Mar 14 U.S. students stage school walkouts to protest gun violence By Collin Binkley, Associated Press From Maine to Hawaii, students planned to walk out of school Wednesday to protest gun violence in the biggest demonstration yet of the student activism that has emerged in response to last month's massacre of 17 people at Florida's Marjory… Continue reading
Mar 13 U.S. military fails to protect children from sexual abuse on bases, AP reports By Justin Pritchard, Reese Dunklin, Associated Press A decade after the Pentagon began confronting rape in the ranks, the U.S. military frequently fails to protect or provide justice to the children of service members when they are sexually assaulted by other children on base, an Associated Press… Continue reading
Mar 13 Embattled Veteran Affairs Secretary Shulkin hangs onto job as support wanes By Hope Yen, Zeke Miller, Associated Press Officials say Shulkin is increasingly on thin ice with President Donald Trump after a bruising internal report found ethics violations in connection with the secretary's trip to Europe with his wife last summer. Continue reading
Mar 13 Watch 3:56 Student walkouts protesting shootings will vary around the country — and so will their schools’ responses By PBS News Hour To mark the one-month anniversary of the deadly school shooting in Parkland, Florida, students are planning walkouts around the country for Wednesday. Organizers expect more than 200,000 students in all 50 states will participate. But how schools handle these walkouts… Continue watching
Mar 13 Trump and Tillerson’s biggest policy disagreements By Daniel Bush A look at some of the biggest policy disagreements between President Donald Trump and ousted Secretary of State Rex Tillerson. Continue reading
Mar 13 Public money for private schools has not led to equity in France By Sarah Butrymowicz, The Hechinger Report France’s system is a cautionary tale of how a country can offer an expansive private school choice system, but still fail to achieve equity. Continue reading
Mar 13 WATCH: Trump says there may someday be a ‘space force’ fighting alongside the military By Julie Watson, Jill Colvin, Associated Press Trump was speaking Tuesday about his administration's investments in space exploration to members of the military when he said that space is becoming a "war-fighting domain."… Continue reading
Mar 13 The most notable departures from Trump’s White House By Associated Press Here are the most notable firings and resignations from President Donald Trump's White House since he took office on Jan. 20, 2017. Continue reading
Mar 13 5 important stories that have nothing to do with Trump or Tillerson By Harry Zahn, Erica R. Hendry, Joshua Barajas These days, it’s hard to stop news from Washington, D.C., from flooding your news feed. We take a moment every week to bring you important stories beyond the White House and the Capitol. Here’s what we’re reading now. Continue reading
Mar 13 Critics, supporters await Trump during tour of border wall prototypes in California By Julie Watson, Associated Press Rallies for and against Donald Trump's "big beautiful border wall" with Mexico are expected to mark his first visit to California as president amid growing tensions between his administration and the state over immigration enforcement. Continue reading