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U.S. Education department probes New York's mascot ban, after Trump backs Massapequa challenge
The education department will assess whether the state is violating the Civil Rights Act by demanding the Massapequa School ...
Trump administration to investigate New York's funding threat over Long Island tribal school mascot
The U.S. Department of Education says it plans to investigate whether New York education officials are being discriminatory ...
Trump Admin Investigating New York School Native American Mascot Fight
The move comes just after President Trump weighed in on the dispute surrounding Massapequa High School's longtime "Chiefs" ...
Trump Administration Opens Civil Rights Inquiry Into a Long Island Mascot Fight
President Donald Trump is weighing in on a school mascot dispute at Massapequa High School, where some parents are upset that ...
Education Department to probe New York for trying to pull school mascot of Native American
The Education Department launched an investigation Friday into the New York Department of Education for threatening to withhold money from a local school district because of its Native American mascot ...
Trump administration replaces lawyers in NYC congestion pricing challenge
The Trump administration is replacing lawyers in the U.S. Attorney's Office in Manhattan after they accidentally filed an ...
For Trump, Chemicals in Straws Are a Crisis. In Water, Maybe Less So.
An administration document aimed at eradicating paper straws highlights the dangers of PFAS chemicals. Their presence in tap ...