Washington father confronts school board after middle-school ICE protest walkout
A Washington state father is threatening legal action against the Highline School District after discovering his 14-year-old son had left campus to participate in a political protest without parental notification, reigniting a national debate over student activism, school authority, and parental rights. The controversy began on February 2, when hundreds …
Massachusetts auditor heads to court after finding $12M in fraud
Massachusetts State Auditor Diana DiZoglio has escalated a long-running transparency fight to the state’s highest court, asking the Supreme Judicial Court (SJC) to force the Legislature to comply with a voter-approved law that explicitly authorizes her office to audit the General Court. What voters passed—and what it changed In 2024, …
DHS ends temporary protected status for 1,400 Yemenis
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security announced Friday that it is terminating Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Yemeni nationals, ending a program that has shielded roughly 1,400 people from deportation since 2015. The decision marks a significant policy shift for a population that has remained in the United States for …
Jobs Bounce Back — But the Economy Isn’t Out of the Woods Yet
The U.S. labor market began 2026 on stronger footing than many economists expected, even as revised data recast last year as far weaker than previously believed. According to the January employment report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, employers added 130,000 jobs, while the unemployment rate edged down to 4.3 …
Netanyahu Rushes to Washington to Shape Trump’s Iran Nuclear Talks
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrived in Washington, D.C., this week for a crucial round of diplomacy with senior U.S. officials as the United States and Iran edge back into nuclear negotiations. Before his scheduled meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday, Netanyahu met with the United States’ top …