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4/28/17
TechNews for the week: April 28; April 26; April 24;
War, Politics and Reports (Also, see Finance and Economics)
Taliban Attack Afghan Army Base, Killing Dozens ; deadliest single attack by Taliban insurgents since 2001;
U.S. defense chief arrives in Kabul as his Afghan counterpart resigns in disgrace; 2 U.S. service members killed in operations against Islamic State in eastern Afghanistan;
Russian navy intelligence ship sinks after collision with freighter off Turkish coast;
Turkey expands strikes against Kurdish militants in Syria and Iraq, threatening to complicate ISIS fight; 'Israeli strike' hits military site near Damascus airport;
Netanyahu snubs German minister over plan to meet rights groups; Israel's ex-defense minister says he'll challenge government;
Palestinian Authority halts payments for Israeli electricity to Gaza;
U.S. says time to act on North Korea, China says not up to Beijing alone;
U.S. starts 'swiftly' installing controversial antimissile battery in South Korea; South Koreans bristle at Trump's brinkmanship; protest deployment of controversial defense system;
Senate staff perplexed by unusual White House private briefing on North Korea; Trump administration just signaled it may take the only action that could actually stop North Korea;
Right-wing Le Pen claims victory alongside centrist Macron for French presidential runoff; Russian hackers target French presidential candidate Emmanuel Macron;
House Oversight leaders say Former national security adviser Michael Flynn likely broke law by failing to disclose foreign income;
Perry Says Trump Should Stay In Paris Climate Pact But He Should "Renegotiate" It;
Trump signs executive actions to review tax regulations, roll back Dodd-Frank;
Trump Vows to Unveil Tax-Cut Plan, Surprising Staff; Official downplays Trump's 'big announcement' on tax reform as 'broad principles and priorities';
UNVEILED: Trump's tax plan; the big tax deduction Trump wants to kill; Major Hurdle for a Tax Code Overhaul: Trump's Own Field;
Trump seeks 15 percent corporate tax rate, even if it swells the national debt; tax plan could cost $5.5 trillion; Plan Would Shift Trillions From U.S. Coffers to the Richest;
The Trump tax plan that wasn't; Trump tax push raises questions about scope of his 'reform';
A week ahead of deadline to keep government open, Trump says 'we're in good shape';
Showdown looms as Trump demands funding for wall on U.S.-Mexico border; Softens border wall demands in bid to calm shutdown jitters;
Holding Obamacare hostage to pay for Trump's wall? Here's the issue with that plan; White House vows to continue funding Obamacare, averting showdown with Democrats;
Congress votes to avert government shutdown - for one week; Trump blames Democrats for government shutdown threats;
Public pans Republicans' latest approach to replacing Obamacare;
House Freedom Caucus signs on to new GOP health-care bill; An exemption for Congress roils Republicans' latest health care effort;
Moderates balk at conservative-backed, revised health bill; GOP Wants to Save Coverage for Pre-Existing Conditions -- But Only for Themselves;
Tillerson in No Rush to Fill Nearly 200 State Department Posts; Tillerson eyes cutting 2,300 jobs at State Department;
Trump calls national monuments a 'massive federal land grab';
'I was all set to terminate': Inside Trump's sudden reversal on pulling out of NAFTA;
"Green cards for cash" program set to expires Friday ;
About half of 675 immigrants arrested in early February raids either had driving convictions or no criminal record;
Judge blocks Trump order on sanctuary city funding; U.S. chief justice alarmed at Trump administration immigration case stance;
Donald Trump says he is 'absolutely' considering breaking up 9th Circuit court after blocked executive orders;
Trump's Losing Streak in Courts Is Traceable to Conservative Judges;
Supreme Court Ruling on Vacancies Is One More Snag for Trump Appointments; 'Pivotal Moment' for Democrats: Gerrymandering Heads to Supreme Court;
U.S. Supreme Court may limit where companies can be sued;
N Carolina gov asks court to block elections law; GOP judge in North Carolina resigns to prevent 'court unpacking' by legislature;
Now we finally know how bad voter fraud is in North Carolina; Report: 500 ineligible voters cast ballots in North Carolina;
