LOS ANGELES, CA — New data from relationship experts says an engagement ring should cost at least two full tanks of gas, information that many believe will make it difficult for young couples to find something in their budgets.

A Republican candidate for state Senate in Pennsylvania is warning that if the establishment Republican Party does not "start standing on their values that they claim to hold," then they will "lose the state."

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Video game retailer GameStop announced Sunday it has made an unsolicited offer to acquire online marketplace eBay for approximately $56 billion in a cash-and-stock transaction, marking one of the most ambitious takeover attempts in recent corporate history.

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The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) confirmed a report this weekend that they had "operated" on a convent in Southern Lebanon, claiming that the jihadist terrorist organization Hezbollah had used the compound to which it belonged to attack Israel and that the building did not have overt religious symbols on it.

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The Supreme Court temporarily restored access to abortion drugs through the mail on Monday, pausing a ruling by the U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals.

The circuit court on Friday temporarily blocked a Food and Drug Administration rule allowing abortion pills to be dispensed through the mail. The court ruled that Louisiana was likely to prevail in its challenge to block women from getting a prescription for the abortion drug mifepristone without an in-person doctor visit, the Associated Press reported.

Justice Samuel Alito, who wrote the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization decision overturning Roe v. Wade, signed the order temporarily allowing women who want an abortion to obtain the pill through the mail until the court can rule. Alito’s order is effective through May 11, allowing the high court time to further consider the case of Louisiana v. Food and Drug Administration.

In its lawsuit against the FDA, Louisiana asserted that access to mifepristone violates the state’s abortion restrictions. The state also argued that the FDA did not properly consider health risks to women when it allowed mail-order abortion pills.

A three-judge panel of the 5th Circuit on Friday unanimously sided with Louisiana.

“Every abortion facilitated by FDA’s action cancels Louisiana’s ban on medical abortions and undermines its policy that ‘every unborn child is human being from the moment of conception and is, therefore, a legal person,’” Judge Kyle Duncan wrote in the opinion.

Before 2016, an in-person medical visit was required to access the abortion drug. However, the FDA changed its rules in 2016, lifting the in-person requirement for a prescription.

Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill stated Monday, “Big abortion pharma claims they need an emergency stay because they will lose massive amounts of money if they can’t kill more babies quickly and efficiently by mail without medical oversight. The administrative stay is temporary, and I am confident life and the law will win in the end.”

The group Alliance Defending Freedom issued a statement Monday reacting to Alito’s order.

“To be clear: This is NOT a reversal of Friday’s decision. Rather, it’s the run-of-the-mill pause that the Justices typically use to consider the issues raised in an emergency application,” the group stated on X, adding that, together with Murrill, it would file a response with the court by Thursday.

“We respect the Court’s desire to have time to consider the issues and will continue our fight to uphold this victory that protects women and babies across the country from FDA’s unlawful and destructive mail-order abortion-drug scheme,” Alliance Defending Freedom stated.

This story is developing and may be updated.

Pakistan says 22 crew members from an Iranian container ship seized by the U.S. Navy last month have been released into Pakistani custody.

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President Donald Trump’s administration is closing the U.S. Department of Education, and his latest budget proposal is a step in that direction.

This month, Trump released his fiscal year budget request for 2027, proposing approximately $76.5 billion in funding for the Education Department, a 3% cut from one year ago. Top-line funding levels do not appear drastically different from the previous year because the administration is addressing the projected funding shortfall of the federal Pell Grant program. Pell Grants, federal grants for college students from low-income families, needed approximately $10.5 billion to meet current commitments.

The administration has been clear in its intent to refocus federal education policy on improving academic achievement while also returning education to the states. This budget reflects that shift through efforts to reduce staff, consolidate and eliminate dozens of duplicative and ineffective programs, and transfer certain programs to other agencies better equipped to implement those policies.  

The budget consolidates 17 formula and competitive K-12 grant programs (such as the Comprehensive Literacy State Development and Innovative Approaches to Literacy programs) into a newly proposed Make Education Great Again grant.

