In October the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) reported that educational test scores in math and reading dropped to a thirty year low, but instead of addressing the deficiencies by raising standards, states and cities are doing the opposite by lowering standards to meet renewed educational achievement goals.
Chinese leader Xi Jinping will fly to Moscow next week to meet with President Vladimir Putin in his first visit to Russia since Putin launched his devastating invasion of Ukraine more than a year ago.
Democrats on Capitol Hill are defending their vote for a 2018 banking deregulation bill that President Biden and other members of the party are blaming for last week’s stunning collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank.
Donald Trump claimed on Saturday that his arrest is imminent and issued an extraordinary call for his supporters to protest as a New York grand jury investigates hush money payments to women who alleged sexual encounters with the former president.
In his final farewell address, President Eisenhower stated, “The Prospect of domination of the nation’s scholars by federal employment, project allocations, and the power of money is ever present – and is gravely to be regarded,” this has never been more prophetic then the recent revelation regarding the origins of the coronavirus.
Finally, there is a peace deal of sorts in the Middle East. Not between Israel and the Arabs, but between Saudi Arabia and Iran, which have been at each other’s throats for decades. And brokered not by the United States but by China.
President Biden on Thursday unveiled a sweeping budget plan for the coming fiscal year.
