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On Wednesday, the Trump administration decided to rescind protections offered to transgender youth by President Obama. The move was expected, yet painful. Obama’s interpretation of Title IX, the 1972 equity law, would have allowed trans students to use bathrooms and locker rooms “consistent with their gender identity,” as the May 2016 guidance said. Eleven states

In the interest of maintaining “balance in the employment of faculty,” Iowa Republican lawmakers are now considering a bill that would make political affiliation a condition of hiring new professors at state universities and require universities to maintain current records of faculty political party affiliation. Under SF288, it would be illegal for the faculty of

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration wants to overhaul the tax code by August, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said Thursday, laying out an aggressive timetable in his first significant public comments since taking office last week. “Our economic agenda, the No. 1 issue is growth, and the first most important thing that will impact growth is

FENTON, Mo. — Vice President Mike Pence on Wednesday strongly condemned vandalism at a St. Louis-area Jewish cemetery as a “vile act,” and later donned work gloves and raked up debris at the cemetery. Pence’s speech to workers and invited guests at a Fenton Caterpillar facility, and his subsequent trip to view the damage and