School Library Journal: Librarians Must Step Up As Data Disappears. “Public data underpins research, journalism, policy, and civic understanding. It functions much like a public library. Quiet. Foundational. Often unnoticed until constrained. If shared facts depend on institutional stability, then protecting public data is not a technical concern. It is a civic obligation. When the reference […]

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Middle East crisis live: Israel threatens entire Iran train network; Trump says he is ‘not at all’ worried about possible war crimes

Israeli military warns Iranians to immediately stop using trains or being near railway lines, saying it would ‘endanger’ their lives

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Trump Fires Attorney General Pam Bondi For Not Making His Vindictive Fantasies A Reality

You’re never safe when you’re working for Trump. That much was obvious in Trump’s first term, when he fired Attorney General Jeff Sessions, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, Natio…

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Trump news at a glance: president’s deadline for Iran, and threats against civilian targets, looms https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/06/trump-administration-news-updates-today #TrumpAdministration #DonaldTrump #UsNews #UsPolitics
Trump news at a glance: president’s deadline for Iran and threats against civilian targets loom

Trump claims Iranians welcome US strikes and lower court judges challenge Trump’s ‘war on rule of law’ – key US politics stories from Monday 6 April at a glance

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TRUMP CABINET CHAOS: WORST Picks & Who's NEXT To Be Fired
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TRUMP CABINET CHAOS: WORST Picks & Who's NEXT To Be Fired

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Trump administration ends some civil rights settlements backing trans students

Education department will no longer enforce schools from California to Delaware to comply with US civil rights law

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Trump administration ends school agreements to protect trans students

The Education Department says it has terminated agreements that previous administrations reached with five school districts and a college aimed at upholding rights and protections for transgender students. The decision Monday means the department will no longer play a role in enforcing those agreements, which called for schools to take steps to comply with federal civil rights law. Under the Biden and Obama administrations, the department interpreted civil rights law to protect transgender students’ rights to equal opportunity to an education. The Trump administration has penalized schools that have made efforts to accommodate students based on their gender identity.

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Trump Celebrates Easter By Dropping An F-Bomb, Threatening More War Crimes

Before we get into this, let’s set the scene a little: The latest Pew Research Center survey, conducted Jan. 20-26, 2026, finds that most White evangelicals (69%) approve of the way Trump is …

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Over 125 Years Ago, a Chinese-American Won Birthright Citizenship For All. Why Is the Supreme Court Re-Litigating It?

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