NYT: Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos Stacks Department with Former For-Profit College Insiders and Lobbyists

Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos dismantled a team of departmental investigators tasked with taking on abusive for-profit colleges, according to a Sunday article published by the New York Times. Once comprised of a dozen lawyers and workers, the team has been scaled back to include only three employees. Under the Obama administration, the taskforce looked




Disillusioned Republicans Defect for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals

Moderate House Republicans are defying party leadership to force through a deal shielding recipients of the Obama-era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program from deportation. The last-ditch effort is being led by five conservative centrists, who, according to POLITICO, filed a discharge petition Wednesday. Hoping to pressure President Donald Trump into protecting Dreamers — young




California Coffee Retailers Now Required to Serve Their Coffee with Cancer Warnings

If you plan on visiting a California Starbucks shop or other coffee roaster or retailer in the near future, you’ll likely notice something new with your order. According to a recent court ruling from a Los Angeles judge, coffee roasters and retailers “must serve up a cancer warning with coffee sold in California.” The judge, Superior Court Judge Elihu Berle, published the ruling earlier this week after determining that “other coffee sellers did not show that the risk from consuming acrylamide, a possible cancer-causing byproduct created during coffee roasting, was offset by benefits from drinking coffee.”


President Trump Blasts Iran Nuclear Deal Into Oblivion

President Donald Trump’s Tuesday decision to withdraw from the Iran nuclear deal left his predecessor fuming, politicians scrambling and a handful of allies singing his praises. The treaty, negotiated by former President Barack Obama, lifted economic sanctions on the Islamic Republic in exchange for a cessation on nuclear weapons development. Seven countries, including the United