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President Joe Biden’s budget proposal to double Pell Grants by 2029 would help low-income families afford college but rising inflation and calls to cut spending make that goal difficult to achieve.The Pell Grant program, which helps low-income students afford college, turns 50 this year.The program has helped millions attend college but its buying power has…Continue Reading

Senate Judiciary Committee expected to send Jackson’s nomination to full Senate on MondayAs Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson fielded tough questions during her Supreme Court confirmation hearings, a discerning group was watching and listening – speech and debate students across the country.They knew that Jackson, the first Black woman nominated to the nation’s highest court, credits part…Continue Reading

U.S. District Judge David Carter ordered Trump lawyer John Eastman to provide the confidential memo and 100 other emails to the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol attack.Federal courts have rejected Trump’s executive privilege claim to keep documents confidential.The 101 documents being released include nine that Eastman argued fall under attorney-client privilege.Documents include a…Continue Reading

Holly Rosenkrantz  |  USA TODAYAfghanistan has faced grave hunger crises before. Two decades ago, people in the country were so hungry they resorted to eating wild grass.But the situation in the country now is unprecedented.Exacerbated by an unusually cold winter and the worst drought in decades, the economic upheaval that came with the Taliban takeover…Continue Reading

Empty tracks are seen on the departure train platform at Amsterdam Railway Station during a national public transport strike in the Netherlands, May 28, 2019. REUTERS/Eva PlevierRegister now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.comAMSTERDAM, April 3 (Reuters) – The Dutch national railway operator NS on Sunday issued an advisory that none of its trains will…Continue Reading