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One primetime host on Fox News recently uttered a remark about public education and disabled students that visibly shocked one of his co-panelists. On Thursday, Rolling Stone reporter Nikki McCann Ramirez posted a video clip to Bluesky of a segment from Fox News' "The Five." In the segment, liberal panelist Jessica Tarlov was commenting on President Donald Trump's executive order aimed at shuttering the Department of Education, and her fears that it would negatively impact the quality of education that disabled children receive. "When I hear Republicans out there talking about their plan for education in America, I don't hear them talking about making sure disabled kids have access to a public education," Tarlov said. "I don't hear them talking about empowering—" READ MORE: 'Mob boss government': Trump deal with law firm over executive order ripped as 'shakedown' "—Because we're against it," Gutfeld sai...

One major law firm targeted by President Donald Trump's administration appears to have reached an agreement with the president to get out of his crosshairs. But some experts are alleging that the deal has ominous implications. The New York Times Michael A. Schmidt reported Thursday that the law firm Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP (Paul Weiss) made several key commitments to the Trump administration after it was targeted in an executive order. The agreement was reached after Paul Weiss' chair visited the White House and met with Trump. Early on in his second term, Trump issued executive orders mentioning three specific law firms that stripped their attorneys of security clearances and threatened to terminate their federal contracts. But on Thursday, Trump announced on his Truth Social platform that he would rescind the order targeting Paul Weiss after the firm agreed to contribute $40 million in pro bono legal services aligned with the administration...

Nearly 27 years ago, veteran activist Zackie Achmat led a fierce battle to secure life-saving antiretroviral (ARV) drugs for millions of South Africans. Now, with US foreign aid slashed, he has returned to the trenches to fight that same battle. from News24 news24/topstories/rss https://ift.tt/o4kGlO0 via sinceretalk

Another academic has been arrested by President Donald Trump's Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on legally dubious grounds, according to a new report. Politico reported Wednesday that Indian national Dr. Badar Khan Suri was recently arrested outside of his Virginia home by "masked agents" who said they were with the DHS. Suri — who is in the United States legally on a student visa and who is married to a U.S. citizen — was not charged with any crime and has no criminal record, yet he is being targeted for deportation and awaiting transfer to Texas. Suri is being put into deportation proceedings under the same vaguely worded statute that the Trump administration invoked after it arrested Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil (a legal permanent resident and Columbia University graduate student who led pro-Palestine protests last year). That statute claims that an administration has the authority to deport any foreign-born resident who it suspects could be a threat t...

On Thursday, President Donald Trump is expected to sign a new executive order intended to shutter the Department of Education. But like many of Trump's other executive orders, it's almost certain to be decided in the courts. NBC News reported Wednesday that Trump's order would instruct Education Secretary Linda McMahon — a former professional wrestling magnate — to "take all necessary steps to facilitate the closure the Department of Education and return education authority to the States, while continuing to ensure the effective and uninterrupted delivery of services, programs, and benefits on which Americans rely." McMahon previously told Fox News that she understood her role as ushering in the agency's destruction. "That was the president’s mandate," McMahon said. "His directive to me, clearly, is to shut down the Department of Education, which we know we’ll have to work with Congress, you know, to get that accomplished." READ MORE:...

A top economic official is now warning that one of President Donald Trump's key policies could trigger higher inflation in the future — or even a recession. The Daily Beast reported Wednesday that Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell (who Trump appointed in 2017 during his first term) appeared to take a jab at the administration when giving his own assessment of the U.S. economy. Powell suggested that inflation could be "somewhat elevated," and blamed higher unemployment numbers and price instability on the "turmoil" surrounding the Trump administration. "A good part of it is coming from tariffs," Powell said of his inflation projections. READ MORE: 'Lifeline': GOP revolts as Trump orders 'maximum' cuts for popular lending program Powell made the remarks to journalists at the end of a two-day Federal Open Market Committee meeting. The Fed announced Wednesday that interest rates would remain steady for now, as the nation's ...

Yakhe Kwinana, former SAA Technical chairperson and erstwhile SAA board member, is now at the centre of a storm of allegations in a small East London village, with residents of Bhongweni accusing her of extortion and intimidation. from News24 News24/TopStories/rss https://ift.tt/ZoT83mw via sinceretalk