The UT-Austin class of 2024 is celebrating its graduation this weekend. This year will mark the university’s 141st commencement and will feature Jeannie Leavitt as its speaker. Leavitt, a retired major general who was the first female fighter pilot in the U.S. Air Force, graduated from UT in 1990 with a degree in aerospace engineering. […]
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Academics challenge Florida law restricting research exchanges from prohibited countries like China
MIAMI (AP) — Two graduate students from China whose studies were put on hold, and a professor who says he is unable to recruit research assistants, sued Florida education officials on Monday, trying to stop enforcement of a new state law which limits research exchanges between state universities and academics from seven prohibited countries. The […]
Trump was informed of prohibited items in Jan. 6 rally crowd, his driver testified
The head of Donald Trump’s Secret Service detail informed an agitated president on Jan. 6, 2021, that large groups of people had been denied entry to his rally that day because they were carrying prohibited items, the driver of his presidential SUV told congressional investigators, according to a transcript reviewed by POLITICO. The testimony is […]