Data: U.S. Census Bureau ; Chart: Russell Contreras/Axios White students now make up less than half of all Americans enrolled in school from nursery through graduate programs, according to an Axios analysis of new U.S. Census data . Why it matters: America's future workforce and electorate are moving through schools strained by 20-year-low reading scores , teacher shortages and racial segregation at levels not seen since the 1960s. - How schools, colleges and policymakers respond to this demographic shift will define opportunity for a generation. The big picture: White (non-Latino, non-multiracial) student enrollment fell from 46.7 million in 2000 to 36.6 million in 2024. - White students account for 48.8% of all Americans enrolled in…
ICE investigators are going straight to local election officials for individual voter files , and they obtained them in two counties, according to emails shared with Axios. Why it matters: President Trump's decades-long push to root out alleged noncitizen voting has evolved into a multi-agency effort reaching into state and local voter systems. - Trump said he believes millions of people, including non-citizens, are voting illegally and that is why he lost the popular vote in 2016 and the general election in 2020 . - Documented cases of non-citizen voting are rare: The Heritage Foundation, a conservative think tank, tracks convictions and court records of voter fraud. It shows 100 documented cases of non-citizen voting between 1982…
On this episode of "On Balance": Leland Vittert is having deja vu with the war in Iran, as are many Americans. We keep hearing the deal is near done ad nauseam, while President Trump has called off strikes planned for Thursday after the exchange of missiles earlier in the week. Can the Iranians be trusted? Our White House correspondent Libbey Dean joins us from Washington. Caroline Sunshine, former Trump White House official and 2024 Trump campaign deputy communications director, and Brig. Gen. John Teichert, a one-time Air Force combat pilot and former assistant deputy undersecretary of the Air Force, assess the latest developments. Meanwhile, the midterm general elections are heating up as the primaries wrap up. Trump is referring to…
Trump's top moments from this week's headlines: President Trump went to Madison Square Garden Monday to cheer on the New York Knicks in game three of the NBA finals. The president said that he enjoyed the game, but a substantial contingent of other fans apparently weren't happy that Trump attended, breaking into boos when he appeared on the arena's jumbotron. Trump suffered a potential public relations setback during a press conference Wednesday when he said, "I love the inflation." Following that soundbite, he gave word of a program to escort oil tankers through the Strait of Hormuz, allowing the passage of 22 ships on an unspecified recent night. Trump's position has been that once the conflict with Iran has concluded, oil prices will…
“The Right Squad” questioned Jill Biden’s "bestseller" status after she celebrated hitting The New York Times bestseller list with a cringeworthy phone call to her husband, Joe Biden.
U.S. forces shot down multiple Iranian drones in the Strait of Hormuz overnight, as an emerging deal comes between the two nations. Pakistan's prime minister said the final text of a potential deal has been completed. NewsNation partner The Hill's Zach Schonfeld reports. Start your day with "Morning in America," NewsNation's live three-hour national weekend morning newscast hosted by Hena Doba. Saturday and Sunday starting at 7a/6C. #MorningInAmerica NewsNation is your source for fact-based, unbiased news for all Americans.
Elon Musk has become the world's first trillionaire following SpaceX's stock market debut Friday. Its value sits at more than $2 trillion, which marks the largest initial public offering in history. NewsNation's Mills Hayes reports. Start your day with "Morning in America," NewsNation's live three-hour national weekend morning newscast hosted by Hena Doba. Saturday and Sunday starting at 7a/6C. #MorningInAmerica NewsNation is your source for fact-based, unbiased news for all Americans.
