Five things to know about the college sports bill that passed the US SenateThe US Senate passed legislation this week to regulate college sports, a multibillion-dollar industry that has been upended in recent years by increased earning opportunities for student athletes.Reuters6d agoWhole story →CultureEducationcollege sports bill passage
Oklahoma must allow taxpayer-funded religious charter school, judge rulesA federal judge in Oklahoma cleared the way on Thursday for a Jewish organization to establish the nation's first taxpayer-funded religious charter school in a case over religious rights in American education that could eventually reach the US Supreme Court.Reuters11d agoWhole story →GovernmentEducationoklahoma charter school ruling
US judge skeptical of Trump administration's Harvard admissions probe caseA federal judge on Thursday expressed skepticism that President Donald Trump's administration should be allowed to proceed with a lawsuit seeking to force Harvard University to turn over records for an investigation into whether it continues to consider race in its student admissions process.Reuters11d agoWhole story →EducationGovernmentharvard admissions probe
UC San Francisco disputes DOJ finding that medical school discriminates in admissionsThe University of California, San Francisco, said on Tuesday it disagreed with the US Department of Justice's findings from a federal probe that alleged the institution's medical school favored Black and Hispanic applicants in admissions and discriminated against white and Asian applicants.Reuters13d agoWhole story →EducationGovernmentucsf admissions probe
Trump supports diesel export ban as fuel prices hit recordsUS President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he backed the idea of a ban on diesel exports, which lawmakers from farm states are calling for as a way to curb the soaring cost of energy.Reuters13d agoWhole story →FoodEconomydiesel export ban proposal
Explainer: What commodity markets can expect from the Trump-Xi summitTrade in agriculture, energy and rare earths has become major bargaining chips in the trade war between the United States and China and are likely to feature again when President Donald Trump hosts his counterpart Xi Jinping in Washington next week.Reuters18d agoWhole story →FoodEconomyDonald Trumptrump xi trade summit
Screwworm infests US horse before port reopens to Mexican livestockThe U.S. confirmed a case of New World screwworm in a horse in New Mexico on Thursday, as the federal government prepared to resume imports of Mexican livestock into the state after blocking trade in an attempt to keep out the flesh-eating parasite.Reuters18d agoWhole story →FoodEconomyus mexico livestock trade reopening
US judge strikes down Education Department's anti-DEI grant policyA federal judge on Thursday struck down a policy that was adopted early in US President Donald Trump's administration that required the US Department of Education to terminate millions of dollars in grants funding diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives.Reuters18d agoWhole story →JusticeEducationdei grant policy ruling
Latino voter backlash puts Texas governor's race on Democrats' midterm mapThe test is whether they can overcome the political machine Republican Governor Greg Abbott has built over the last 12 years in office.Reuters1mo agoWhole story →GovernmentEducationGreg Abbotttexas governor s race
