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Politicians Want Universal School Vouchers. But What About The Public?

Politicians Want Universal School Vouchers. But What About The Public?

Education Politicians Want Universal School Vouchers. But What About The Public? By Monica Potts and Mary Radcliffe and Monica Potts and Mary Radcliffe Mar. 29, 2023, at 12:23 PM PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY EMILY SCHERER / GETTY IMAGES Earlier this week, Florida became the fourth state this year to enact a bill that would allow parents to receive taxpayer-funded vouchers to send their children to private schools, joining Iowa, Utah and Arkansas. At least 18 other states have introduced similar bills…

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Harris finds footing and a jubilant audience, halfway around the world from Washington

Harris finds footing and a jubilant audience, halfway around the world from Washington

ACCRA, Ghana — Vice President Kamala Harris looked off to her right, shaking her head, the Atlantic Ocean in the foreground. She’d just finished a tour of the Cape Coast Castle, a colonial slave port where Africans from all over the continent were brought — and then raped, beaten and sold as chattel. Her voice caught as she began to speak. She wiped tears from her face as she and the second gentleman Doug Emhoff walked the cobblestone grounds. “The…

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How Iraq war powers repeal turned into an unlikely bipartisan win

How Iraq war powers repeal turned into an unlikely bipartisan win

Four years after they first linked arms — forging an unlikely alliance to claw back war powers in Iraq — Democrats’ ex-vice presidential nominee and Republicans’ former Senate campaigns chief are closing in on victory. It was hardly a given that Sens. Tim Kaine (D-Va.) and Todd Young (R-Ind.) would finally notch the votes and time they needed for the Senate to formally repeal Congress’ 1991 and 2002 authorizations for military action in Iraq. After all, Washington is still adjusting…

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What to expect when Taiwan’s president visits the U.S.

What to expect when Taiwan’s president visits the U.S.

The arrival of Taiwan’s president Tsai Ing-wen in the U.S. on Thursday is highlighting a divide between the White House and China hawks in Congress over how strongly to show support for the self-governing island that China claims as its own. The Biden administration — loath to inflame already tense relations with China — is downplaying the visit, carefully noting that Tsai is making a private trip and stressing that she is not meeting with any administration officials. But an…

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Manhattan Trump grand jury set to break for a month

Manhattan Trump grand jury set to break for a month

NEW YORK — The Manhattan grand jury examining Donald Trump’s alleged role in a hush money payment to a porn star isn’t expected to hear evidence in the case for the next month largely due to a previously scheduled hiatus, according to a person familiar with the proceedings. The break would push any indictment of the former president to late April at the earliest, although it is possible that the grand jury’s schedule could change. In recent weeks, the Manhattan…

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