CBC.ca14d
Canadians exempted from fingerprinting for U.S. travel under new Homeland Security rules
Canadian travellers to the U.S. will be exempt from new fingerprinting requirements imposed on all other foreign nationals, according to the Department of Homeland Security. The draft rule ...
U.S. News & World Report14d
Education Department Fires Over 1,300 Workers, Gutting its Staff
The Department of Education announced Tuesday it was reducing its workforce by nearly 2,000 people. That number includes over 1,300 laid off employees and more than 600 people who accepted ...
Mercury News14d
National Politics
oversight of student disability rights to Health and Human Services. Less clear is what could happen with a more lofty part of its mission — promoting equal access for students in an American ...
The Denver Post14d
The Education Department was created to ensure equal access. Who would do that in its absence?
oversight of student disability rights to Health and Human Services. Less clear is what could happen with a more lofty part of its mission — promoting equal access for students in an American ...
USA Today14d
Trump defends decision to cut nearly half of Education Department staff
President Donald Trump on Wednesday defended his administration's decision to lay off about half of the U.S. Department of Education's staff, citing the department's own data on the U.S.'s ...
FOX 5 Atlanta14d
Education Department lays off nearly 50% of its staff: What to know
The Education Department is laying off nearly 50% of its staff. Department officials announced the cuts on Tuesday, which raised questions about the agency’s ability to continue usual ...
CNN15d
White House says DHS is using intelligence to identify student protesters following Mahmoud Khalil’s arrest
The Trump administration said it is using intelligence collected by the Department of Homeland Security to identify international students who participated in protests against the Israel-Hamas war ...
New York Post15d
Department of Education fires more than 1,300 employees, closes offices for ‘security reasons’ Wednesday
More than 1,300 Department of Education staffers were terminated by the Trump administration on Tuesday after all employees received an ominous notice instructing them to stay home from work.
Homeland Security Today15d
James Percival Nominated as General Counsel for the Department of Homeland Security
James Percival has been nominated as General Counsel for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), bringing extensive legal and policy experience at the state and federal levels to the role. Percival ...
Wall Street Journal15d
Education Department Cuts Nearly Half Its Workforce as Effort to Shut the Agency Looms
Donald Trump has vowed to dissolve the Department of Education. Oklahoma schools superintendent Ryan Walters and former U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan explain the potential impact of Trump ...
NBC News15d
Justice Department office that prosecutes public corruption slashed in size, sources say
The Trump administration is gutting the Justice Department's unit that oversees prosecutions of public officials accused of corruption, three sources who spoke on condition of anonymity told NBC ...