DeVos pleads with Education Department staff to 'be the resistance': report

A California woman pleaded guilty to making bomb threats against a historic Catholic high school in Washington D.C. two years ago after school officials announced same-sex marriage announcements would be included in its alumni letter, the Justice Department said Monday.

President-elect Joe Biden will use the Justice Department (DOJ) to crack down on police departments allegedly engaged in "systemic misconduct" in part by the use of consent decrees -- a tool used regularly by the Obama administration but largely scrapped under President Trump. Biden’s campaign website promises that he will "expand and use the power of the U.S.

The coronavirus pandemic has disrupted pretty much everything about our lives.That’s especially and devastatingly true for the education of America’s students.  Too many young students today are falling behind during their formative years of learning either due to unevenly applied or generally ineffective "hybrid" learning models, or due to their schools being closed altogether.  Parents are also increasingly more aware of what their students are — or are not — learning.

Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., took a parting shot at Education Secretary Betsy DeVos in a tweet Sunday.

For fans of The Mandalorian, Christmas came early as director and The Book of Boba Fett executive producer Robert Rodriguez joined the Child (a.k.a. Grogu)for a holiday jam session.

President-elect Joe Biden has made a wise choice in selecting former White House Chief of Staff and Deputy National Security Adviser Denis McDonough to head the Department of Veterans Affairs. McDonough is the right leader for a difficult job in tumultuous times.

Baby Yoda likes to bop his head to the music.

A co-founder of the anti-Trump Lincoln Project group, a PAC formed by a group of "Never Trump" Rebublicans to aid Joe Biden in the 2020 presidential race, said on his podcast that he will reregister as a Democrat. Steve Schmidt had been a Republican strategist for years before breaking with the party over President Trump.

Pineapple Hill Saloon & Grill owner Angela Marsden offered to help make lawmakers aware Monday of the plight of restaurant owners and workers in the absence of additional coronavirus aid. "If I could, I would bring me and other business owners and tell them again to focus on people and faces," Mardsen told "Bill Hemmer Reports".

President-elect Joe Biden is reportedly considering former United Nations Ambassador Samantha Power to lead the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID).

It’s almost like the words Iron Man and Tony Stark have become synonymous with Robert Downey Jr, thanks to his amazing MCU journey. Millions of fans were left teary-eyed during the gut-wrenching climax of Avengers: Endgame when Mr.

Rapper Lil Wayne pleaded guilty Friday to a federal charge that he possessed a weapon despite being a convicted felon following a 2019 search of a private plane in the Miami area. The rapper, whose real name is Dwayne Michael Carter, entered the plea during a hearing held remotely before U.S.

Peter Debruge Chief Film Critic“Education.” That’s as good a title as any for the final episode of Steve McQueen’s “Small Axe” project — a series of five features, some little more than an hour, designed to educate and inform audiences about the experience of London’s West Indian immigrant population, about the expectations of assimilation raised by a white-majority country and the obstacles such a society puts in the way of that goal.To get the picture, audiences needn’t see every entry of

Susan Rice will step down from the board of directors of the streaming giant Netflix to join the administration of President-elect Joe Biden. "We are grateful to Susan Rice for her many contributions on our board and congratulate her on her return to public service," said Netflix chairman and co-CEO Reed Hastings in a statement to The Hollywood Reporter.

I was born with a speech impediment. For years, I received speech therapy in special education.

Black Lives Matter seemed to knock President-elect Joe Biden on Wednesday after it was revealed that he didn't include them in a meeting where multiple civil rights groups laid out their recommendations for his Justice Department. "Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, and Rep.

Lily Eskelsen Garcia, the former National Education Association president and top candidate for the role of education secretary in President-elect Joe Biden’s cabinet, was a vocal critic of education policies adopted under the Obama administration.

Instagram bizarrely labeled President Trump’s post paying tribute to Pearl Harbor victims with a disclaimer that Joe Biden is the projected winner of the 2020 election on Monday, according to screen grabs published by The Federalist.    Trump posted an image of himself and first lady Melania Trump, alongside a man in uniform, saluting victims of Pearl Harbor, but Instagram slapped iit with the label it has put on numerous election-related posts as Trump continues to challenge the results.

With anticipated films delayed, theaters closed, and festivals canceled or refurbished to virtual affairs, there has been little in big, prestigious movie events for audiences to rally around in 2020. Steven McQueen‘s five-film anthology series “Small Axe” may be as close to a buzz-worthy event as we’ll get in the current movie climate.