5 h. ago As Trump's deadline to eliminate DEI nears, few schools openly rush to make changes

Schools and colleges across the U.S. face a Friday deadline to end diversity programs or risk having their federal money pulled by the Trump administration, yet few are openly rushing to make changes

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10 h. ago Trump administration sets March 21 deadline for New York to end traffic congestion pricing

President Donald Trump's administration has given New York until March 21 to comply with its order to halt Manhattan’s new congestion pricing system

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20 h. ago Former school left derelict for nearly 10 years could soon be sold

Council owned New Summerseat House, which is set within seven acres of grounds, will have a guide price of £700,000

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33 h. ago Teachers union sues over Trump administration's deadline to end school diversity programs

A new federal lawsuit in Maryland is challenging a Trump administration memo giving the nation’s schools and universities two weeks to eliminate “race-based” practices of any kind or risk losing their federal money

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38 h. ago House Republicans to vote on spending deal that could slash Medicaid funding

Budget central to Trump’s agenda might get stalled before 14 March deadline as lawmakers warn of nearly $1tn in cutsHouse Republicans are planning to vote on Tuesday on a spending blueprint central to Donald Trump’s agenda, but the package faces potential derailment over nearly $1tn in Medicaid cuts that could fracture their slim majority.The fiscal year 2025 proposal includes approximately $4.5tn in tax cuts alongside increased spending for defense and border security. To offset these costs, the plan tasks congressional committees with finding about $2tn in spending reductions over the next decade. Continue reading...

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39 h. ago Trump live updates: Elon Musk to attend cabinet meeting as DOGE deadline looms for federal workers

Big tech billionaire grants extension to initial deadline as administration’s Office of Personnel tells agencies that answering mailout is ‘voluntary’, sowing confusion

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45 h. ago Shock closure of Falkirk primary school sparks probe into other buildings

Falkirk Chief Executive Kenneth Lawrie apologised for the disruption caused by the closure of Maddiston Primary School and praised staff for their efforts to relocate nearly 500 pupils over the weekend

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60 h. ago Trump live updates: Macron interrupts Trump to correct him on European assistance to Ukraine; Musk’s deadline nears

The French president told The Independent that Trump had been ‘very friendly, as always,’ despite not greeting him upon arrival at the White House

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64 h. ago The Latest: Federal workers face mass confusion as Musk’s deadline to list accomplishments looms

Confusion and chaos loom as hundreds of thousands of federal employees begin their workweek Monday facing a deadline from President Donald Trump’s cost-cutting chief, Elon Musk, to explain their recent accomplishments or risk losing their jobs

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69 h. ago US politics live: confusion at agencies over whether to comply with Elon Musk email demanding workers justify jobs

Government agencies give conflicting orders after Musk demands employees list accomplishments from past week by Monday deadlineDonald Trump’s sweeping foreign aid freeze has stalled a United Nations programme in Mexico aimed at stopping imported fentanyl chemicals from reaching the country’s drug cartels, according to eight people familiar with the situation, Reuters reports.It is one of several US counternarcotics efforts in Mexico derailed in recent weeks by the stop-work order. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Elon Musk's 'what did you do last week' email to US federal workers sparks chaos as Trump MAGA appointees fight back

DOGE boss Elon Musk’s demand has faced resistance from several key US agencies led by the president's loyalists

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6 d. ago IRS firing 6,700 staff in Trump and Musk’s DOGE purge weeks before deadline to file taxes

The layoffs will impact more than one-third of probationary employees during tax season

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6 d. ago Rare Scots bird vanishes near grouse moors where several others disappeared

The young Hen Harrier, named Red by local schoolchildren, hatched in 2024 in Tarras Valley Nature Reserve, near Langholm in Dumfriesshire.

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7 d. ago IRS to fire 6,700 staff in Trump and Musk’s DOGE purge weeks before deadline to file taxes

The layoffs will impact more than one-third of probationary employees during tax season

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7 d. ago Foster carer and school worker admits indecent images offences after nearly 200 pictures found

Steven Breslin-Green will appear in court to be sentenced next month

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8 d. ago Trump administration gives schools a deadline to end DEI programs or risk losing federal money

The Trump administration is giving America’s schools and universities two weeks to eliminate diversity initiatives or risk losing federal money, raising the stakes in the president’s fight against “wokeness” and sowing confusion as schools scramble to comply

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9 d. ago Investigation launched after schoolboy killed by train near Croydon station

Investigation launched after schoolboy killed by train near Croydon station  This is Local London

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1 week ago Trump tells Netanyahu to 'do whatever you want' regarding ceasefire deal after imposing strict deadline to release all hostages

Donald Trump has told Israel 's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to do 'whatever he wants' in the next stage of the ceasefire deal with Hamas.

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