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The US Supreme Court on Friday denied the US government’s application to enforce a new Title IX rule that expands protections to LGBTQ+ students under the definition of “sex discrimination.” The court unanimously agreed that federal court injunctions blocking three provisions in the Title IX rule related to gender identity should remain in effect while [...]

A US federal appeals court on Friday blocked the Biden Administration from implementing its student loan forgiveness plan known as “SAVE.” The decision expands a previous appellate court order that prevented a portion of the program from taking effect. In the updated ruling, a three-judge panel of the US Court of Appeals for the Eighth [...]

A US federal appeals court on Thursday blocked President Joe Biden’s administration from implementing its student debt relief plan. The Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit suspended the remaining portions of the Saving on a Valuable Education (SAVE) plan, which the Biden administration introduced last year to reduce monthly payments for student loan borrowers.  [...]

The US State Department released 24 pages of its 85-page After Action Review (AAR) report Friday on the controversial US withdrawal from Afghanistan. The remaining 61 pages of the report are still classified. The AAR states that, “Many observers had long predicted that the withdrawal of U.S. military forces and those of our allies and [...]

The Biden administration Thursday released a proposed federal rule that would prohibit schools from “banning transgender students from participating on teams consistent with their gender identity.” The proposed rule would change the Title IX Regulations regarding student participation in school athletics. The rule would address student eligibility in playing sports. Under the proposed rule, “policies [...]

US President Joe Biden Wednesday signed an executive order on “Reducing Gun Violence and Making our Communities Safer.” The executive order requires several federal department heads to submit a report describing what their agencies have done to implement the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act, which Biden signed into law last year. The reports by Attorney General [...]

The State Bar of California Thursday filed a notice of disciplinary charges against attorney John Eastman for his involvement with former President Donald Trump’s attempts to overturn the 2020 election. In the notice, Chief Trial Counsel George Cardona stated that Eastman violated his obligation under section 6068 of the state bar’s Business and Profession Code, [...]

The US Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit Friday temporarily stayed the Biden administration’s federal student loan forgiveness plan. Arkansas, Missouri, Nebraska, Iowa, Kansas, and South Carolina sued President Joe Biden, asserting the plan poses a threat of imminent harm in the form of lost tax revenue, is an unlawful regulatory action and that [...]

The US Department of Education announced Monday that its Office for Civil Rights (OCR) had launched investigations in five states to determine whether statewide prohibitions on universal indoor masking are discriminatory against students with disabilities.  The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has led to mixed state responses to indoor masking and vaccination requirements. Some states such as [...]

The US Department of Education issued a notice of interpretation Wednesday to extend Title IX’s prohibition on sex-based discrimination to gender identity and sexual orientation, reversing the opposite stand taken by the Education Department under the Trump administration. Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 prevents sex-based discrimination in any education program offered by [...]