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Sean Salai

Sean Salai is the general assignment/culture reporter for The Washington Times. A former National desk intern and Metro clerk at The Washington Times, he also has served as a City Hall reporter at the Boca Raton News and as a special contributor at America Media. He can be reached at ssalai@washingtontimes.com.

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Trump’s team launches fourth probe into George Mason’s DEI policy

The Trump administration started its fourth investigation in four weeks into George Mason University's diversity, equity and inclusion practices.

July 23, 2025

Trump tax hikes pressuring top universities to make education more affordable might do the opposite

Higher education insiders predict the nation's top universities will pass the cost of a looming endowment tax hike onto students and donors, evading a Trump administration push to reduce expenses.

July 22, 2025

Labor Department to operate Education’s workforce programs

The Labor Department will operate federal workforce education programs under the supervision of Education Department officials as the Trump administration works to eliminate the latter agency.

July 18, 2025

Most consumers blame price increases on corporate greed, not Trump’s tariffs

The majority of Americans blame corporate greed rather than President Trump's tariffs for rising consumer prices, recent polls reveal.

July 18, 2025

With parents lost to their phones, children pay the price

Parents increasingly are scrolling through social media with one hand, feeding their children with the other and keeping their eyes on their screens while doing both.

July 16, 2025

GOP drives Gallup polling surge in higher ed confidence

Confidence in higher education has risen for the first time in 10 years of Gallup polling, driven by changing attitudes among Republicans as the Trump administration reshapes the system.

July 16, 2025

Millions more using marijuana, nicotine vapes after legalization, study finds

A new study estimates that millions more Americans are using nicotine vapes and cannabis in states that have legalized recreational marijuana, worrying experts who warn that the drug is stronger and more dangerous than in the past.

July 11, 2025

Education Department to resume collecting interest on student loans

The Education Department will resume collecting interest on federal student loans next month, canceling the last part of a Biden administration debt forgiveness scheme that courts have ruled illegal.

July 11, 2025

Report shows more than half of D.C. high school students still ‘chronically absent’

More than half of public high school students in the nation's capital were chronically absent in 2023-24, a new report shows.

July 10, 2025

George Mason University target of Education Department probe for hiding DEl programs

The Education Department has launched a federal civil rights investigation into George Mason University for renaming rather than removing its diversity, equity and inclusion program and staff.

July 10, 2025

Big Beautiful Bill offers ‘historic first’ school choice tax credit

The mega tax and spending bill that President Trump recently signed includes an inaugural federal tax credit for donations to private school scholarship funds serving low-income children.

July 9, 2025

New laws press colleges to become more affordable by cutting humanities programs

Recent federal and state laws are pressuring colleges to become less expensive by slashing underperforming humanities programs.

July 8, 2025

Staffers leave public colleges after DEI video sting

Several public colleges in the South have parted ways with administrators who admitted during an undercover video sting to ignoring recent bans on diversity, equity and inclusion programs.

July 3, 2025

Restaurants feel crush of District’s tipped minimum wage hike, seek repeal of law

Hundreds of restaurants are asking the D.C. Council to accept Mayor Muriel Bowser's proposal to revert to an inflation-adjusted minimum of $5.95 an hour before tips.

July 2, 2025

Study finds fewer U.S. adults inclined to test for COVID, JAMA Network Open reports

A new study finds that nearly 1 in 3 adults have no intention of testing at home for COVID when they suspect an infection.

July 1, 2025

University of Virginia president resigns amid federal DEI investigation

University of Virginia President James Ryan has resigned amid a Trump administration investigation into his refusal to end diversity, equity and inclusion practices.

June 30, 2025

Six Southern states launch anti-‘woke’ public college accreditor

Six conservative-trending Southern states have launched an alternative accreditor to root out "woke" indoctrination in public colleges and universities.

June 27, 2025

White House’s ‘America 250’ exhibit taps conservative PragerU to teach the nation’s founding

The Department of Education has tapped conservative media platform PragerU to tell the nation's origin story in an "America 250" exhibit that opened in the White House complex this month.

June 26, 2025

Department of Housing and Urban Development to relocate from D.C. to Alexandria

The Department of Housing and Urban Development announced Wednesday that its headquarters will relocate from the crumbling Robert C. Weaver Federal Building in the District to a more modern space in Alexandria.

June 25, 2025

GHOSTED: Employers confused by Gen Z job applicants’ disappearing acts

In online dating, it's become common for someone who "isn't that into you" to just stop replying to messages.