Government

Critics say the deep cuts to the National Endowment for the Humanities, which has supported research and learning at colleges since 1965, “will ripple across American life.”

Universities have been reluctant to tap their endowments to plug research funding holes or finance a lawsuit against Trump’s attacks. Could bonds serve that purpose instead?

While the DOE claims the plan will save taxpayers $405 million, research groups say it’s a “ruinous” policy that will “slow the pace of American research and innovation.”

Students have trouble accessing federal food benefits. Poor planning at the Ed Department and the Department of Agriculture aren’t helping, a new GAO report concluded.