Rhode Island joined 18 other states in a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Education. The lawsuit challenges the potential withholding of federal education funds over diversity, equity, and ...

Pete Hegseth drilled for hours last week in a mock hearing room with Republican senators playing Democrats, preparing for what is expected to be a contentious confirmation hearing for the defense ...

The Senate Armed Services panel has 14 Republicans and 13 Democrats, so Hegseth can only lose a single Republican, if all Democrats oppose him, for the nomination to be voted favorably out of ...