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
LONDON (AP) — The war in Ukraine is the conflict where spies came in from the cold and took center stage.Since Russia invaded its neighbor in late February, intelligence agencies in the U.S. and Britain have been remarkably willing to go public with their secret intelligence assessments of what is happening on the battlefield —…Continue Reading
VALLETTA, Malta — Pope Francis is praying for an end to the “sacrilegious” war in Ukraine and for the world to show kindness and compassion to refugees.Wrapping up a final Mass in Malta on Sunday, Francis urged the faithful to “think of the humanitarian tragedy unfolding in the martyred Ukraine, which continues to be bombarded…Continue Reading
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korean President-elect Yoon Suk Yeol on Sunday announced his intent to name a seasoned former prime minister and economic expert to serve as the country’s No. 2 official under his incoming government. Yoon’s pick of Han Duck-soo for prime minister is the first major nomination in his government, which…Continue Reading
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Several Grammy Awards performers such as Billie Eilish, Olivia Rodrigo and Jon Batiste have a chance to carve their names in the show’s history books Sunday.Through her song “Happier Than Ever,” Eilish could become the first artist ever to win record of the year three times in a row, and the…Continue Reading
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Opposition lawmakers in Sri Lanka on Sunday marched in the capital, Colombo, defying the president’s move to impose a nationwide curfew and state of emergency after protests blaming the government for an economic crisis swelled. Internet users were also unable to access Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, WhatsApp and other social media…Continue Reading
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