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White House rescinds federal funding freeze amid legal battle, widespread confusion

Jan. 29, 2025 17:45 PM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration has rescinded a plan for a sweeping pause on federal grants and loans totaling potentially trillions of dollars after it was temporarily blocked by a federal judge. The push set off panic and confusion across the country and raised the...

Despite chaos over Trump White House's funding pause, FAFSA forms and student loans still available

Jan. 29, 2025 14:43 PM EST

A temporary freeze imposed briefly this week by the White House on federal grants and loans left many students wondering about the impact to the FAFSA form used to apply for financial aid. President Donald Trump's administration on Wednesday rescinded the memo freezing spending. The...

What Trump's funding freeze could mean for universities, nonprofits and more

Jan. 28, 2025 18:23 PM EST

A White House directive to pause federal grants and loans raised uncertainty and fears among many who depend on federal aid before a judge intervened Tuesday to temporarily block it from taking effect. President Donald Trump's administration said the freeze would not affect federal...

Texas Senate’s voucher proposal would give families $10,000 to fund students’ private school

Jan. 24, 2025 16:36 PM EST

The Texas Senate revealed a bill on Friday to create an education savings accounts program, a top priority for Gov. Greg Abbott and top lawmakers after a similar bill failed to pass last legislative session. The bill, co-authored by Sen. Brandon Creighton, a Republican from Conroe...

Trump finds new ways to flex presidential power after returning to White House

Jan. 22, 2025 00:03 AM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is swiftly breaching the traditional boundaries of presidential power as he returns to the White House, bringing to bear a lifetime of bending the limits in courthouses, boardrooms and politics to forge an expansive view of his authority. ...

China's population falls for a third straight year, posing challenges for its government and economy

Jan. 20, 2025 23:48 PM EST

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — China's population fell last year for the third straight year, its government said Friday, pointing to further demographic challenges for the world's second most populous nation, which is now facing both an aging population and an emerging shortage of working age people. ...

Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody will fill Marco Rubio's Senate seat

Jan. 16, 2025 12:54 PM EST

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody will take Marco Rubio ’s seat in the U.S. Senate, Gov. Ron DeSantis announced Thursday, making Moody only the second woman to represent Florida in the chamber. Elected as the state’s top law enforcement officer in...

Biden's education chief says he avoided 'culture wars' despite goading from GOP governors

Jan. 15, 2025 17:44 PM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — While Republican states were working to limit school history lessons and ban transgender athletes, President Joe Biden’s education chief says he was focused on what matters: putting more social workers in schools, expanding summer school and building a pipeline of new...

Biden administration cancels loans for 260,000 former Ashford University students

Jan. 15, 2025 14:08 PM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — More than 260,000 former students of the now-defunct for-profit Ashford University are getting their student loans erased as the Biden administration presses ahead with debt forgiveness in its final days. Ashford was once one of the nation’s largest for-profit...

Arizona's Democratic governor faces uphill battle as Republicans control Legislature

Jan. 13, 2025 19:16 PM EST

PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs knows she is outnumbered this legislative session, since Republicans expanded their majorities in the statehouse after the last election. But the first-term governor sees room for bipartisan compromise as she looks to advance...