Author: Jeremiah Poff

Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R-VA) blasted his two Democratic predecessors after a government report revealed the commonwealth lagged behind most states in its public school funding. The document from the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission, a watchdog within the Virginia General Assembly, found that the 50-state average for per-pupil spending is $1,900 more than Virginia.…

An Argentine bishop tapped by Pope Francis this month to lead one of the Vatican‘s most powerful departments admitted to making mistakes in responding to accusations that a priest in his diocese had sexually abused children. Archbishop Victor Manuel Fernandez, the archbishop of La Plata, Argentina, told the Associated Press that he would have handled…

The Supreme Court ruled to ban the consideration of race as part of admissions decisions at colleges, including Harvard University and the University of North Carolina, ending the decadeslong practice known as affirmative action. Chief Justice John Roberts wrote for the six-member majority to undo the lasting impacts of the landmark 1978 case Regents of…

Gov. Tony Evers (D-WI) is facing pressure from the state’s teachers union to veto a school funding deal that expands funding for public schools and the state’s school choice program. Evers negotiated a deal with Republicans in the state legislature to boost funding for public schools by $1 billion, but the inclusion of a $282…

The Catholic archbishop of Los Angeles is leading a day of prayer Friday that will be marked by a special Mass at the city’s cathedral in response to the Los Angeles Dodgers‘ decision to honor an anti-Catholic drag group. Archbishop Jose Gomez of Los Angeles urged Catholics in the City of Angels to pray for…

Pope Francis’s weeklong hospital stay after a hernia surgery ended on Friday, with the Vatican announcing that the pope had returned home and would slowly resume his public appearances. The 86-year-old pontiff underwent a successful hernia surgery on June 7 and has been staying at Gemelli Hospital in Rome since then as he recovers from…

A group of Senate Republicans introduced a series of bills Wednesday that they say will help address problems in higher education that have led to sky-high costs and exorbitant student debt. Sens. Bill Cassidy (R-LA), Steve Daines (R-MT), Tommy Tuberville (R-AL), Chuck Grassley (R-IA), Tim Scott (R-SC), and John Cornyn (R-TX) introduced five bills in…

The Washington, D.C., Catholic church frequented by President Joe Biden will celebrate a gay Pride Mass on Wednesday evening, and a group of conservative Catholics are planning to pray the rosary outside the church in protest. The pastor of Holy Trinity Catholic Church in Georgetown, which counts Biden among its congregants, defended the decision to…

The co-founder of the grassroots parent organization Moms for Liberty says the Southern Poverty Law Center has “painted a target” on the backs of parents by labeling her organization an extremist hate group. The SPLC added several parental rights groups, such as Moms for Liberty and Parents Defending Education, to its “hate map” after it…

The lifting of the pause on student loan payments could result in a tidal wave of defaults as borrowers struggle to make payments that have been waived for more than three years. A new report from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau suggested that as many as 20% of borrowers, nearly 6 million people, carry risk…