University of Pennsylvania refuses federal demand for lists of Jewish faculty, staff and students, calling the request “unconstitutional” and citing history of governmental persecution of Jews.
Education Department delays plan to garnish wages of defaulted student loan borrowers, reversing course one week after sending initial notices to begin collections.
Texas A&M cancels graduate ethics course three days into semester, demanding professor specify in advance which days he would discuss race and gender.
Education Department opens 18 Title IX investigations into schools with policies allowing transgender athletes, one day after Supreme Court heard arguments on state bans.
Trump signs bill allowing whole and 2% milk in school lunches for first time since 2012, with new law exempting milk fat from saturated fat calculations.
Justice Department apologizes for “mistake” in deporting Massachusetts college student despite court order, but argues error should not affect her case or require her return.
Missouri waiting on $25.7 million in federal child care payments as advocacy group reports no state has received funding approval this week; daycares can’t make payroll.
South Carolina measles outbreak becomes nation’s largest with 310 cases, 256 unvaccinated; state epidemiologist warns “this could go on for many, many more weeks.”
Trump calls for 10% cap on credit card interest rates starting Jan. 20, one year after inauguration; banks warn 14 million households could lose access to credit.
Texts reveal UVA board members coordinated with Youngkin to end transgender care, dissolve DEI office; one wrote “This is war!” about professor defending diversity programs.
Minneapolis Public Schools offers optional remote learning through Feb. 12 after ICE killed mother, chased suspect onto high school property.
Federal judge blocks Head Start anti-DEI requirements after HHS demanded providers exclude 197 terms from applications including “Black,” “disability,” “tribal,” and “mental health.”
Texas A&M orders philosophy professor to remove Plato from syllabus, bans books with LGBTQ main characters from core classes as 200 courses flagged or canceled.
Trump administration’s new dietary guidelines recommend red meat, full-fat dairy, and beef tallow while dropping alcohol limits, with Agriculture Secretary citing support for ranchers.
Austin Peay State University will pay professor Darren Michael $500,000 and reinstate him after firing him for social media post about Charlie Kirk, admitting it failed to follow tenure process.
Justice Department sues Virginia over in-state tuition for unauthorized immigrants, third such lawsuit after California and Illinois cases this fall.
Duke cuts $299 million through buyouts and building closures in response to federal funding cuts, with 599 staff taking buyouts and 45 laid off.
Trump administration will begin garnishing wages of defaulted student loan borrowers in January, first seizures since pandemic pause began nearly six years ago.
University of Oklahoma removes graduate teaching assistant who failed student’s Bible-based essay responding to gender research article, citing “arbitrary” grading.
University of Kentucky law professor challenging use of IHRA antisemitism definition after removal from classroom; university’s investigator is Project 2025 contributor.
Trump administration appeals ruling that restored $2.7 billion in frozen research funding to Harvard, two days before deadline expired.
Judge dismisses challenge to Miami Dade College gifting $67 million downtown lot for Trump presidential library after board redid vote at four-hour public meeting.
Oklahoma Supreme Court permanently nullifies social studies standards requiring Bible teaching and 2020 election doubt, finding state board violated open meeting laws.
Capitol unveils statue of Barbara Rose Johns, the 16-year-old who led 1951 school strike that became part of Brown v. Board, replacing Robert E. Lee after 111 years.
Justice Department ordered lawyers to “find” evidence UCLA tolerated antisemitism within one month to justify predetermined lawsuit, with career attorneys warning in internal memo the case was weak.
Utah repeals ban on collective bargaining for teachers, firefighters, and police unions ten months after thousands rallied against the law Governor Cox signed in February.
Arkansas public television votes to disaffiliate from PBS after Corporation for Public Broadcasting lost federal funding this summer, projecting $6 million deficit by 2030 without separation.
Montana judge blocks school voucher program that required families to waive special education rights in exchange for funding that “often would not cover basic needs.”
Trump announces Nvidia can sell H200 chips to approved Chinese buyers after company agrees to give U.S. government 25% of sales revenue.
Education Department asks 250 employees it fired in March to temporarily return and clear civil rights case backlog, while still appealing their terminations in court.
Institute of Museum and Library Services reinstates all terminated grants after federal judge ruled Trump administration’s attempt to dismantle the agency was unlawful, reversing months of frozen funding.
University of Alabama suspends student magazines for Black and female students, citing non-binding Bondi DEI memo that contains no guidance on student publications.
Northwestern agrees to pay federal government $75 million to settle antisemitism claims and restore $790 million frozen in April, fourth major university to pay Trump administration.
University of Oklahoma professor detained by ICE while boarding flight despite holding valid H-1B visa, released after three days in custody.
House Education Committee launches antisemitism probe into Fairfax County Public Schools, one of three districts facing federal inquiry over alleged Title VI violations.
Trump’s budget bill classifies chiropractic and theology as “professional degrees” eligible for $200,000 student loans but excludes nursing, nurse practitioners and physician assistants.
Education Department begins transferring employees to six other agencies as proof-of-concept before asking Congress to permanently shut down the department.
Federal judge blocks Trump from withholding UC research funds or demanding $1.2 billion settlement restricting academic freedom, calling administration “coercive and retaliatory” in fourth ruling against funding cuts since June.
Des Moines Public Schools forces study hall monitor to resign for repeating student’s racial slur while reporting student to disciplinary officials, then contests unemployment benefits until judge rules termination wrongful.
Indiana University removes professor from graduate class over white supremacy graphic listing MAGA after student complained to Sen. Jim Banks’ office, with dean filing complaint then investigating herself.
Texas A&M regents require president’s approval for courses on race and gender, using AI to audit all syllabi and 24/7 student reporting as professor warns policy prevents teaching Holocaust.
Spanberger calls for pause in UVA president search until her inauguration, citing legitimacy concerns after faculty and student no confidence votes in Youngkin-appointed board.
Attorney General launches federal terrorism task force investigation into UC Berkeley protest outside Turning Point USA event, calling demonstrators “existential threat to our nation.”
Paxton sues Galveston ISD for delaying Ten Commandments display while federal appeals court weighs constitutionality of state law requiring classroom posters.
Cornell pays $30 million settlement and invests $30 million in agricultural research to restore $250 million in frozen federal funding and close investigations.
Sixth Circuit rules 10 to 7 that Ohio school district cannot punish students for using biological pronouns when referring to transgender classmates.
ICE agents arrest day care teacher in front of children at Chicago facility despite her telling them she had valid work permit and pending asylum case.
Twenty-one states and Washington DC sue Education Department over rule barring student debt forgiveness for public servants who “abet illegal immigration” or support gender transition for minors.
Government shutdown forces closure of Head Start centers serving at least 8,000 families as 140 programs await federal funding for 65,000 preschoolers and expectant parents.
Trump bars public service loan forgiveness for workers at organizations supporting immigration or providing gender transition care for minors, effective July 2026.
