Manchester United have the financial capacity to sign Matheus Cunha and Liam Delap before recouping funds from sales this summer. The financial strength of the Red Devils this summer is uncertain with doubt over whether the club will be competing in European competition. United are set for their lowest-ever Premier League finish and first bottom-half
President Trump has pardoned a Las Vegas politician convicted last year of using money meant for a statue honoring a slain police officer on personal costs, including plastic surgery. Michele Fiore, a former city councilwoman and Nevada state lawmaker, was found guilty in October of six counts of federal wire fraud and one count of
CNN — In an abrupt reversal, the US Department of Health and Human Services said Thursday that it no longer plans to cut funding for the Women’s Health Initiative, a groundbreaking research project focused on preventing disease in older women. The move comes after a wave of concern and criticism about the threat to the
President Trump was dealt a setback in his plans for American public education, as three federal judges issued separate rulings on Thursday pausing his ability to withhold funds from schools with diversity and equity initiatives. The rulings block the administration, at least for now, from carrying out efforts to cut off billions of dollars that
Cook County will provide more than $850,000 to communities, including several in the south and southwest suburbs, to help pay cleanup costs associated with two days of severe weather in July 2024. The July 14-15 storms spawned 38 tornadoes, a record for a 24-hour period, and 11 tornadoes were confirmed in Cook County, according to
The first three months of the second Trump administration have brought a dizzying cascade of threats to federal investment in K-12 schools, and even bigger existential battles loom in the near future. The administration has already terminated hundreds of grants and contracts supporting teacher preparation and education research; frozen funding doled out by the Biden
A federal judge in New Hampshire limited on Thursday the Trump administration’s ability to withhold federal funds from public schools that have certain diversity and equity initiatives. The judge, Landya B. McCafferty, said that the administration had not provided an adequately detailed definition of “diversity, equity and inclusion,” and that its policy threatened to restrict
Newsom is suggesting two changes this year to the way the state saves money for leaner times. California’s Legislative Analyst’s Office, the research arm of the legislature, said the changes are good, but he should be asking for more. Newsom said in his budget proposal earlier this year he wants to do two things: first,
How would a Dept. of Education closure affect Americans? U.S. President Donald Trump moved to eliminate the Department of Education. But he can’t shutter the agency without congressional legislation. The Trump administration’s proposed 2026 budget could eliminate Head Start funding, impacting 800,000 children nationwide. In Mississippi, Head Start serves 25,000 children and 238 pregnant mothers.
Texas receives billions of dollars annually from the Department of Education, and with efforts by the Trump administration to close or shrink the federal agency, it’s unclear how Texas education might fair if the department actually goes away. Budgeted at $268 billion last year, the Department does not teach children or run schools. It funds