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IN lawmakers advance literacy bill that may hold back thousands of 3rd graders

Indiana lawmakers introduced a bill Tuesday that would prevent students from failing the state’s high-stakes reading test, currently administered in third grade. The bill would also delay the initial administration of the test by one year, meaning passing sophomores would not have to take the test again. Some estimates suggest that if the bill passes, […]

GOP lawmakers demand detailed info from Biden admin on how Georgia nursing student Laken Riley’s alleged killer entered the US 

Republican lawmakers on Tuesday called on the Biden administration to provide Congress with detailed information about how the Venezuelan suspected of killing Georgia nursing student Laken Riley entered the United States illegally. Impeached Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas provides lawmakers with Jose Antonio Ibarra’s immigration records, including the 26-year-old murder suspect’s “alien file” and his […]

Lawmakers race to avoid looming shutdown as blame game begins

Lawmakers are desperately trying to avoid a partial shutdown before Friday’s funding deadline, an effort made more difficult over the weekend after leaders failed to reach an agreement on who is responsible for the holdup. An argument was exchanged. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer of New York announced Sunday that Congressional leaders have not yet […]

Lawmakers fail to reach deal with partial shutdown looming

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said Sunday that Congress is struggling to build bipartisan consensus just days before a critical funding deadline, and that the government will continue to push back against what he called “harmful and unnecessary government.” He slammed Republicans for threatening to shut down the agency. “We are just days away […]