Heritage Foundation president Jim DeMint, who moved think tank closer to Trump, set to be ousted by board;
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Planning The Future of West Ashley; City Must Find Courage to Stem Growth of Hotels;
Trump Has Opportunity To Replace Income Tax;
Finance and Economics
U.S. economic growth rose slightly in first quarter of Trump presidency; U.S. Rejects Exxon Mobil Bid for Waiver on Russia Sanctions;
Saudi Arabia plans a future beyond oil;
U.S. to launch punitive tariffs on Canadian lumber; US launches national security probe into aluminium imports;
Trump May Kill Jobs With Tariffs, NAFTA Exit; says he has no plan to pull out of NAFTA 'at this time'; Trump renews US threat to withdraw from Nafta;
Fannie Mae Announces New Programs For Homeowners With Student Loan Debt;
Trump Budget Cuts Would Threaten $38B In Transportation Projects; Arthur Laffer's Theory on Tax Cuts Comes to Life Once More;
Bills Would Allow States to Require Sales Tax Collection Online;
Boeing Issues 429 New Layoff Notices In Washington State; Honda To Build High-Tech Wind Tunnel In Ohio;
DOE Report Shows Renewable Power Fueling New Energy Job Creation; Solar Deals Impacted By Uncertainty Of Tax Reform;
Power companies extend agreement to keep work going on troubled V.C. Summer nuclear project;
California Judge Permits High-Speed Rail Funding;
Square Reportedly Acquires Yik Yak's Engineering Team For Less Than $3 Million;
Other news
Trump's over-the-top, boastful AP interview, annotated; Inside Trump's obsession with cable TV;
What Trump's giving to charity -- or lack thereof -- foreshadowed about his presidency; State Department website removes article touting history of Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate;
Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor Just Obliterated the Bootstrap Myth;
Education:
As May 1 Nears, N.Y.'s Free-Tuition Plan Sows Confusion About What Private Colleges Can Offer; Is Tuition Discounting Leading Some Colleges Off a Cliff?
Dozens of Colleges' Upward Bound Applications Are Denied for Failing to Dot Every I; Applications Denied Over Formatting Errors;
Trump Directs DeVos To Review Federal Role In Education; State AGs Call On DeVos To Reinstate Obama Student Loan Consumer Protections;
Even in Limbo, Trump's Travel Ban Reverberates;
Purdue U. Buys Mega For-Profit Kaplan U., Plans to Turn It Into a 'Public University';
Mostly white Alabama city allowed to secede from school district despite racial motive;
4/21/17
TechNews for the week: April 21; April 19; April 17;
War, Politics and Reports (Also, see Finance and Economics)
ISIS claims responsibility for Paris attack;
Afghan official: Massive US bomb death toll rises to 94; Pentagon chief: US won't reveal 'mother of all bombs' toll;
North Korea shows off new missiles in huge military parade; North Korea missile explodes during test launch;
China, Russia send ships after U.S. aircraft carrier; Despite talk of a military strike, Trump's 'armada' sailed away from North Korea;
Trump says North Korea 'outplayed' Obama but the truth is much more complicated; N.Korea warns of "super-mighty preemptive strike" as U.S. plans next move;
Criticism of Beijing's North Korea Policy Comes From Unlikely Place: China; Russia sends troops to North Korea border as tensions escalate;
Pentagon taking steps to secure US cyber infrastructure from attacks as war looms with North Korea; Here's just how risky it is to fight North Korea;
Russia claims it can wipe out US Navy with single 'electronic bomb';
U.S. Government's Secret Plan for Surviving Nuclear War;
Britain's prime minister calls surprise elections for June 8 to seek support for Brexit moves;
Turkey's Erdogan declares victory in close referendum to expand his powers; opposition parties contest results; Trump calls Erdogan to congratulate him on contested vote;
Venezuela seizes a General Motors plant amid anti-government protests;
Border Patrol and ICE Are Losing Officers, Recruits and Can't Keep Up With Trump Executive Order; Under Trump, ICE arrests soar for migrants with no criminal records;
U.S. top court leaves intact ruling against Central America asylum seekers; Jeff Sessions Dismisses Hawaii as 'an Island in the Pacific';
US reverses itself on status of deported Mexican; DREAMer deported as Homeland Security disputes circumstances;
EPA chief Scott Pruitt calls for an 'exit' from the Paris climate agreement;
