Overall undergraduate enrollment increased by 2.5% for the spring 2024 semester, the first time enrollment in bachelor’s programs has risen in four years. But the modest increase is likely to be short lived, as financial aid chaos is expected in the fall. According to data published Wednesday from the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center, total […]
Philadelphia Mayor Cherelle Parker has made a significant number of changes since she started her term in January. Her most recent decision, however, is sure to ruffle the feathers of the city’s workers, especially those who have enjoyed the benefits of working remotely. During a press conference on Monday, Philadelphia’s mayor announced that all city […]
Washington was shaken this week by the sudden and tragic death of the political commentator and veteran media adviser Alice Stewart. Stewart, only 58, had appeared on CNN’s The Situation Room as recently as last Friday. Her body was found the following day in the Belle View neighborhood in northern Virginia. Authorities do not yet […]
Teenagers banned from malls without chaperones. Streets flooded with cameras to watch everyone while criminals go unprosecuted. People forced to take their tacos to go so employees don’t get assaulted. California is a bastion of wacky crime stories. Each time one of these stories rolls by, it is hard to imagine it being topped. And […]
After the Supreme Court ordered Louisiana to use a congressional map with an additional black majority district, Rep. Garret Graves is considering running in another House race — much to the dismay of his fellow Louisiana Republicans. While the five-term congressman has left his options open, he faces a difficult situation. If he stays in his 6th […]
President Joe Biden retired his “Bidenomics” brand as his popularity plummets, but the White House continues its breathless attempts to reshape voters’ abysmal perceptions of the economy. In a few sentences in a memo to the press, White House senior deputy press secretary Andrew Bates said that the president is fighting inflation by “standing up […]
NEW YORK — Former President Donald Trump revealed during a rally in the Bronx on Thursday that one of his conditions for debating President Joe Biden next month will be that they stand up. Trump told a crowd of several thousand supporters at the event that he was asked to agree to a seated format […]
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis appealed a ruling made by the judge overseeing the Georgia election interference case that dismissed some of the charges against former President Donald Trump and others. In March, Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee found that six indictment counts must be dropped, including three against Trump. McAfee said […]
Kenyan President William Ruto met with former President Barack Obama in Washington, D.C., on Thursday in between a series of meetings with President Joe Biden and his team at the White House. The Kenyan president’s state visit to Washington will conclude Thursday with a state dinner at the White House. Earlier in the day, Ruto […]
Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti announced Thursday that he is looking into the failed attempt to foreclose on Elvis Presley‘s former home. The Graceland mansion in Memphis was nearly foreclosed on by Naussany Investments and Private Lending until a judge stopped the attempt on Wednesday. The company claimed that a $3.8 million loan was taken […]
