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An attorney is confident her client’s lawsuit against the Biden administration will strike down its new Title IX changes as unconstitutional. “We want and we expect to win the lawsuit and have these rules, this regulation be determined to be unconstitutional because it is unconstitutional,” Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) President and CEO Kristen Waggoner told Fox News Digital. Alliance Defending …

Republican lawmakers called for the Department of Education’s Office of Inspector General (OIG) to review the Biden administration’s conduct against the nation’s largest Christian university based in Arizona. “Education Secretary [Miguel] Cardona, basically came out fairly early … publicly indicated that he was going to shut down Grand Canyon University and go in that way. There was Congresswoman [Rosa] DeLauro …

Department of Education Secretary Miguel Cardona on Tuesday refused to condemn calls for universities to cut ties with Hillel organizations at a congressional hearing. Cardona testified before the House Committee on Education and the Workforce, drawing heated questions from lawmakers regarding the anti-Israel protests on college campuses. Among the concerned lawmakers was Rep. Kevin Kiley, R-Calif., who flung a series …

Parent groups are sounding the alarm over President Biden’s sweeping revisions to Title IX, saying the changes will fundamentally usurp parental rights. On April 19, the Department of Education finalized its changes to the policy aimed to prohibit discrimination based on sex in federally funded institutions. The new guidance, which takes effect in August, expands protections for LGBTQ+ students and …

Several Jewish organizations pulled out of a high-level meeting with the Department of Education about antisemitism on campuses on Friday morning after finding out far-left groups were added at the last minute, Fox News Digital has confirmed. The groups, which “either did not participate in or dropped off the call,” the Jewish Insider reported, included the Anti-Defamation League, the Jewish …

The Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti said fellow Republican officials refusing to abide by the Biden administration’s revisions to Title IX “undermines the rule of law.” “I don’t think it’s ever a good idea to skip the legal process,” Skrmetti told Fox News Digital. Instead of defying Biden’s law changes, Skrmetti and Kentucky Attorney General Russell Coleman are fighting back …

FIRST ON FOX: Republican senators on Tuesday demanded President Biden’s attorney general and Education secretary take immediate action to address escalating antisemitic encampments on college campuses, requesting that they “prosecute the mobs who have perpetuated violence and threats against Jewish students.” In a letter signed by 27 Republicans and led by Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., Attorney General Merrick Garland and …

Special needs students at a New York City middle school could be forced off of its campus due to an influx of migrant children as a result of the ongoing border crisis, a looming decision that sparked protests against the relocation. Justin Holland, a student at West Prep Academy, which is housed in the same school building as PS 145 …

The Biden administration’s actions finalizing revised Title IX regulations represent a victory for powerful teachers unions, which have fueled Democrats’ 2024 election campaigns. On Friday morning, the Department of Education finalized sweeping new Title IX rules that it said will “strengthen vital protections” from sex-based harassment and prevent discrimination based on gender identity. The regulations dismantle Trump-era actions that bolstered …

After Department of Education Secretary Miguel Cardona vowed to shut down Grand Canyon University (GCU), the largest Christian university in the U.S., GCU officials are pushing back, telling Fox News Digital the crackdown stems from “deeply held bias.” Cardona made comments during a House Appropriations Committee hearing about cracking down on GCU and other universities like it on April 10. …