(The Center Square) – Student excitement about the legislature abolishing the annual statewide standardized test may be short lived. Instead of one test, students will soon have to take three. HB 8, filed by state Rep. Brad Buckley, R-Salado, which eliminates the State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness (STAAR) Test, has passed both chambers […]

In August, President Donald Trump fired six out of seven members of an oversight board responsible for overseeing Puerto Rico’s finances. As replacements for these commissioners loom, major Republican donors could win billions of dollars due to the board’s control over their financial interests. Former oversight board member Andrew Biggs, a Republican appointee and the […]

The Washington Examiner‘s Tiana Lowe Doescher said on Wednesday that President Donald Trump‘s crime cleanup should expand outside Washington, D.C., adding that she feels “so much safer” as a previous victim of violent crime. Gov. JB Pritzker (D-IL) said Tuesday that he believes Chicago will be the next major city where Trump will deploy the […]

UKRAINE AND POLAND FACE RIFT OVER PROPOSED BAN ON UKRAINIAN NATIONALIST SYMBOLS President Donald Trump is meeting with Polish President Karol Nawrocki at 11:20 a.m. at the White House. This is Nawrocki’s first overseas trip since taking office last month.