Riley Gaines’ selection as commencement speaker riles some Adrian College alums The buzz is building for Adrian College’s commencement speaker this weekend, but the current is not all positive. Both students and alumni of the private liberal arts school, located about 40 miles ... 05/3/2024 - 3:33 am | View Link
Republicans go all-in on U.S. campus protests as potential election winner It doesn't take a college degree to figure out Republicans see the protests on U.S. college campuses as a winning election-year issue for them. The proof is in their plans for a half-dozen ... 05/2/2024 - 9:28 am | View Link
Q&A: Democrat Jennifer McCormick would ‘prioritize kids’ in education if she becomes Indiana governor Former state superintendent Jennifer McCormick, who was endorsed by the political action committee of the states largest teachers union last month, switched from the Republican party to the Democratic ... 05/2/2024 - 7:31 am | View Link
May Day protesters march through downtown Durham. Why they ended up at Duke University Tashira Smith plays the drum as she lead a march of demonstrators from the CCB Plaza to Duke University along N. Main Street calling for calling for a $25 an hour wage for all, during a May Day March ... 05/1/2024 - 11:15 pm | View Link
Trump Praises Police Crackdowns on Campus Protests The former president called protesters “raging lunatics” and suggested, without evidence, that they were hired to draw attention away from border crossings. 05/1/2024 - 10:59 am | View Link
“The presidential election may come down to a city in the Midwestern prairie that is home to Warren Buffett — a prospect that is raising hopes among some Democrats that the once-prolific political donor will come off the sidelines to try to power President Joe Biden to reelection,” Bloomberg reports.
“Back in 2016, the Berkshire Hathaway Inc.
“The U. S. is in talks with close partners to lead a group of allies that would give as much as $50 billion in aid to Ukraine, with the massive outlay being repaid with the windfall profits from sovereign Russian assets that have been frozen – and are accruing interest — mostly in Europe,” Bloomberg reports.
“Republicans have launched more than 30 investigations into the State Department since taking power in 2023, an unusually high number that is fueling partisan tensions,” Politico reports.
“Democratic lawmakers and State Department officials say this particular chapter of the growing partisan rancor on Capitol Hill is affecting U. S. foreign policy: It distracts U.
Nevada Independent: “The lawsuit alleges that the four-day period for mail ballots postmarked by Election Day to be received violates federal law because it does not conform to the Election Day deadline established by the federal government.”
Reproductive rights organizers in two states with near-total abortion bans, Missouri and South Dakota, submitted roughly double the signatures needed to allow ballot measures that would put abortion before voters.
In South Dakota, organizers have submitted 55,000 signatures in support of the ballot measure granting a limited right to abortion—far more than the 35,000 required.