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• La Segretaria dell'Istruzione degli Stati Uniti Linda McMahon ha annunciato un investimento di 144 milioni di dollari da parte dell'amministrazione Trump per supportare gli stati nell'espansione di interventi educativi comprovati. • Il finanziamento mira a migliorare i risultati degli studenti attraverso programmi basati su prove che affrontino le lacune nell'apprendimento. • Questa iniziativa sottolinea l'impegno dell'amministrazione verso le riforme educative guidate dagli stati, in mezzo ai dibattiti in corso sul coinvolgimento federale nella scuola.

Il consiglio comunale di Cohutta discuterà del ripristino della polizia e considererà la richiesta di 'dimissioni immediate' del sindaco • Il consiglio comunale di una piccola comunità montana nello stato della Georgia, negli USA, ha indetto una riunione speciale venerdì sera per discutere del ripristino del dipartimento di polizia, dopo che il sindaco ha licenziato il capo e tutti gli agenti. • L'avviso per la riunione, affisso all'esterno del municipio di Cohutta, afferma che il consiglio considererà anche una richiesta per le "dimissioni immediate" del sindaco. Continua a leggere...

Revocations will start on Friday for those who owe $100,000 or more, and then expand to those who owe $2,500 or moreSign up for the Breaking News US newsletter email The US state department will begin revoking the US passports of thousands of parents who owe a significant amount of unpaid child support.The department told the Associated Press on Thursday that the revocations would begin on Friday and be focused on those who owe $100,000 or more. That would apply to about 2,700 American passport holders, according to figures supplied to the state department by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). Continue reading...

School said its admission process is ‘based on merit’ and it is committed to complying with state and federal lawsThe US Department of Justice found on Wednesday that the medical school at the University of California, Los Angeles illegally considered race in admissions as the Trump administration ramps up scrutiny of colleges’ processes for selecting students.The finding escalates the Trump administration’s ongoing standoff with UCLA, which has focused mostly on the main campus’s response to allegations of antisemitic harassment. Continue reading...

• Google, Microsoft, and xAI joined OpenAI and Anthropic in providing the US Commerce Department pre-release access to evaluate their AI models, creating the first voluntary oversight mechanism for all five major frontier AI labs. • The Commerce Department announced the expansion on Tuesday, establishing a framework with no statutory authority and fewer than 200 staff members to address national security concerns before public model releases. • The Mythos crisis forced the US government to confront the absence of formal mechanisms to evaluate powerful AI models that could threaten national security before public deployment.

• A recent study demonstrates that an updated vaccine formulation reduced emergency department visits and hospitalizations among healthy adults by approximately 50 percent during the past season. • This significant efficacy improvement represents a major advancement in vaccine development and public health protection strategies. • The findings contribute to the evolving landscape of U.S. vaccine policy, as documented in CIDRAP's latest state of vaccine policy report from April 28, 2026.

Subject of charges remains unclear, after earlier case over congressional testimony was dismissedUS politics live – latest updatesSign up for the Breaking News US newsletter emailThe justice department filed new criminal charges against James Comey, the former FBI director, on Tuesday, according to a person familiar with the matter.The subject of the charges was not immediately clear and the justice department did not immediately return a request for comment. CNN first reported a new indictment had been filed. Continue reading...

Discrepancy in forecasts raises questions over government planning for net zeroOne vision of the UK’s future involves a decarbonised economy powered by clean, renewable energy. Another involves making the UK an AI superpower.The government departments responsible for these two visions do not appear to have agreed on their numbers. Continue reading...