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Justice Department launches Title VI investigation into DEI programs at Arizona State University
The U.S. Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division announced on Wednesday that it launched an investigation into diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) practices at Arizona State University (ASU) after it identified recent viral videos indicating the school denied equal treatment to students based on race, color or national origin. In a statement released by the DOJ, officials alleged the discrimination was carried out while the university was attempting to hide its practices from federal...
DoJ investigates 15 medical schools over alleged discrimination in admissions
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MIKE DAVIS: Disgraced Georgia judge must leave the bench over sex scandal
U.S. Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights Harmeet Dhillon filed a motion Friday seeking the recusal of Atlanta U.S. District Judge Eleanor Ross from a key election-integrity case after Ross admittedly – and illegally – attended a partisan Democrat fundraiser for Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis. Obviously, Ross’ attendance makes clear she isn't impartial. But this is just the beginning of Ross’s legal troubles.
DOJ quietly scraps ‘command center’ that would help monitor 2026 election integrity, report says
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The Caning That Changed America
Most people in the Senate chamber noticed the sound before anything else—the sharp, sickening crack of a metal-tipped cane landing on an unprotected skull. On May 22, 1856, Preston Brooks, a young representative from South Carolina, confronted Senator Charles Sumner of Massachusetts during a visit to the upper chamber. Sumner, known for his fiery abolitionist orations, had recently given a speech leveling insults at Brooks’s kinsman Senator Andrew P. Butler, including that he consorted with...
Witness testifies in Karmelo Anthony trial that victim lifted shirt to reveal ‘a big hole’
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What It Means to Love America
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Communities on edge as faith-based hate crimes spike across the West
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Education Secretary Linda McMahon rips California trans athlete ‘compromise,’ tells Newsom to ‘pick a side’
Education Secretary Linda McMahon rejected California’s reintroduced policy for trans-identifying biological male athletes in girls’ sports, taking direct aim at both the state’s "shared podium" policy and Gov. Gavin Newsom’s public posture on the issue. McMahon spoke with OutKick on Monday as the Department of Education continued to recognize June as "Title IX Month," which the Trump administration is using to highlight its effort to restore sex-based protections in schools and athletics....
Ex-SJSU volleyball player speaks out on alleged scholarship deception by coach during trans scandal
Elle Patterson never planned to go to San Jose State and end up as a figure in a federal Title IX investigation. Patterson originally committed to Fairfield on a full scholarship for women's volleyball. But then she found out the coach who recruited her, Todd Kress, was leaving Fairfield to take the job at San Jose State.