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Education Guide 2024: How to compare schools

By Savannah Eller [email protected] A Niche score, a GreatSchools star rating, a U.S. News & World Reports ranking. A quick online search of any Colorado Springs school will come up with popular sites dedicated to giving a picture of that school’s quality. Often driven by statewide test score data, these snap shot profiles might not […]

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Prisoners in the US are part of a hidden workforce linked to hundreds of popular food brands

By ROBIN McDOWELL and MARGIE MASON – Associated Press ANGOLA, La. (AP) — A hidden path to America’s dinner tables begins here, at an unlikely source – a former Southern slave plantation that is now the country’s largest maximum-security prison. Unmarked trucks packed with prison-raised cattle roll out of the Louisiana State Penitentiary, where men

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House Republicans to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Mayorkas on two articles

By Anna Giaritelli, Washington Examiner House Republicans plan to impeach President Joe Biden’s Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on two articles in a historic committee meeting scheduled for Tuesday, the Washington Examiner has learned. The House Homeland Security Committee will take up articles of impeachment for Willful and Systemic Refusal to Comply with the Law and Breach of the

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‘Reaction of a father’: Trump mindful of family involvement in 2024 campaign

Jenny Goldsberry, Washington Examiner Former President Donald Trump is mindful of involving his family in his latest bid for the White House. Trump expressed his hesitation to feature his family in his campaign, acknowledging that his wife, Melania Trump, would become more involved as the campaign moved forward. “At the same time, I don’t want my family to be

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Most Americans feel they pay too much in taxes, poll finds

By CORA LEWIS and LINLEY SANDERS, ASSOCIATED PRESS  A majority of taxpayers feel they pay too much in taxes, with many saying that they receive a poor value in return, according to a new poll from the University of Chicago Harris School of Public Policy and The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research.  Two-thirds of

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Retired FBI execs to Congress: Invasion at border ‘perilous’ for America

By Bethany Blankley | The Center Square contributor, Washington Examiner Ten retired FBI directors and experts in counter intelligence sent a letter to congressional leaders warning that President Joe Biden’s border policies have facilitated a “soft invasion” into the U.S. of military-age men coming from terror-linked regions, China and Russia. They argue a terrorist attack

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How Colorado became the focal point of 14th Amendment efforts to disqualify Trump from the ballot

The extraordinary Colorado election case now headed for the U.S. Supreme Court to decide if former President Donald Trump is disqualified from the ballot had its humble beginnings three years ago in the Maryland basement office of a self-proclaimed legal nerd.

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