Tax Day protesters across the US demand that Trump to release his tax returns; Trump lashes out after Tax March protest: 'The election is over!';
Mnuchin warns of tax reform delay following healthcare setback;
Health insurers asked the Trump administration for reassurance on Obamacare. They didn't get it;
GOP moderate offers revisions to health-care bill; White House Officials, Craving Progress, Push Revised Health Bill;
Tech Companies Urge Court to Reject Trump's Travel Ban; Airlines say they're overbooking less. But passengers say they're discriminating more;
Trump Executive Orders; Trump targets visas program for highly skilled workers;
Racism motivated Trump voters more than authoritarianism; President says he can't be sued for violence at his rallies because he won the election;
Documents show Putin-linked think tank drew up plan to sway 2016 U.S. election;
Trump Adviser's Visit to Moscow last July Got the F.B.I.'s Attention;
With Trump Appointees, a Raft of Potential Conflicts and 'No Transparency'; Trump Raises Millions for 2020 Re-election Bid;
A month after dismissing federal prosecutors, Justice Dept. has no U.S. attorneys in place;
This Little Detail Could Cause A Government Shutdown;
'Nobody's got to use the Internet': A GOP lawmaker's response to concerns about Web privacy;
Georgia officials dismiss 89 cases linked to fired officers shown kicking, punching motorist; Man identified as white nationalist punches woman in face at Berkeley Trump rally;
Judge orders Kansas official to produce plan taken to Trump; Break away from the USA? The effort to cleave California faces its own split;
This Supreme Court Case Could Make or Break the Democrats;
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Emanuel AME Church pastor condemns gun-toting political ad by congressional candidate Sheri Few;
Owner of former Piggly Wiggly site in West Ashley could be forced to sell property to city of Charleston;
City Must Find Courage to Stem Growth of Hotels;
President Trump Has Opportunity To Replace Income Tax;
Finance and Economics
U.S. economy takes a disappointing turn; China's Economy Grows 6.9%, but Warning Signs Persist; Iran boasts of economic break from oil;
Pence pushes Japan to start trade talks, tells South Korea to brace for review of current deal;
Exxon Mobil Seeks U.S. Sanctions Waiver for Oil Project in Russia; Germany Strikes Offshore Wind Deals, Subsidy Not Included;
Emirates to cut US flights after Trump travel restrictions; American, Delta, and United Airlines slam Emirates' decision to scale back service in the US;
I.R.S. Enlists Debt Collectors to Recover Overdue Taxes; Do members of Congress pay for 100 percent of their health insurance?
Perry Orders Study Of Electric Grid To Boost Coal, Nuclear; Trump's Vow To Revive Coal Industry Could Entail Rolling Back Pollution Restrictions;
US Wind Industry Employs Over 100,000; Wind Power Tax Credit Ended In Oklahoma;
Nebraska farmers could derail Keystone XL pipeline; Keystone Leak Worse Than Thought;
FCC Lifts Price Restrictions for Dedicated Internet Links;
Boeing to lay off hundreds more engineers;
Steve Ballmer's new project: find out how the government spends your money; another article;
The latest travel gadgets: Suitcase GPS? Scented bags? Collapsible sunglasses?;
Other news
Can the police retaliate against a citizen for refusing to answer police questions;
Education:
Math Gets a Makeover; Publishers and Open-Resource Advocates Square Off on the Future of Course Content; Some Colleges Revamping Libraries For Digital Age;
New Mexico governor vetoes all higher education funding; Minnesota Legislature eyes making student fees optional at state colleges, universities;
Maine For-Profit College Students Carry More Student Debt; Navient Agrees To Buy JPMorgan's $6.9 Billion Education Loan Portfolio;
Study: Admissions Officers Lack Basic Information On Low-Income Applicants;
Texas BOE To Vote On Anti-Evolutionary Language In Science Standards;
Top Researcher's Departure Prompts Faculty Protest at U. of Utah Institute;
The Pathway to a College Presidency Is Changing, and a New Report Outlines How;
In Renting Out Space, Do Colleges Invite Trouble;
Does Financial Literacy Betray Racial Bias;
4/14/17
TechNews for the week: April 12; April 10;
War, Politics and Reports (Also, see Finance and Economics)
AP FACT CHECK: Trump and lawmakers on Syria, jobs, court; Warplanes return to Syrian town devastated by chemical attack;
