Author: Karen Givens

This article argues for restoring order in classrooms by empowering teachers, returning control to schools and parents, holding administrators accountable, and redesigning discipline practices to prioritize safety and fairness. Empowering educators to take back their classrooms is a necessary solution for the school behavioral violence the Obama administration’s race-based discipline policies ushered in. Teachers need clear authority, consistent support, and practical tools to manage behavior without fear of unfair federal reprimands. When adults in the room can lead and set expectations, learning becomes possible again and student safety improves. Local control matters more than top-down federal mandates that stretch one-size-fits-all…

A high school student carrying two firearms shot to death a fellow student before killing himself Tuesday at a high school on a university campus in the southern Philippines where hundreds of students were present. The shooting happened in the middle of a regular school day, sending students and staff into immediate panic. Eyewitnesses described scenes of chaos as people scattered to escape the gunfire. School officials moved quickly to lock down the campus and secure classrooms while emergency services were called in. Local police and first responders arrived within minutes and found both the student attacker and the victim…

The Trump Justice Department asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Friday to lift a lower court blockade on construction of the new White House ballroom, filing an emergency application for stay to pause a preliminary injunction by D.C. District Senior Judge Richard Leon. The move asks the high court to temporarily unwind a judge’s block that has halted work on a key renovation project at the White House. The emergency application for stay argues the injunction is short-circuiting the executive branch’s authority to maintain and upgrade presidential facilities. From a Republican viewpoint, the request is straightforward: let the administration complete…

Minnesota authorities opened an investigation after conservative influencer Cam Higby visited polling places while pretending to be a niqab-wearing Muslim woman to expose alleged voter fraud, drawing attention and debate over election integrity and law enforcement response. The incident began when Cam Higby, a conservative influencer, entered several polling places wearing a niqab and claimed he was testing the system for vulnerabilities. His stated purpose was to document any irregularities and bring attention to potential weaknesses that could be exploited on Election Day. Minnesota law enforcement confirmed an investigation was opened after those visits raised concerns about behavior at polling…

The Justice Department charged a Kentucky woman with two felonies after spray-paint and bubble soap defaced the World War II Memorial, a case that has drawn swift law enforcement action and political attention. U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro announced federal felony charges against Melissa L. Farris, 41, of Elizabethtown, Kentucky, after damage to the Atlantic pavilion of the WWII Memorial on the National Mall. The indictment lists depredation against property of the United States and destruction of a veterans’ memorial, each count carrying a maximum sentence of ten years in prison. Farris is in custody following court proceedings. The vandalism left…

Carlos Palazuelos is demanding that Pima County unseal the affidavit used to raid his family’s home and is seeking $3.25 million after being detained and released without charges in the Nancy Guthrie disappearance investigation. Carlos Palazuelos, a 36-year-old Tucson delivery driver, says he wants the sealed evidence disclosed and wants $3.25 million for what he calls a wrongful arrest. He was detained at gunpoint on February 10, ten days after 84-year-old Nancy Guthrie was last seen at her Tucson home, searched under a warrant, held for hours and ultimately released without charges. Palazuelos spoke with Newsweek in an interview published…

Fire crews across Europe faced a fierce challenge Friday as a fresh wave of record-breaking heat fueled multiple wildfires, and unusually dry landscapes made containment harder. The situation forced evacuations, strained firefighting resources, and worsened air quality in affected regions. Communities and emergency services scrambled to react as flames spread across forests, grasslands, and scrub that had become tinder-dry. Firefighters in several countries reported relentless flames and difficult working conditions as temperatures climbed well above seasonal norms. Ground crews and aircraft battled blazes that moved quickly over parched terrain, sometimes jumping containment lines in minutes. The dryness of soils and…

Abdul El-Sayed dared Mike Rogers to a no-pads football game, reigniting questions about his earlier critiques of football culture and leaving Republicans to press the inconsistency. Abdul El-Sayed’s public challenge to Mike Rogers read like a campaign stunt gone sideways. The Michigan Democrat took to X to propose a tackle-only, no-pads game after Rogers raised El-Sayed’s past critiques of football culture on Fox News. What followed was a mix of mockery, stature jokes and a reminder that past words can come back in close-up. Rogers, a former FBI agent and the Republican nominee, did not jump into a pickup game.…

Abdul El-Sayed’s now-deleted podcast took aim at the conversation after a shooting at a Nashville Christian school, insisting the attack “wasn’t a ‘trans problem,’ it was ‘a gun problem.’” The clip’s removal and the blunt framing have sparked arguments about responsibility, motives, and how public figures handle violent incidents. The episode in question was pulled down after airing, but the line is on record: Abdul El-Sayed said the Nashville Christian school shooting “wasn’t a ‘trans problem,’ it was ‘a gun problem.’” That blunt dismissal of any identity-based explanation landed in a tense moment when people are still processing what happened…

Big outside money flooded a Kansas statehouse contest, raising ugly questions about influence, local control, and how campaigns are run. Local voters watched money roll in from places and groups that don’t live with the consequences of those decisions, and that changed the tone of the race. People on the ground said the spending was unprecedented and rattled basic expectations about how a state legislative contest should look. That kind of cash alters priorities and drowns out neighborhood voices. ‘Now it’s just out of control, I’ve never seen a state house race in Kansas with $150,000 dropped into it, but…