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Department of Education hands off key Native American programs
Recent Department of Education shifts will transfer 24 programs serving Indian Country to the Department of the Interior, a move that tribal leaders say they weren’t consulted about. Native-specific programs such as Title VI, Native Language programming, Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian Education, and tribal college-related programs, will move to the U.S. Department of the Interior.
Big changes to the agency charged with securing elections lead to midterm worries
Minnesota Secretary of State Steve Simon said his questions to Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem about whether the cybersecurity agency will be engaged in next year’s midterms remain unanswered.
Trump and Mamdani share a cordial White House meeting after months of trading attacks
President Donald Trump lavished praise on New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani as the two met for the first time in the Oval Office after a history of trading political insults.
Trump pledge to ‘immediately’ end protections for Minnesota Somalis sparks fear and legal questions
President Donald Trump has pledged to end temporary legal protections for Somalis in Minnesota, sparking fear in the state's immigrant community. Experts and state leaders have criticized the move as legally questionable and divisive.
North Dakota Supreme Court ruling reverses judge's decision that overturned the state's abortion ban
North Dakota’s overturned abortion ban is back on the books after the state’s highest court could not muster the majority required to deem it unconstitutional.
RFK Jr. says he personally directed CDC's new guidance on vaccines and autism
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told The New York Times in an interview that he personally directed the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to update its website to contradict its longtime guidance that vaccines don’t cause autism.
Putin says U.S. plan for Ukraine could form the basis for a final peace settlement
Russian President Vladimir Putin has cautiously welcomed a U.S. proposal to end Moscow’s nearly four-year war in Ukraine, saying it “could form the basis of a final peace settlement.”