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A survey of higher education faculty in the South found professors are concerned about the political environment around higher education, with some fearing for their physical safety.

The annual survey from the American Association of University Professors included an open-ended question that allowed faculty to detail the problems they’re facing. Compared with previous years, there was a significant spike in faculty scared not only for their careers but also for their physical safety.

“I teach a subject that is now considered ‘controversial,’” a professor in North Carolina wrote. “As a result, I have had a non-student with a gun enter my classroom to intimidate me. I have received an email death threat from a student.”...

Right-wing commentator Meghan McCain was facing backlash online Thursday after claiming that famed television personality, actor, and producer Mr. Rogers wasn't political.

McCain wrote a post on X claiming that Fred Rogers, known as "Mr. Rogers," who challenged societal norms and hosted the groundbreaking children's program "Mister Rogers' Neighborhood" from 1968 to 2001, did not express political thoughts, The Daily Beast reported.

"Wanna know one of the best things about Mr. Rogers growing up? I never knew anything about his political opinions. He just entertained kids. That's it," she wrote. ...

WASHINGTON — The Democratic Party’s path back to power runs through Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) and her made-for-TV Delivering on Government Efficiency (DOGE) oversight subcommittee — or so Democrats increasingly hope.

To many on the left, MTG is the right’s slightly disjointed answer to AOC, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY). They believe the two women represent the future of their parties.

Greene entered Congress in 2021 and rose to fame as an extreme supporter of Donald Trump, dedicated to controversy and partisan drama. Winning the nod to chair the DOGE subcommittee tied her to Elon Musk, the Trump megadonor whose so-called Department of Government Efficiency has taken a chainsaw to federal staffing and budgets. ...

CHICAGO — The Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol may be in the rearview for many Americans, but it’s remained a centerpiece of former President Donald Trump’s campaign — from his song with “the J6 choir” to him dubbing those federal convicts “hostages.”

And while the economy, immigration and war in the Middle East are also on the top of voter’s minds this cycle, some of the officers left scarred by the failed insurrectionists are combating Trump’s rhetoric by pounding the pavement in battleground states nationwide this election cycle.

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Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico is out of danger following an attempt on his life on Wednesday, Deputy Prime Minister Robert Kaliňák and the deputy head of the hospital where Fico is being treated told the news agency TASR on Sunday. "Based on the adviser to the medical consultation this morning, we can state that the patient is currently not in a life-threatening condition," the deputy head of the university hospital in Banská Bystrica, Milan Urbáni, told journalists. "However, his condition is still very serious and he will need a long time and rest to recover." Kaliňák, who is also the......

Washington (AFP) - US President Joe Biden unveiled steep tariff hikes on Chinese green tech this week, hitting imports like electric vehicles, chips and solar cells -- and adding stress to US-China ties. But despite targeting $18 billion in imports across new and already targeted sectors, analysts do not expect a major economic impact, assuming Beijing does not retaliate significantly. So what will be the repercussions of his moves? Will this hit the US economy?Biden's EV, semiconductor and battery tariffs "will not have a noticeable impact on US inflation or GDP," said economist Ryan Sweet at......