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GOP bill targets endowments in response to sky-high tuition, as Harris touts loan bailout on campaign trail

FIRST ON FOX – As the school year approaches, and education costs figure to be a major issue in the presidential election, Rep. David Joyce, R-Ohio, is pushing a bill with an alternative approach to cutting education costs – targeting bloated university endowments. Joyce’s bill, which he is introducing this week with Rep. Nicole Malliotakis,...

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Chicago officials deny cleanup of homeless encampment containing migrants related to upcoming DNC

Chicago’s city council denied that the cleanup of homeless encampments containing migrants has anything to do with the upcoming Democratic National Convention (DNC). A large homeless encampment was cleared on July 17, the Chicago Tribune reported. The paper reported further that Maura McCauley, managing deputy commissioner of the Chicago Department of Family and Support Services,...

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Federal judge rules Harvard University must face antisemitism lawsuit from Jewish students

A federal judge denied Harvard University’s motion to dismiss a lawsuit brought by six Jewish students alleging the school did not properly address ongoing campus antisemitism. U.S. District Judge Richard G. Stearns wrote in his ruling Tuesday that despite how former Harvard president Claudine Gay and interim president Garber “repeatedly publicly recognized” an “eruption of...

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Texas middle school bans students from wearing all-black clothing

Students at a Texas middle school have new restrictions on how they can dress for the first day of classes on Monday, as a result of a change in dress code that bans wearing black clothing from head to toe. The change is taking effect at H.E. Charles Middle School, which is part of the...

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Columbia University students file lawsuit against organizers, supporters of anti-Israel campus encampments

Five Columbia University students and graduates filed a class action lawsuit on Monday against the students, activists and unions that they claim organized and backed anti-Israel encampments that forced the university campus to shut down at the end of the 2024 spring semester. The case, which includes Democratic Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, N.Y., Jamaal Bowman, N.Y.,...

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Squad members sued for 'inciting' Columbia anti-Israel encampment

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., and other members of the far-left “Squad” are facing a class action lawsuit alleging that they incited and encouraged anti-Israel protests and encampments at Columbia University earlier this year. Five students filed the lawsuit anonymously, naming Ocasio-Cortez and Democratic Reps. Jamal Bowman of New York and Ilhan Omar of Minnesota. The...

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Virginia school district launches pilot no cellphone policy using magnetic pouch that blocks signal

The Fairfax County Public Schools in Virginia (FCPS) is launching a pilot program for several middle schools to prohibit students’ cellphone access during the school day, starting in the 2024-25 school year. Seven schools will participate in the pilot program: Frost Middle School, Irving Middle School, Jackson Middle School, Poe Middle School, Robinson Middle School,...