This is not a Republican illusion. The political leanings of academia are very real.  Most professors identify as liberal and Democrat. University administrators skew left as well.  It’s striking how few professors are conservative or…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration has begun firing several hundred Federal Aviation Administration employees, upending staff on a busy air travel weekend and just weeks after a January fatal mid-air collision at Ronald Reagan…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Refugees who had been approved to travel to the United States before a deadline next week suspending America’s refugee resettlement program have had their travel plans canceled by the Trump administration. Thousands…

The aerospace industry was relieved last year when the Federal Aviation Administration, the main regulator for all things that fly, finally got an administrator after an 18-month vacancy. The choice, Michael Whitaker, was hailed as…

WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Mike Johnson said Tuesday that Republicans are “ready to deliver” President-elect Donald Trump’s agenda after his election victory, insisting the GOP won’t make the mistakes of last time and will…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump has promised sweeping action in a second administration. The former president and now president-elect often skipped over details but through more than a year of policy pronouncements and written statements…

Scott Toland left Iola 18 years ago ready to take on the world. His goals were ambitious from the start.  Go to college, perhaps follow his father’s footsteps to law school, then work in some…

Anthony Fauci is calling it a career. And the 81-year-old infectious disease expert — one of the most visible health officials in the federal government’s response to the coronavirus outbreak — deserves America’s heartfelt thanks.…

WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge dismissed most claims filed by activists and civil liberties groups who accused the Trump administration of violating the civil rights of protesters who were forcefully removed by police before…

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s administration is facing new scrutiny today after failing to lock in a chance to buy millions of additional doses of Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine, which has shown to be highly…