New federal test scores show younger students are making gains in reading and math — after years of declines. "I think this is an optimistic release," Matthew Soldner, acting commissioner of the ...

Average math scores for 9- and 13-year-olds in the U.S. remain lower than they were 10 years ago, according to 2025 federal testing data released Wednesday — a warning sign not only for schools, but ...

Working to 62 flips the FERS pension multiplier from 1.0% to 1.1%, raising annual pension income by $16,000 for life with COLA adjustments. Continued TSP contributions and compounding at 7% grow the ...

President Trump formally moved to implement his plan to make it easier to fire federal workers in policy roles, signing an executive order moving them into a new class that critics say will be akin to ...

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IPO mania has begun, and nothing kickstarts initial public offerings like spreadsheets flashing green to incite the crowd. SpaceX’s recent S-1 filing promoted an “actionable total addressable market” ...

“Rick and Morty” continues this week with Season 9, Episode 2, “Ricks Days, Seven Nights,” airing Sunday, May 31, at 11 p.m. ET on Adult Swim. Cord-cutters can watch for free by taking advantage of ...

Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 publisher Focus Entertainment has teased new content coming to the game in its third year, including the promise of a new class in 2027. The hugely successful ...

A three-judge panel Tuesday blocked a Republican-drawn congressional map in Alabama from going into effect, writing that the district lines “intentionally discriminated based on race in violation of ...

May 20, 2026 - The White House recently released its National Cyber Strategy and accompanied it with the Executive Order, "Combating Cybercrime, Fraud, and Predatory Schemes Against American Citizens" ...

President Donald Trump will swear in Kevin Warsh, his hand-picked choice to lead the Federal Reserve, during a ceremony Friday. The new chair will succeed Jerome Powell, whose term expired Friday but ...

The Trump administration is building a surveillance network to spy on its own workforce across multiple agencies. It has already given Palantir an initial $3.9 million to do so at the Department of ...