October 22, 2025

Meanwhile. . .

Newsworthy News - Fairfax County Public Schools faces criminal investigations after a brave teacher exposed how school staff secretly arranged and funded abortions for minors without parental knowledge, violating Virginia law and fundamental parental rights...

Yale - Iceland, one of the last places on Earth to be free of mosquitoes, recorded its first sighting this month. Scientists say warming is making the country more hospitable to the insects. 

NPR - A federal judge has ordered the Department of Defense to return books about gender and race to five school libraries on military bases, following claims that the removal violated students' First Amendment rights.

MSNBC -     President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Office of Special Counsel, Paul Ingrassia, withdrew his name from consideration on Tuesday after his confirmation looked destined to fail... The announcement came after a whirlwind 24 hours for Trump’s nominee, which began when Politico published racist text messages allegedly sent by the nominee to a group chat with about a half-dozen Republican operatives and influencers. In those texts, Ingrassia is alleged to have said that Martin Luther King Jr. Day should be “tossed into the seventh circle of hell,” and that he had “a Nazi streak.”

Roll Call - Adelita Grijalva and Arizona asked a federal court on Tuesday to allow someone else to administer her oath to be the state’s 7th District representative since Speaker Mike Johnson has refused to do so, nearly a month after she won a special election. Read more...

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