Russia Vetoes U.N. Resolution Condemning Syria Chemical Attack; U.S. Attack on Syria Cements Kremlin's Embrace of Assad;
U.S. says new evidence discredits Russia's claim on gas attack; U.S.-led coalition accidentally bombs Syrian allies, killing 18;
Tillerson meets with Putin amid deepening tensions over U.S. missile strikes in Syria;
Donald Trump bombed Syria 'because daughter Ivanka told him to'; Ryan and McConnell flip-flop on use of force in Syria to deter chemical weapons;
ISIS claims responsibility for blasts at 2 Egyptian churches in the latest attacks against Coptic Christians;
U.S. Navy strike group heads toward Korean Peninsula; North Korea vows response to 'reckless' US Navy move;
China reportedly sent 150,000 troops to North Korea's border; Kim Jong Un's rockets are getting an important boost - from China;
Afghan Security Reforms Falter, With Tough Fighting Ahead;
Pentagon: US dropped largest non-nuclear bomb in Afghanistan; While the U.S. wasn't looking, Russia and Iran began carving out a bigger role in Afghanistan;
Trump on NATO: 'I said it was obsolete. It's no longer obsolete';
Spicer draws fire for claim that even Hitler didn't use chemical weapons;
Deputy national security adviser K.T. McFarland to leave National Security Council post;
GCHQ was the first to intercept messages between Trump aides and Russia in 2015;
The Russia story just keeps getting worse for President Trump; After Campaign Exit, Manafort Borrowed From Businesses With Trump Ties;
The FBI obtained a secret court order last summer to monitor Trump adviser Carter Page in a probe of the campaign's Russia ties;
Carter Page: 'Something may have come up in a conversation' with Russians about lifting US sanctions;
BUDGET CHIEF: Trump's promise to eliminate America's $20 trillion problem was 'hyperbole'; Suggests a government shutdown wouldn't be that bad;
Trump says he will not label China a currency manipulator, contradicting campaign promise; Trump finds his niche: fixing problems that no longer exist;
Trump threatens to stop insurance payments so Democrats negotiate on Obamacare; Trump signs bill allowing states to strip federal family-planning funds from abortion providers;
Trump to discontinue Obama policy of voluntarily releasing White House visitor logs;
Sessions orders Justice Dept. to end forensic science commission, suspend review policy;
Trump Organization Drops Plans for Dallas Hotel With 'Turkish Trump'; Eric Trump calls nepotism 'a factor of life.';
Federal Judge Says Texas Voter ID Law Intentionally Discriminates;
N.C. lawmaker calls Lincoln a 'tyrant,' compares him to Hitler;
Ron Estes, a Republican, Survives Tight House Race to Win Kansas Seat; Okla Congressman tells angry constituents the idea that they pay his salary is 'bullcrap';
Alabama governor resigns, pleads guilty to charges;
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Once a Trump Critic, Nikki Haley Casts Herself as His Leading Diplomat;
It's Time For McMaster To Share His Policy Vision With S.C.;
West Ashley Master Plan Needs Input;
Finance and Economics
The Man in Charge of Fixing Fannie and Freddie Knows Them All Too Well; Big US banks defy calls for break-up; Trump Comments Trigger U.S. Dollar, Bond Yield Slide ;
US college debt bubble becoming dangerous; State Lawsuits Allege Sallie Mae Made Student Loans It Expected To Default;
China Tech Investment Flying Under the Radar, Pentagon Warns ; China offers concessions to avert trade war with U.S;
U.S. regulator removes top examiner for Wells Fargo; Wells Fargo knew about sham accounts problem as far back as 2002;
Wells Fargo orders former executives to return $75 million after sales probe;
Despite Bipartisan Support For Infrastructure, Trump Plan Faces Perils; Trump Considering Executive Order To Reverse Offshore Drilling Ban;
California's Solar Energy Set Power Supply Record Last Month; California Solar Power Helped Drive Wholesale Energy Prices Below Zero;
Federal Judge Allows Dakota Access Pipeline Developer To Keep Some Information Secret;
Some Tech Firms Pay H-1B Workers More Than Prevailing Wage; Infosys Says It Expects Lower Revenue Due To H-1B Visa Scrutiny;
Toshiba Casts Doubt on Its Ability to Stay in Business; Westinghouse Woes Have Nuclear Contract Workers Failing to Show up for work;
Tech Companies Oppose Republicans' Plan To Reverse Net-Neutrality Rules;
