Moriah Balingit

President Donald Trump arriving to speak at the Commander-in-Chief’s Trophy presentation with the Navy Midshipmen football team in the East Room of the White House, Friday, March 20, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

Trump administration sues Harvard, saying it violated civil rights law and seeking to recover funds

March 20, 2026 at 11:39 a.m.

The Justice Department filed a new lawsuit Friday against Harvard University, saying its leadership failed to address antisemitism on campus, creating grounds for the government to freeze existing grants and...

FILE – Children draw in one of the classrooms at the Children’s Promise Centers child care center in Albuquerque, N.M., April 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Susan Montoya Bryan, File)

A $50 million push hopes to make child care a top issue in the midterm elections

March 17, 2026 at 8:30 a.m.

An advocacy group hoping to expand support for child and elder care plans to spend $50 million to back Democrats in congressional races, tying the costs of caregiving to the...

FILE – Books sit on shelves in an elementary school library in suburban Atlanta, on Friday, Aug. 18, 2023. (AP Photo/Hakim Wright Sr., File)

Young kids missed the pandemic’s school disruptions. Their reading scores are still behind.

March 10, 2026 at 8:35 a.m.

When COVID-19 wrought havoc on society in early 2020, today’s youngest schoolchildren were infants or yet to be born. Now in their early school years, researchers are beginning to see...

Families leave CentroNia at the end of the school day in Washington, Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

President Donald Trump’s crackdown on immigration is taking a toll on child care workers

December 10, 2025 at 10:40 a.m.

President Donald Trump’s push for the largest mass deportation in history has had an outsized impact on the child care field.

Michael Dell, left, his wife Susan and President Donald Trump listen during an event on “Trump Accounts” for kids in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

With ‘Trump Accounts,’ your baby could qualify for $1,000. Here’s what to know

December 3, 2025 at 1:31 p.m.

When the children of wealthy households leave the nest, they often benefit from their parents’ largesse in the form of a trust fund. Less affluent peers may receive nothing at...

FILE – President Donald Trump colors during a visit with a group of children at the Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Aug. 24, 2018, in Columbus, Ohio. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

What President Donald Trump’s big tax law could mean for the youngest Americans

July 9, 2025 at 9:00 a.m.

The impact of the massive spending bill that President Donald Trump signed into law on Independence Day is expected to filter down to infants and toddlers — a segment of...

FILE – Students march at Arizona State University in protest of ASU’s chapter of College Republicans United-led event encouraging students to report “their criminal classmates to ICE for deportations”, Jan. 31, 2025, in Tempe, Ariz. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)

US government expands grounds for canceling international students’ legal status

May 2, 2025 at 9:22 a.m.

The federal government is expanding the reasons international students can be stripped of their legal status in the U.S., where thousands have come under scrutiny in a Trump administration crackdown that has...

Linda McMahon, President Donald Trump’s nominee for Secretary of Education, attends a hearing of the Health, Education, and Labor Committee on her nomination, Thursday, Feb. 13, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Education Department cuts half its staff as Trump vows to wind the agency down

March 11, 2025 at 7:09 p.m.

The Education Department plans to lay off over 1,300 of its more than 4,000 employees as part of a reorganization that’s seen as a prelude to President Donald Trump’s plan...

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., left, wears a bandage on his face and wrist as he walks to cast a vote on the Senate floor after falling during a luncheon on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Donald Trump nominees should ‘steer clear’ of undermining polio vaccine, Mitch McConnell says

December 14, 2024 at 4:17 p.m.

Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell, a childhood polio survivor, said any of President-elect Donald Trump’s nominees seeking confirmation should “steer clear” of efforts to discredit the polio vaccine.

FILE – A man walks near a flooded area near the Swannanoa river, effects from Hurricane Helene , Friday, Sept. 27, 2024, in Asheville, N.C. (AP Photo/Erik Verduzco, File)

Many schools are still closed weeks after Hurricane Helene. Teachers worry about long-term impact

October 16, 2024 at 8:27 a.m.

Tens of thousands of students in the Southeast are dealing with school disruptions after Hurricane Helene wreaked havoc so severe — on homes, campuses and municipal power and water systems...

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