Republican Missouri Sen. Eric Schmitt said Thursday on Fox News that “permanent Washington [D.C.’s] worst nightmare” has arrived due to the Trump administration’s cuts to government bloating, […] ...

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Elizabeth “Betsy” Cantwell is stepping down as the president of Utah State University — after she spent only a year and a ...

Elon Musk has been named as a "special government employee" while overseeing DOGE, according to the White House.

Around the United States, colleges and universities are cautiously navigating the Trump administration's crackdown on ...

Trump is drafting an executive order that would essentially defund the U.S. Department of Education and begin the process of ...

The Trump administration has reportedly begun preparing an executive order (EO) to essentially defund and dismantle the Education Department (DOE) as much as possible without congressional approval.

The IHSAA girls basketball state tournament is back. A look at the top teams, players in each Evansville-area sectional.

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The  Pax Dei team gives another status update and preview of the upcoming patch. Mainframe details some new market, economic, ...