Boeing Looks To Save Money By Using 3D-Printed Parts For 787;
United CEO orders review of company policies as outrage builds over violent passenger removal, promises to 'fix what's broken';
Other news
The Conservative Pipeline to the Supreme Court;
The Reconstruction of Ulysses S. Grant; 'Assassins!': A Confederate spy was accused of helping kill Abraham Lincoln. Then he vanished.;
'Prediction professor' lays out eight reasons Trump could be impeached;
Education:
Faculty Salaries Barely Keep Pace With Inflation; Decreased State, Local Higher Education Funding Raises Student Costs;
Incentives to Attend Private Colleges Could Save States Money and Raise Graduation Rates;
Scholarships Offered To Potential Teachers To Address National Shortage;
New York set to become first state to offer free tuition at public four-year colleges;
Federal Watchdog Is Investigating Possible Bias in Student-Loan Servicing; DeVos Withdraws Obama-Era Memos Focused on Improving Loan Servicing;
Big Data for Student Success Still Limited to Early Adopters; Keeping Up With the Growing Threat to Data Security;
Why It's So Hard for Undocumented Students to 'Fix' Their Status;
Black Colleges Grapple With Fresh Leadership Tensions;
Gov. Scott Walker wants Wisconsin to be first state to stop dictating how much time kids should go to school;
North Carolina lawmakers threaten UNC's, NC State's ACC membership if league boycotts state;
NCAA D1 Council: 10th assistant coming plus recruiting changes;
4/7/17
TechNews for the week: April 7; April 5; April 3;
War, Politics and Reports (Also, see Finance and Economics)
Scores killed in one of Syria's deadliest chemical attacks in years; Trump said Obama needed war authority from Congress. Will he ask for it now?
U.S. attacks Syrian airfield with cruise missiles; Russia ups ante by freezing communications with US in Syria; Eyewitness says Syrian military anticipated U.S. raid;
U.S. increasingly sees Iran's hand in the arming of Bahraini militants; Ahead of a visit by Egypt's president, Trump administration signals sharp policy shift;
With fiery insults and petty slights, Turkey and Europe reach a moment of reckoning;
Israel PM warns enemies at missile defense ceremony;
North Korea Fires Ballistic Missile a Day Before U.S.-China Summit;
Marine Le Pen's tricky alliance with Donald Trump;
Russia investigation has a new front: Inside the White House; Here's what we know so far about Team Trump's ties to Russian interests;
Blackwater founder secretly met a Putin confidant in the Seychelles to create a back channel between Moscow and Trump;
Former Trump adviser admits to 2013 communication with Russian spy; Trump aides rush to try to testify on Russia;
C.I.A. Had Evidence of Russian Effort to Help Trump Earlier Than Believed;
House Intelligence Committee chairman Devin Nunes recuses himself from Russia probe;
Republicans nuke Supreme Court filibuster to squeeze through Gorsuch; Mitch McConnell: 'Nuclear' option helps Senate. John McCain: 'Whoever says that is a stupid idiot.';
Neil Gorsuch confirmed as Supreme Court justice, capping year-long fight by Republicans to restore conservative tilt of the court;
A Full Border Wall With Mexico? 'Unlikely,' Homeland Security Chief Says ;
West Wing battle brews between nationalists and globalists; White House Chief Strategist Stephen Bannon no longer part of National Security Council;
New EPA documents reveal even deeper proposed cuts to staff and programs;
Trump hasn't ruled out raising the national debt to cut taxes; Trump considers borrowing 'much more' than $300 billion to fund construction projects;
Conservative Split Over Import Tax Imperils Trump's Overhaul; White House explores two new tax ideas as leading proposal to raise revenue falters;
As GOP presses for new health bill, lawmakers weigh letting states skip certain mandates; Conservatives point fingers as efforts to overhaul health care stall;
Wealthy White House staffers' finances detailed in new disclosures; Here is what Post reporters found in the financial disclosures of top White House aides;
Filings Show Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner Still Benefiting From Business Empire; Documents show Trump can quietly draw money from trust whenever he wants;
Trump donates 3 months' salary to Interior Department, offsetting 0.005% of proposed budget cut;
Trump University Suit Settlement Approved by Judge;
