Part of the massive domestic policy bill currently moving through Congress known as the “Big Beautiful Bill,” includes an unprecedented $5 billion national school voucher program. Republicans have long advocated for so-called school choice, but critics have labeled the initiative a tax cut for the wealthy.Sending public dollars to private schools has long been the subject of partisan divide and controversy. It has many powerful advocates, most notably former Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, who served under Trump during his first term. And it has fierce critics, particularly on the left.But congressional Republicans’ proposal, known as the Educational Choice for Children…

Zambia’s former President Edgar Lungu has died at the age of 68, his party has said in a statement.He had “been receiving specialized treatment in South Africa” for an undisclosed illness, the Patriotic Front (PF) added.Lungu led Zambia for six years from 2015, losing the 2021 election to the current…

On Inauguration Day 2025, tech titans like Mark Zuckerberg, Tim Cook, and Sundar Pichai secured front-row seats, their $1 million donations and Mar-a-Lago visits seemingly successful in endearing themselves to the President they had for years tried to censor. Yet, months into his second term, the millions they spent on…

The public split between President Donald Trump and former White House adviser Elon Musk continued this week, as the pair exchanged barbed insults after the tech billionaire recently announced his departure from the administration and criticized the president’s megabill.Musk criticized Trump’s so-called “Big Beautiful Bill” on May 27 in interviews, prompting…

WASHINGTON — President Trump said Thursday that Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky are similar to children fighting on a playground and that more time may be needed before “pulling them apart.” “Sometimes you see two young children fighting like crazy. They hate each other, and they’re…

WASHINGTON — Elon Musk went low in his rapidly escalating feud with President Trump Thursday, accusing him of withholding information from the public about the infamous sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein because it would implicate Trump himself. “Time to drop the really big bomb,” Musk posted on X after a multi-hour tirade against the president. “@realDonaldTrump…

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