American labor leader, AFT president since 2008
New York officials are weighing participation in a federal Education Freedom Tax Credit program. Pro- and anti-school-choice coalitions are mounting campaigns as the state evaluates whether to opt in. The program would provide a 100% federal tax credit for donations to scholarship-granting organizations, potentially funding private and religious schooling while public schools defend their budgets.
The State Department has said it will revoke B‑1 and B‑2 business and tourist visas issued between 2016 and 2026 for people who have sought or are seeking asylum. The action, coordinated with DHS and described as rolling, would reclassify many pending asylum holders and would not necessarily cause immediate deportations; officials expect legal challenges.
Kacey Musgraves has used her 38th birthday performance in Chicago to urge donations to the Young Center for Immigrant Children’s Rights. Her appeal, made during the Middle of Nowhere tour opening night, is described as non-political and aims to aid children separated from their families. The moment has drawn mixed reactions online.
Business Insider UK reports on etiquette and job-search strategies as competition intensifies. Experts warn against oversharing and stress the importance of targeted networking, AI literacy, and strategic applications amid a rising emphasis on concrete tasks in hiring.
New York City has imposed a one-year moratorium on student-facing generative AI for pre-K through eighth grade, affecting about 600,000 pupils. The city has banned companion chatbots, set classroom screen-time caps, will require twice-yearly AI literacy classes for high schoolers and will run limited supervised pilots for older students while reviewing ed-tech contracts.
Frontier AI leaders are pushing for unity on safety standards and independent evaluators inside companies. Amodei argues for pacing the frontier and global coordination, while critics warn this could invite regulatory capture and slow innovation. OpenAI and Anthropic have signalled willingness to coordinate on safeguards.
The federal tax-credit scholarship program is expanding scrutiny and renewed political clash as New York considers opting in. Governors and unions frame the move as school choice versus public funding, while proponents say the program expands opportunity without diverting public dollars.
Public Service Loan Forgiveness backlogs and clawbacks have prompted a class-action suit against the Education Department. The American Federation of Teachers argues that thousands of borrowers are being deprived of timely debt relief as buyback applications pile up and some payments are retroactively canceled. The case highlights ongoing glitches in the Biden-era program as 1) buyback backlogs persist, 2) payments are rescinded, and 3) relief timelines stretch.