Weekly Update 12/2/24

Trump-Vance Administration Nominees

President-elect Donald Trump has chosen Jay Bhattacharya, a Stanford University physician and economist known for his controversial views during the COVID-19 pandemic…

President and Administration

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released abortion tracking data from 2022 on Wednesday (11/27), the first numbers from the agency after Roe v. Wade fell in June of that year…

The Division of Grant Review (DGR) at the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) is seeking qualified reviewers with academic credentials who meet the requirements outlined in the 21st Century CURES Act…

President Biden announced yesterday (12/2) that he has pardoned his son Hunter Biden, who faced sentencing this month for federal tax and gun convictions, marking a reversal as he prepares to leave office…

Congress

Rep. Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ) announced he will not pursue retaining his position as the top Democrat on the House Natural Resources Committee…

Rep. Michelle Steel (R-CA-45) lost her re-election bid to Democrat Derek Tran…

California

California state lawmakers plan to establish a working group focused on affordability in an effort to prioritize…

Republicans are headed into 2025 in control of the presidency, the Senate, and the House of Representatives…

Education

The momentum to abolish the U.S. Department of Education following the election of Donald Trump, who campaigned on such an effort…

Conflicts over religion in public schools are not a new phenomenon…

A federal judge in Massachusetts has rejected a request by the parents of a Boston-area high school senior who wanted to raise a key grade this fall after teachers accused him of cheating for using artificial intelligence on a class project…

President-elect Donald Trump is poised to pull the plug on President Biden’s yearslong push to cancel student debt for tens of millions of people as Republicans sweep into power in the coming months…