Flash Briefings

According to the Wharton School, Joe Biden’s college loan forgiveness scheme will cost more than the $300 billion price tag.

Three Tennessee school boards denied the application of the American Classical Academy, a K-12 charter school system affiliated with Hillsdale College that provides students with a traditional liberal arts education. 

“Ready for Ron,” a political action committee enthusiastic for Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis to run for president, said today that the Federal Election Commission (FEC) is attempting to stifle its effort to push the GOP superstar into the 2024 race. 

Israel’s defense minister warned on Saturday that the progress Iran has made with its nuclear program means that certain aspects of the atomic agreement currently under discussion, specifically the so-called sunset clauses, are “problematic.”   

Washington, D.C.’s vaccine mandate for students over 12 years old has been the subject of significant controversy and is now being tested after thousands of students returned to school this month without being vaccinated. 

The price of the Pumpkin Spice Latte is slated to rise at Starbucks coffee shops across the nation. 

The cost of raising a child through high school has risen $26,000 in the last two years, according to a recent Brookings Institution report. 

Georgetown University will require its students to continue wearing masks during in-class instruction this fall amid lingering cases of COVID-19 and nationwide monkeypox outbreaks. 

Since public schools locked down during the COVID-19 pandemic, enrollment in Catholic schools in the United States has risen for the first time in two decades.

In the past two years, spending on food stamps has risen by $53.5 billion, an 89 percent increase.