President and Administration
Last week, the Biden administration announced it will invoke Cold War powers to boost domestic production of materials for batteries needed to power electric vehicles and the transition to renewable energy, a move intended to improve U.S. competitiveness in a market dominated by China…
The U.S. announced new sanctions on Russia’s economy, targeting what it said was Russia’s biggest chipmaker and largest exporter of microelectronics, as the Biden administration pledges to keep raising the pressure on Moscow over the war in Ukraine…
Today, 4/4, the Senate Judiciary Committee will vote on Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s nomination to the Supreme Court…
Surging inflation is expected to quell the effectiveness of the Biden administration’s $550 billion infrastructure law, as construction and labor costs skyrocket, officials in the municipal bond industry said on a panel at a conference on Thursday, 3/31…
The State Department will allow all Americans who do not identify as male or female the option to select the “X” gender marker on passports and the Department of Homeland Security is working with airlines to facilitate use of the designation for travel and security…
The Biden administration will make an additional 35,000 seasonal-worker visas available to employers ahead of the coming summer hiring season, the Department of Homeland Security said Thursday, 3/31…
The Department of Transportation released tailpipe pollution standards Friday, 4/1, that would require average fuel efficiency of new cars and light trucks to reach 49 miles per gallon in less than four years…
FY23 Budget: By the Numbers…
Congress
Senate Democrats are preparing to make one last push for a deal with Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) on a huge party-line tax and spending bill, or reconciliation bill…
On Friday, 4/1, the former nominee for Vice President, Sarah Palin, announced her comeback bid to fill the House seat left vacant by the late Rep. Don Young…
Education
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis made national headlines last week when he signed into law a divisive bill banning certain classroom instruction related to gender identity or sexual orientation in public schools…
Some private student lenders are asking the White House to extend the expiring moratorium on federal student loan payments until 2023 - but only for certain borrowers facing “severe hardship and distress”…
Last week, Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona issued a nationwide call to action for states, higher education leaders, and schools to tap federal resources and work together to address the teacher shortage and aid student recovery…
Last week, the CDC published new analyses shining light on the mental health of high school students during the pandemic, including a disproportionate level of threats that some students experienced…
The Education Department is planning rules that state clearly that Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 protects transgender students…
An estimated 1.1 million K-12 students registered for the 2020-21 school year but never showed up for class, according to a Government Accountability Office report released last week…