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High Test Scores At A Nationally Lauded Charter Network, But At What Cost?

Rocketship charter schools were supposed to revolutionize education, Silicon Valley-style, and enroll 1 million students. It hasn't worked out exactly that way.

FILE - Rep. Abigail Spanberger, D-Va., speaks before President Joe Biden speaks about prescription drug costs at the Daniel Technology Center of Germanna Community College – Culpeper Campus, Feb. 10, 2022, in Culpeper, Va. Spanberger says voters regularly approach her about the Capitol violence. But she isn't sure that it will be a major theme in campaign ads this fall. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

How the Jan. 6 hearings are landing in one Virginia swing district

In Rep. Abigail Spanberger's competitive 7th Congressional District, some voters are more concerned with economic issues than the ongoing Jan. 6 hearings at the U.S. Capitol.

WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 08: Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) arrives to meet fellow House Impeachment Managers before walking through the U.S. Capitol Rotunda to the Senate chamber on Monday February 8, 2021 in Washington, DC. The Senate is scheduled to begin the second impeachment trial of former U.S. President Donald J. Trump on February 9. (Photo by Sarah Silbiger/Getty Images)

House Managers To Present New Evidence At Trump Impeachment Trial

Aides say the Senate will hear evidence "nobody has seen before" related to incitement of the Jan. 6 insurrection. The former president's defense, however, argues the trial should not happen at all.

More Taxpayers Will Owe The IRS In April Due To Under-Withholding, Report Says

The Government Accountability Office says 3 million more Americans are likely to have experienced under-withholding from their paychecks in 2018 as a direct result of the new tax law.

A duct-taped banana sells for $6.2 million at an art auction

A piece of conceptual art consisting of a simple banana, duct-taped to a wall, sold for $6.2 million at an auction Wednesday, with the winning bid coming from a prominent cryptocurrency entrepreneur.

IRS cuts over 6,000 jobs in the middle of tax season

The IRS is cutting more than 6,000 jobs this week, as part of the Trump administration's downsizing of the overall federal workforce. The job cuts at the IRS come in the middle of the tax-filing season.

Broome Clerk Warns Of DMV Scam

The scam targets people through email

In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, rescue workers evacuate the 10th survivor pulled alive after being trapped 132 hours from the debris of a self-built residential structure that collapsed in Changsha in central China's Hunan Province on Thursday May 5, 2022. Rescuers in central China have pulled the woman alive from the rubble of a building that partially collapsed almost six days earlier, state media reported Thursday. (Shen Hong/Xinhua via AP)

A survivor is found almost 6 days after building collapses in China

The discovery of a woman alive in the rubble of a building in Changsha was good news, as at least five people have died from the collapse.

Kash Patel, facing questions about his independence, says FBI reform is his focus

Kash Patel, President Trump's pick to run the FBI, answered questions Thursday in a public hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has ordered Wells Fargo to pay billions in fines and redress to mistreated consumers.

Wells Fargo to pay $3.7 billion settling charges it wrongfully seized homes and cars

The case marks the largest penalty ever imposed by the federal watchdog agency the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Customers who were harmed will receive $2 billion in restitution.

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