, having seen a draft of President Donald Trump‘s executive order, the Trump administration is set to close the DOE. The draft ordered DOE Secretary Linda McMahon to “take all necessary steps to facilitate the closure…

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