A judge rules Trump may have incited violence and Trump again has his own mouth to blame; Judge to Trump: No protection for speech inciting violence;
Ethics experts say White House social media director misused official position by going after GOP lawmaker;
White House Technology Office Remains Without a Leader;
Sessions orders review of all police reform agreements, saying it's necessary to ensure pacts don't work against Trump's goals;
Sweeping Federal Review Could Affect Consent Decrees Nationwide; Police Unions Hail Trump's Easing of Scrutiny. Local Officials Worry;
Odds Grow For Possible Trump Impeachment;
Seventeen States File Legal Challenge To Trump's Over Climate Change Moves;
Wisconsin governor says To Get Medicaid coverage A drug test should come first;
Ex-N.C. governor who signed bathroom bill agrees with LGBT advocates: The state didn't really repeal the law; NC secretary of state faces impeachment filing over notary concerns;
Kansas House Narrowly Upholds Governor's Veto of Medicaid Expansion; Judge tells Kansas official to produce plan taken to Trump;
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Putting millions in SC pension system locked into state budget;
Charleston mayor's plan for unified public safety dept. in limbo;
Republican Templeton raises $700K in bid to unseat Gov. McMaster;
Finance and Economics
U.S. added 98,000 jobs in March; unemployment rate dipped to 4.5 percent; Federal Reserve wants to start unwinding the $4.5 trillion in bonds on its balance sheet this year;
Net Outflow of $14.5 Bln for U.S. Stocks as Trump Trade Stumbles; New York Fed President: Student Debt Burden Weighing On Rates;
Inspector General finds The IRS took millions from innocent people because of how they managed their bank accounts;
Mexico Ready to Play the Corn Card in Trade Talks; Also Made in Mexico: Lifesaving Medical Devices;
Trump's budget chief is on a collision course with former House colleagues ; Trump Says He May Speed Introduction Of Infrastructure Bill;
Democrats Voice Concerns About Proposed Cuts To DOE Office That Helps Protect US Electric Grid From Cyberattacks;
Trump's Travel Ban Could Cost the US $18 Billion;
Changes to the H-1B visa program; Computer Programmers Face New Limits on H-1B Visas; Foreign tech workers on edge as lottery opens for 'high skilled' H-1B visas;
Report: Other Nations Stand To Benefit From US Crackdown On H-1B Visas; Visa Crackdown Could Create National Security Risk;
While Trump promotes coal, other countries are turning to cheap sun power; Electric Utilities say Coal Is on the Way Out at No Matter What Trump Says;
Coal Companies Want US To Remain In Paris Climate Agreement;
Falling Price Of Renewables Means Green Energy Investments Went Further In 2016; EPA Changes Electronic Reporting Requirements For Power Plants;
Trump Faces Test as Boeing Announces Deal to Sell Jetliners to Iran; New Report Analyzes Global Military UAS Market;
Ford Plans To Bring Electric Vehicles To China; Tesla Crash Raises Questions About Legal Liability;
Cost Of Historic Outage In Michigan Continues To Add Up;
Dow Chemical And DuPont Obtain European Merger Approval;
7-Eleven operator to buy U.S. stores from Sunoco for $3.3 billion; The troubles at the American mall are coming to a boil;
13 States Without Pension or Social Security Taxes;
Other news
Trump can't stop the Freedom Caucus. He has GOP gerrymandering to blame;
How do you stop fake news? In Germany, with a law.; The 'alternative facts' epidemic goes way beyond politics;
Which Income Class Are You?
Education:
New Mexico Has Most Affordable College Credits, Vermont Most Expensive;
ED's Filing In Public Service Loan Forgiveness Case Raises Concerns; Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Files Lawsuit Against Student Loan Provider;
Breach of Financial-Aid Tool May Have Compromised Data on 100,000 Taxpayers;
How Threats to Indirect Research Payments Could Make Universities Less Willing to Gamble on Science;
5 Pennsylvania Campuses Warn of Possible Faculty Layoffs and Program Cuts; Koch Money Brings Distress to Wake Forest's Well-Being Institute;
Wayne State's Move to Strip 5 Professors of Tenure Sparks Unease About a Broader Threat;
A Browser Extension Could Shake Up Academic Publishing;
Among Haves and Have-Nots in Athletics, One Common Fear: Academic Misconduct;
NCAA Puts North Carolina Back Into Mix After Repeal of 'Bathroom Bill';