Consolidating funding into a single state formula grant would give state and local officials more flexibility to serve student needs. Even with this flexibility, state officials should support successful classroom instruction. The MEGA grants program calls on educators to prioritize evidence-based instruction in reading and mathematics to improve literacy and numeracy outcomes.

In addition, the budget did not change proposed spending levels for Title I (federal grants to local education agencies serving students from low-income areas), along with slight increases for special education programs, Impact Aid, and Indian Education.

Congress should now consider reforms such as allowing parents to use their child’s portion of Title I spending (so the spending follows the child). Congress should also modernize Impact Aid by creating parent-controlled education savings accounts for military families.

A Heritage Foundation report noted the complexity of Title I spending and how its complexity makes it difficult for educators to provide resources to children who need the most help. There is also “growing evidence to suggest that Title I [in its current form] has been and remains ineffective at improving educational outcomes.”

Reform is long overdue.

As of 2025, a survey of about 3,000 military families found that nearly three-fourths of respondents would support the establishment of an ESA program for military-connected students. With more than half of all active-duty military families living in states with no or limited school-choice options, Congress should consider such reforms as an effort to promote national security. A Military Times survey found that 35% of respondents relayed that dissatisfaction with their child’s education was a significant factor in their decision to leave military service. By providing our nation’s military with access to a wide variety of education options for their children will strengthen retention and help safeguard our nation.

The budget proposal also eliminates several discretionary higher education programs, including TRIO, GEAR UP, and International and Foreign Language Education, among others. Past reports have raised concerns about these programs.

In December 2020, the Government Accountability Office released a report noting that very little is done to verify the accuracy of the data that TRIO grantees report to the Department of Education regarding the number and percentage of students who received services and earned degrees, and that the Department of Education has never assessed the effectiveness of three of the seven TRIO programs that serve students.

Although International and Foreign Language Education programs were originally created to support the “security, stability, and economic vitality of the U.S.,” recent reports from the National Association of Scholars and others raise concerns that some may be working “against American interests” and that the Department of Education lacks effective oversight, especially in Middle East studies centers.

The new budget request also removes spending for several higher education funding streams related to Aid for Institutional Development programs, also known as Title III programs. Officials have found that some of these programs employ eligibility criteria for participants based on race, which would conflict with recent Supreme Court precedent and federal civil rights law.

As Congress begins deliberations on its own appropriations bills, lawmakers should carefully consider the president’s proposed cuts as part of a broader effort to close the Department of Education.

Last year, the U.S. House of Representatives’ Appropriations Committee approved a spending bill that cut education spending by nearly 15%, which aligned with the president’s FY26 budget request. This appropriations legislation reflected a long-overdue recognition that many federal education programs are duplicative and ineffective.

Unfortunately, the final version of the fiscal year 2026 budget bill resulted in a $217 million increase over fiscal year 2025 levels, preserving nearly every K-12 program House Republicans previously sought to downsize or restructure.

Congress should consider proposals to downsize the Department of Education. The agency has existed since 1980, but despite decades of federal investment, student achievement has stagnated.

Department officials have already made significant progress in partnering with other federal agencies to improve the handling of certain responsibilities. Education Department policymakers have entered into interagency agreements with the likes of the Department of the Treasury to share responsibility for managing the federal student loan portfolio, for example. This IAA alone accounts for nearly two-thirds of the Education Department’s budget.

Students do not need the Department of Education to operate in its current form to be successful. The president’s budget is the first step in right-sizing the Department and returning education to the states, but it should not be the last.

Mark Zuckerberg's Meta returns to a New Mexico courthouse today for the continuation of a high-stakes child safety case that could force the social media giant to pay billions of dollars and fundamentally restructure how its platforms operate in the state if it is declared a "public nuisance."

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SACRAMENTO, CA — Governor Gavin Newsom proudly announced over the weekend that the population of California was on the rise, as long as you don't count all the people who left.