Vermont Attorney General Charity Clark has signed onto a “friend of the court” brief in support of a challenge to the Trump ...

Florida policymakers have made it easier to say students are achieving when they are actually falling short by lowering the bar.

Anthony Vazquez/Sun-Times file Share Illinois is pushing back on the Trump administration’s demand that the State Board of Education and school districts certify that they reject diversity ...

Where Lexi Rodriguez's career goes from here is impossible to predict. But, one thing for sure: when the timing is right, her jersey will be retired at the Devaney Center.

The lawsuit alleges the Trump administration's action violates federal law because it reversed a prior decision to allow ...

Illinois is pushing back on the Trump administration’s demand that the State Board of Education and school districts certify that they reject diversity, equity and inclusion programs.

Krebs, who was the administration’s top cybersecurity official responsible for election security, was fired by Trump via tweet after he had asserted shortly after President Joe Biden’s victory ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration has frozen more than $1 billion in federal funding for Cornell University and about $790 million for Northwestern University while the government ...

What happens after the 90-day pause period concludes is unclear, as countries continue to negotiate with the Trump administration. Illinois is one of the largest exporting states in the U.S. doing ...

Dr. Peter Marks, the Food and Drug Administration’s top vaccine regulator, has resigned, an official at the Department of Health and Human Services said today. “If Peter Marks does not want to ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

The Trump administration will begin barring foreign students and others from the US if they engage in “antisemitic activity on social media,” US Citizenship and Immigration Services announced ...