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Daily News Lesson May 23 2025

Georgetown scholar says he was 'chained, shackled' in ICE detention

Badar Khan Suri was held for nearly two months in a detention facility in Texas.

A poster displays at a bus shelter the current U.S. National debt at 36 Trillion dollars in Washington

Daily News Lesson May 20 2025

Credit rating downgrade triggers warning signs for U.S. economy

Learn how the U.S. government's credit rating affects prices for everyday consumers

Daily News Lesson May 16 2025

Lao and Proud: Chef inspires others to embrace their heritage and history through food

Learn how Chef Seng Luangarth helped bring Laotian cuisine to the U.S.

U.S. President Trump departs for Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates

Daily News Lesson May 15 2025

Constitution's emoluments clause and Qatar gifting Trump $400M luxury jet

"Our founders put into our Constitution a prohibition on government officials, including the president, accepting payments, gifts from foreign governments," according to Kathleen Clark, law professor

First group of White South Africans arrives in U.S. Under Trump's Refugee plan in Dulles

Daily News Lesson May 13 2025

White South Africans arrive in U.S. after receiving refugee status from Trump

Learn why the Trump administration is giving White Afrikaners expedited refugee status to the United States

Conclave elects the new pope, at the Vatican

Daily News Lesson May 09 2025

Pope Leo XIV selected as first American to lead Catholic Church

The pope spoke of peace and building bridges to an ecstatic crowd in St. Peter's Square

Canada’s Prime Minister Carney campaigns in Mississauga, Ontario

Daily News Lesson April 28 2025

What’s on voters’ minds as Canada elects a new prime minister

Learn more about Canada's federal election and dominant political parties

Lesson Plan April 28 2025

Lesson plan: Civil war in Syria and the human impact

Learn about the Syrian Civil War through news reports and comics

U.S. President Donald Trump meets with Norway's Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Stoere in Washington

Daily News Lesson April 25 2025

Hegseth reportedly has unsecured internet line in Pentagon office for Signal

Learn why the head of the Defense Department is under scrutiny for using private communication apps

Students and others demonstrate during a protest outside the gates to Columbia University in New York

Daily News Lesson April 23 2025

Different views on Trump administration’s student activist crackdown

Examine the role of due process in incidents of students' visas being revoked

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