Legal March 2018

US Sends Warning Shot With California Immigration Lawsuit [Beyond Education]

The Trump administration's lawsuit challenging California's efforts to protect immigrants who are in the country illegally served as the latest warning shot at communities nationwide with so-called sanctuary policies. As he excoriated California officials for their policies and actions, U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions warned against "rewarding" people who enter the country illegally.

Global March 2018

Trump Orders Stiff Trade Tariffs, Unswayed By Grim Warnings; Mexico and Canada Exempted For Now [Beyond Education]

Unswayed by Republican warnings of a trade war, President Donald Trump ordered steep new tariffs on steel and aluminum imports to the U.S. on Thursday, vowing to fight back against an "assault on our country" by foreign competitors. The president said he would exempt Canada and Mexico as "a special case" while negotiating for changes to the North American Free Trade Agreement.

Global March 2018

Trump Backs Off Push for Raising Assault Rifle Purchase Age

President Donald Trump backs off pushing to raise the assault rifle purchase age, and his administration has pledged to help states pay for training teachers on how to use firearms. The same helicopter that plunged into the East River was involved in a fatal crash in 2009. A plane crash in Nepal kills dozens. Despite the president's rhetoric, little has changed on the U.S.-Mexico border.

Hispanic Community March 2018

Ahead Of Trump Wall Tour, Little Change On US-Mexico Border [Beyond Education]

Trump will inspect eight prototypes for a future 30-foot border wall when he visits the border on Tuesday. Border barriers extend the same 654 miles they did under President Barack Obama, and so far, Trump hasn't gotten Mexico or Congress to pay for a new wall. Hundreds of Mexicans still cross the border and line the sidewalks of Calexico's tiny downtown by 4 a.m. daily.

Global March 2018

Trump Doesn't Set Age For Guns, Defers On Arming Teachers [Educations News]

President Donald Trump's plan to prevent school shootings doesn't increase the minimum age for purchasing assault weapons to 21 and leaves the question of arming teachers to states and local communities. Instead, a new federal commission on school safety will examine the age issue as part of a package in response to the school shooting in Parkland, Florida, last month that left 17 dead.

Legal March 2018

Immigrants Sue US Over End To Temporary Protected Status [Beyond Education]

The Trump administration's decision to end a program that lets immigrants from four countries live and work legally in the U.S. was motivated by racism and leaves the immigrants' American born children with an "impossible choice," according to a federal lawsuit filed on Monday. Nine immigrants and five children filed the suit to reinstate temporary protected status for people from El Salvador, Haiti, Nicaragua and Sudan.

Hispanic Community March 2018

Protests To Await Trump's Visit To California Border [Beyond Education]

Rallies for and against Donald Trump's "big beautiful border wall" with Mexico are expected to mark his first visit to California as president amid growing tensions between his administration and the state over immigration enforcement. Trump will visit eight towering prototypes of his planned wall Tuesday before addressing Marines in San Diego and attending a fund-raiser in Los Angeles.

Global March 2018

Devos Interviews On School Policy Land Flat With White House [Education News]

Education Secretary Betsy DeVos got a less than ringing endorsement from the White House after a pair of uncomfortable television interviews raised questions about her commitment to help underperforming schools and support for President Donald Trump's proposal to curb school violence. In an interview with CBS' "60 Minutes," DeVos admitted that she had not visited low-performing schools to understand their needs.

Hispanic Community March 2018

Trump's Visit To California Sparks Protests, Rallies [Beyond Education]

President Donald Trump's motorcade Tuesday zipped past demonstrators who both jeered and cheered him and his plans for a "big beautiful border wall" after he inspected prototypes. Hundreds of people participated in scattered rallies on both sides of the border dividing San Diego from Tijuana, Mexico.

Global March 2018

House Backs School Safety Bill In Florida Shooting Response [Breaking Education News]

The House overwhelmingly approved a bill to improve school safety Wednesday, the first gun-related action by Congress since the shooting that left 17 dead at a Florida high school. The bill authorizes $500 million over 10 years for grants to improve training and coordination between schools and local law enforcement and help identify signs of potential violence before they occur.

Hispanic Community March 2018

White House Opposes Short-Term 'Dreamer' Fix In New Talks [Beyond Education]

The White House said Wednesday it does not favor an immigration agreement with Congress that would involve extending protections for young immigrants for three years in exchange for three years of border wall funding. Deputy press secretary Raj Shah said the administration continues to negotiate an immigration overhaul that would address the DACA program while also stopping illegal immigration and modernizing the legal immigration system.

Global March 2018

Kushner's Real Estate Firm Said They Had No Rent-controlled Tenants

Jared Kushner's real estate firm has said that they didn't have any rent-controlled tenants. The White House has said that Robert Mueller is not in danger of being fired. Russian president Valdimir Putin's election victory has given him a mandate to pursue his nationalist, assertive policies for another six years. An explosion in Austin, Texas, injures two people.

Technology March 2018

Academic Says He's Being Scapegoated In Facebook Data Case [Education And Beyond]

An academic who developed an app used by Cambridge Analytica to harvest data from millions of Facebook users said Wednesday he had no idea his material would be used in Donald Trump's 2016 presidential campaign. Alexandr Kogan, a psychology professor at Cambridge University, said that Facebook and Cambridge Analytica have tried to place the blame on him for violating the social media platform's terms of service.

Global March 2018

Trump Says He Is "Considering" Veto Of $1.3 Trillion Budget [Beyond Education]

President Donald Trump threw the massive spending bill into doubt Friday, saying he was "considering" a veto of the $1.3 trillion plan over concerns about young "Dreamer" immigrants and border wall money. Hours before funding for the government expires, Trump said on Twitter that he was weighing a veto.

Global March 2018

Trump Signs $1.3 Trillion Budget After Threatening Veto [Beyond Education]

President Donald Trump signed a $1.3 trillion spending measure Friday, just hours after declaring he was considering a veto. Trump said he was "very disappointed" in the package, in part because it did not fully fund his plans for a border wall with Mexico and did not address some 700,000 "Dreamer" immigrants who are now protected from deportation under a program that he has moved to eliminate.