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UPDATED, 6:40 PM: Education Secretary Betsy DeVos resigned Thursday, becoming to second member of Donald Trump’s Cabinet to quit in the wake of Wednesday chaos at the U.S. Capitol. Here is DeVos’ resignation latter to Trump: “We should be highlighting and celebrating your Administration’s many accomplishments on…

With about a month to go until the start of the new school year, the battle lines are being drawn over whether US students will return to campuses or continue online schooling. The stakes being anted include federal and state funding, health and safety issues, and union rules and compliance. None of the potential…

NBC’s Late Night host Seth Meyers noted Rex Tillerson, who President Donald Trump fired-by-Twitter on Tuesday, was not a great Secretary of State, having the energy of a 14-year-old bloodhound on his third mint julep. But, Meyers told Trump, “if you’re going to fire cabinet secretaries for being bad at their jobs, let…

President Trump held a televised “listening session” today to discuss ways to keep schools safe following last week's shooting in Parkland, Florida, when 17 people were killed, allegedly by 19-year-old former student Nikolas Cruz, who purchased his AR-15 legally, though he is not old enough to buy a handgun in the…

Note to President Donald Trump’s new Education Secretary Betsy DeVos: Dr. Darcy Sterling, "relationship expert" on E!'s reality series Famously Single, thinks "Relationship" needs to be taught in public schools, though other subjects could be cut, she said. "If they taught relationship and dating skills in publish…

HBO late-night host John Oliver stopped by Stephen Colbert’s Late Show to promote his return this weekend to Last Week Tonight. Off the air since mid November, he said he’s been happy to be out of the political conversation. Until Inauguration Day, Oliver explained, “nothing was really happening, it was like being…

Hollywood types were quick to react to today's (sorta) nail-biter confirmation of Betsy DeVos as Donald Trump's Secretary of Education. Her Senate hearings last month were a trainwreck – senator and Saturday Night Live alum Al Franken called her "the most incompetent Cabinet-level nominee I have ever seen" – but only…