Sean Salai

AI pushing the expected rise in college closures, analysts say

About one-fourth of the nation's private, nonprofit campus are expected to close in the next 10 years, driven by artificial intelligence that is automating repetitive office roles that long have been reserved for liberal arts graduates.

July 13, 2026

D.C. cardinal cites privacy in exorcisms for firing priest who claimed UFOs are demons in disguise

Cardinal Robert McElroy, the archbishop of Washington, said in a recent interview that the need to keep exorcisms "private" justified his firing of a priest who declared in a viral video that UFOs are demons in disguise.

July 9, 2026

DC Water settles federal age-discrimination lawsuit for $217,000

The D.C. Water and Sewer Authority has agreed to settle a federal age-discrimination lawsuit for roughly $217,000 after firing an experienced employee to install a younger and less qualified replacement.

July 9, 2026

Purdue shares first-in-the-nation AI graduation requirements for fall semester

Purdue University's incoming class of 10,000 freshmen will be the first in the nation to have artificial intelligence graduation requirements when classes start next month -- and Indiana's largest public campus says it's ready for them.

July 9, 2026

Asian parents ask U.S. Supreme Court to revisit ‘racial balancing’ in Montgomery County STEM program

Asian parents in Montgomery County are asking the Supreme Court to hear their argument that the public schools system's "racial balancing" policy illegally excludes their high-performing children from middle school STEM programs.

July 8, 2026

Online GLP-1 prescriptions filled in minutes, no doctor required, Yale study finds

Most websites dispensing GLP-1 prescriptions are shipping generic knockoffs the same day without contacting patients' doctors or screening for health risks, according to a Yale University study published this week.

July 7, 2026

Company kills plan for world’s largest data center hub near Manassas National Battlefield Park

A plan to build the world's largest data center complex next to the Manassas National Battlefield Park is dead -- killed by homeowners, preservationists and a string of court defeats.

July 3, 2026

Record 1 in 3 young adults under 35 lived with their parents last year

A record 25.2 million adults under 35 lived with their parents in 2025, a recent Realtor.com report shows.

July 2, 2026

From refrigerators to rock ‘n’ roll — America marks 250 years of unsung inventions

Americans created airplanes, computer chips, the internet and automobile assembly lines across 250 years of industry -- but they've also invented unheralded gems such as refrigerators, barcodes, washing machines and Doppler radar.

July 2, 2026

GSA sells California’s ‘Ziggurat’ federal building for record $207 million

A Southern California hospital has bought a federal complex known as "the Ziggurat" for $207 million, marking the most expensive U.S. government building sale ever and a win for the Trump administration's downsizing campaign.

July 1, 2026

Vanderbilt report on liberal bias in the humanities sparks outrage in higher education

A Vanderbilt University report has ruffled feathers in higher education with its conclusion that social justice politics, rather than knowledge, drives much of today's humanities scholarship.

July 1, 2026

Farm Bureau: July Fourth cookouts are cheapest in 10 years after inflation

An annual survey finds the cost of an Independence Day cookout has risen to a 10-year high of $7.38 per person, but remains the cheapest in this period after adjusting for inflation.

June 26, 2026

Report: No federal building meets 60% occupancy standard required by law to stay open

No federal building in the nation has met the 60% occupancy minimum required by law to stay open, an independent government agency reported Thursday.

June 25, 2026

Teachers unions attack while Democratic governors embrace Trump’s school choice program

Some Democratic governors have signaled plans to join President Trump's federal school choice program, prompting teachers unions to launch a counterattack.

June 24, 2026

Lack of money stalls condo repairs near Prince George’s County homeless encampment

Lack of money has stalled repairs at an Adelphi-area condominium complex whose residents say vagrants broke their heating system seven months ago, a Maryland District Court judge said Tuesday.

June 23, 2026

Maryland buys Preakness Stakes to keep Triple Crown racing in the state

Maryland has announced plans to buy the Preakness Stakes, keeping the Triple Crown race in the state and quashing concerns that a for-profit company would move it.

June 22, 2026

Twenty-six jurisdictions to hike minimum wage next month

Twenty-six state and local governments will raise their minimum wage on July 1 -- a flurry of legislative action that supporters say is long overdue and critics insist will worsen the nation's affordability crisis.

June 19, 2026

Kim Jackson, interim D.C. Public Schools chancellor, begins work next week

Longtime administrator Kim Jackson will become interim chancellor of D.C. Public Schools next week as families wait for the next mayor to name a permanent replacement.

June 18, 2026

America250 tourism expected to outdraw 1976 bicentennial events

Tourism during 1976, America's bicentennial, famously underperformed expectations for the nation's capital, but D.C. insiders say this summer's 250th birthday party will do better.

June 17, 2026

Some colleges pull back from Pride Month amid Trump pressure

Dozens of colleges have quietly pulled back from Pride Month this year under pressure from the Trump administration to enforce institutional neutrality policies more closely.

June 16, 2026