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FILE PHOTO: U.S. House Judiciary Committee hearing on "Oversight of the Department of Homeland Security", in Washington

Daily News Lesson March 06 2026

Shorts: Secretary Kristi Noem is out as Homeland Security secretary

Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA) had pressed Noem Tuesday on spending $220 million on TV ads that feature the secretary front and center.

Primary election night party for Democratic senate candidate James Talarico in Austin

Daily News Lesson March 05 2026

Monitoring the Midterms: Primaries begin for the 2026 midterm elections

Learn about some of the early results from the kickoff of the 2026 midterm election season

Daily News Lesson March 04 2026

The Trump administration seeks to explain Iran strategy

Discuss how President Trump and his staff are justifying attacks on Iran

Student Voices March 03 2026

Student Voice: How music is the surprising antidote for winter loneliness

"I had read these studies about how music brings people together, but that day in the elder care facility, I watched the connection ignite right in front of me," Nikhil Rughwani writes.

Aftermath of an Israeli and the U.S. strike on Gandhi Hotel Hospital, in Tehran

Daily News Lesson March 03 2026

On the ground in Tehran, reporter describes tense and volatile conditions

Learn the impacts of the U.S. and Israeli strikes in Iran on the third day of the war

Daily News Lesson March 01 2026

What we know about the U.S.-Israel attacks on Iran

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has been killed; 153 dead at an elementary school, mostly children, according to Iran authorities

FILE PHOTO: U.S. Vice President JD Vance and Administrator for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Mehmet Oz speak about combating fraud, in Washington

Daily News Lesson February 27 2026

Trump administration halts Minnesota Medicaid funds

Learn why the Trump administration is withholding healthcare funds for a single state

Daily News Lesson February 26 2026

As America turns 250, historian Joseph Ellis examines the founders’ promise and their failures

Learn more why Ellis describes slavery and the treatment of Native Americans as great contradictions in American history

U.S. President Donald Trump delivers the State of the Union address at the U.S. Capitol in Washington D.C.

Daily News Lesson February 25 2026

Takeaways from Trump's 2026 State of the Union address

Choose one or two clips from Trump's State of the Union address to discuss as a class or reflect on in your notebooks

Palestinians gather to break their fast by eating Iftar meals on the first day of the holy month of Ramadan, in Gaza City

Daily News Lesson February 24 2026

Palestinians in Gaza observe Ramadan despite enormous destruction and loss

This is the first Ramadan since the cease-fire in October though Israeli strikes have killed more than 600 Palestinians since.

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