New York City’s next election is shaping up to be a referendum on education. Mayoral front-runner Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic nominee and self-described democratic socialist, announced Thursday that he plans to phase out the city’s Gifted and Talented (G&T) program for kindergarteners—reviving one of the most controversial education debates of …

Last week, Vice President J.D. Vance warned Democrats were pushing the government toward shutdown over demands to fund health care for illegal immigrants. Democrats denied it, and fact-checkers downplayed the claim as “semantics.” But the data tell another story. Spending on Medicaid funding for illegal immigrants nearly tripled last year …

In a move that signals a dramatic departure from the one-size-fits-all mandates of the COVID era, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has adopted new immunization schedules that stress individual-based decision-making for COVID-19 vaccination. At the same time, the CDC is recommending that toddlers receive standalone chickenpox (varicella) …

The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear Michael Pung v. Isabella County, Michigan, a property rights dispute that could set a national precedent on how local governments handle tax foreclosures. At the heart of the case: whether a county can seize and sell a home for unpaid taxes, keep …

For the third year in a row, Americans’ confidence in the mass media has dropped to a record low, according to a new Gallup survey. Once considered a cornerstone of democracy, the media has now sunk to the bottom of civic trust, trailing even Congress in the eyes of the …