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Texas Schools Allowed to Defy Abbott’s Ban on Mask Mandates — for Now
The Texas State Supreme Court also ruled in favor of districts, for the time being, to enforce mask rules in schools.
Biden Forgiving Student Debt of Disabled People, Totaling $5.8 Billion
The administration is simplifying an existing program that allows totally disabled people to have student debt forgiven.
Mo Brooks Criticized for Sympathizing With DC Bomb Threat Suspect’s “Anger”
Brooks's statement seemed to align with the false conspiracy theories the bomb threat suspect had expressed.
For First Time on Record, Rainfall Observed at Peak of Greenland Ice Sheet
This “is not simply a warm decade or two in a wandering climate pattern," said one expert. "This is unprecedented.”
DC Bomb Threat Suspect Expressed Belief in Trump Reinstatement Conspiracy Theory
The man, who claimed to have an explosive device in his vehicle near the Capitol, livestreamed portions of the incident.
GOP Governors Are Pushing Expensive COVID Remedies While Undermining Preventions
Both vaccines and antibody treatments reduce hospitalization rates, but studies show the former are more effective.
Before 2001 Invasion, Bush Admin Declared Taliban an Ally in the War on Drugs
Opium production soared during the U.S. occupation despite billions of dollars spent on waging a drug war.
Executives Cut Their Own Salaries to Save Even More on Taxes Under Trump Law
Some business owners used a loophole in the Trump tax cut to reclassify their wages as profit, reducing their tax bill.
Biden to Challenge Bans on Mask Rules Using Students’ Civil Rights Protections
“We are not going to sit by as governors try to block and intimidate educators protecting our children,” said Biden.
Judge Rules Against Alaskan Oil Pipeline Approved by Trump and Defended by Biden
The Trump administration failed to adequately consider the climate impacts of ConocoPhillip's plan, said the judge.