A little-known civil rights office in the Department of Education that helps resolve complaints from students across the country about discrimination and accommodating disabilities has been gutted by ...

The U.S. Education Department is bringing back hundreds of employees in its Office for Civil Rights who were placed on paid administrative leave earlier this year, according to a Dec. 5 email to those ...

A group of civil rights organizations is seeking an order to prevent the closure of a Justice Department office dedicated to preventing unrest and violence in U.S. cities. The groups are suing for a ...

When U.S. Education Secretary Linda McMahon claimed in USA TODAY that the recent government shutdown showed “how little the Department of Education will be missed,” she overlooked the damage done to ...

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WASHINGTON – Today, the U.S. Department of Education announced that it will transfer critical work to other federal agencies — an unprecedented move that undermines the department’s core mission and ...

WASHINGTON — A majority of registered voters back closing the Department of Education when they learn key details of how it would work, a shocking poll found. When asked about shuttering the ...

WASHINGTON, Nov 11 (Reuters) - The U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau plans to propose in the coming days narrowing a key part of civil-rights era fair-lending regulations as Republican ...

As enterprise technology leaders, it's tempting to dismiss consumer tech as mere gadgets and gizmos. But history teaches us otherwise. The smartphone revolution, cloud storage adoption, and ...

More than half of homeowners say their insurance premiums went up in the last year, according to a large survey from the nonprofit consumer advocacy and journalism organization Consumer Reports. Costs ...

CR says that Windows 10's end of support will strand millions of PC owners. It calls Microsoft's actions "hypocritical" and cites national security concerns. CR also calls for continued free security ...