Trump and RFK Jr. are upending cancer research. They're cutting patients off from clinical trials and killing so many kids' only hope for a cure. I’m fighting to restore funding, but I can't restore lost time. FIRE RFK Jr. NOW.

"You cannot put into words the gravity, the tragedy, or the absolute pain of this situation." Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey speaks at a press conference for shooting at Annunciation Catholic School www.msnbc.com/top-stories/...

CDC union demands Trump officials condemn disinformation after shooting

CDC union demands Trump officials condemn vaccine disinformation after shooting

CDC staff have endured months of "vilification" and condemnation would help prevent more violence against scientists, union says.

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This is right. It’s of little solace that states have greater legal protections than DC for the simple fact that (1) this distinction apparently doesn’t matter at all to the Trump admin and (2) seizing control of the capital is, even if legally a lighter lift, categorically different.

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3) And the political precedent is *more* ominous, not less, when it's the national capital, despite the greater legal authority. Sending the armed forces to take control of the streets of the capital is pre-coup behavior, practice for taking control of the whole government.

A series of changes to long-running federal student loan programs tucked into the Republican tax plan has doctors panicked and struggling to find GOP allies. My latest: www.politico.com/news/2025/06...

Republican plans to cap student borrowing could shatter an everyday profession

One GOP senator said anyone paying more than $100K to go to med school is "making a huge mistake." But the median cost of attending one is more than double that for the class of 2025.

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First, the State Department stopped interviewing applicants for student visas to the U.S. Then Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced that he’d revoke visas for Chinese students working in “critical fields” or with Communist Party ties. www.politico.com/news/2025/05...

Rubio’s visa crunch has big consequences for public universities

Public institutions in Arizona, California, Illinois, Michigan and Texas rank among the top destinations for international students.

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🧵 1/n We will hopefully have more on this and in much more detail in the coming days, but let’s talk about this exec order on accreditation for a minute. #EduSky www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/...

Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Reforms Accreditation to Strengthen Higher Education

HOLDING ACCREDITORS ACCOUNTABLE: Today, President Donald J. Trump signed an Executive Order to overhaul the higher education accreditation system,

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Legal experts say states could help married women who have changed their last names by accepting documents like a legal decree or a marriage certificate, but it might not fix the issue for all.

Will the SAVE Act make it harder for married women to vote? We ask legal experts

Legal experts say states could help married women who have changed their last names by accepting documents like a legal decree or a marriage certificate, but it might not fix the issue for all.

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The Small Business Administration faces huge staff cuts as Trump hands it a $1.6 trillion student loan portfolio. ESB's Michael Negron warns that w/o the right resources, the plan could create more problems than it solves for 43M borrowers. @beccacarballo.bsky.social www.politico.com/news/2025/03...

Roughly 570 employees have left FSA, through RIFs and other offers to encourage people to leave. But the agency is starting to bring a handful of people back My latest subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2025...

One day after the Education Department fired nearly half its employees, most students and parents across the country couldn’t access the agency’s Free Application for Federal Student Aid. 72 employees spent hours on a call to try and fix the form subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2025...

POLITICO Pro: A day after mass firing at Education Department, FAFSA troubles start

Those within the agency worry about how quickly issues will be resolved after a reduction in force plan goes into effect.

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ED slashed its team that handle student aid complaints and is in the process of making it more difficult to submit a grievance online. The "submit a complaint" button will be changed to "submit feedback" and moved to the bottom of the webpage. subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2025...

There are a lot of unanswered questions around this federal aid freeze. Education Department officials are telling us that federal student loans and Pell Grants shouldn't be affected. But... subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2025...

House Republicans are mulling policies that would either repeal or significantly narrow various student loan programs. The deets: subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2025...

The FAFSA deadline bill, which mandates an Oct. 1 launch date, heads to the President’s desk subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2024...

President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for attorney general is trying to build support with meetings on Capitol Hill.

Like a lot of school districts across the country, Fort Worth ISD is facing declining enrollment, which (probably) means closing schools. I sat in on the task force that's figuring out how that's going work. www.star-telegram.com/news/local/e...

This one is for the Ed policy ppl: The Education Department, in a last ditch effort to provide lower monthly payments to student loan borrowers, will publish a rule Friday that brings back some income-related repayment plans. subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2024...