President Trump has spread a false claim: people in the U.S. illegally are receiving more in federal assistance than the average American receives in benefits from Social Security.
The Pew Research Center has found that in the U.S. there are 27.3 million eligible Latino voters; historically most have not voted, but there was a large turnout during the midterms.
The University of Minnesota Law School is opening a wellness room to help students relax. The room is to include couches, coloring materials a therapy lamp and blankets.
The good news is employers in the United States added 155,000 jobs last month, which suggests that the economy is expanding. However, that is a slowdown from recent months.
Graduate and out-of-state students at UW-Madison will be experiencing a tuition increase. The University of Wisconsin System regents have approved millions of tuition increases.
Students at Ohio State University are getting a vending machine that offers cooked bacon strips and bacon bits. Proceeds will go towards the school’s meat science program.
President Trump is considering at least four candidates for his new chief of staff, including Mick Mulvaney and Mark Meadows. This follows Nick Ayers dropping out of the running.
Online sleuths have become known as Angels of Paradise because of their work helping the victims locate loved ones in the aftermath of the California wildfires.
The University of Texas at Austin and the nonprofit organization run by Austin-based firm Firefly Aerospace have partnered to launch a new rocket engineering program.
A U.S. judge has thrown out the bulk of a lawsuit against the Trump administration, regarding its termination of the Obama-era Central American Minors program.
In front of the press, President Trump argued with Chuck Schumer and Nancy Pelosi and threatened to shut down the government unless Congress provides money for the border wall.
A new school policy in Nevada that requires background checks for parents visiting their children is being condemned for its negative impact on immigrant families.
President Trump’s ex-lawyer and fixer, Michael Cohen, has been sentenced to three years in prison for an array of crimes including arranging hush money payments.
A state-run scholarship tax-credit program that supports private-school scholarships has been struck down by the Montana Supreme Court by a ruling of 5-2.
Music from Disney•Pixar’s “Coco” added some extra joy to a 100,000 Christmas lights display in Texas. Netflix will be featuring a new bio series on the late singer Selena.
