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 Democrats sweep school boards amid culture war backlash The party put money and effort into school board races to remove Republicans. The strategy succeeded. An empty elementary school classroom is seen on Aug. 17, 2021, in the Bronx borough of New York. | Brittainy Newman/AP Cypress Texas, a Houston-area suburb, draws families with its top-notch schools. For two years, Republicans ran the school board. They banned textbook sections about climate change, diversity and vaccines. This month, Democrats gained control of the board. They won three seats ending the conservative rule. Toggle menu Democrats sweep school boards in culture war backlash The party put money into school board races and found candidates to kick out Republicans. This plan succeeded. An empty elementary school classroom is seen. An empty elementary school classroom is seen on Aug. 17, 2021, in the Bronx borough of New York. | Brittainy Newman/AP By Liz Crampton and Madison Fernandez 11/21/2025 05:55 AM EST In Cyp...

 In Harvard Classrooms, Summers' Co-Instructors Talk About His Quick Exit Former Harvard President Lawrence H. Summers at Claudine Gay's 2023 inauguration as University president. Summers said on Wednesday he would not teach the rest of his fall 2025 classes after news broke about his long-term communications with Jeffrey E. Epstein. By Frank S. Zhou Harvard professors who taught courses with former Harvard President Lawrence H. Summers this semester reacted very to his sudden departure from teaching when they mentioned the aftermath of Summers' emails with convicted sex offender Jeffrey E. Epstein in class on Thursday. Harvard Kennedy School professor Jeffrey Liebman — who has taught ECON 1420: "American Economic Policy" with Summers throughout the semester — slammed Summers' behavior as "inexcusable" and told students Thursday morning he felt "pissed off" and "repulsed" by Summers' interactions with Epstein, according to thr...

 Mamdani's meeting with Trump shows a power gap Mamdani's meeting with Trump shows a power gap The president has warned he might cut federal money and send the National Guard to watch over the Big Apple. Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani has a meeting with President Donald Trump that reveals their big difference in power. | Adam Gray for POLITICO NEW YORK — President Donald Trump holds all the cards in his Oval Office talk Friday with New York City mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani. And he has a huge edge over the soon-to-be mayor. The hot-headed president has promised to slash New York's federal money and might send in the National Guard because Mamdani won. Trump's border boss Tom Homan is once more warning he'll pack the city's streets with immigration officers and kick out loads of people. The president's friends in Congress want the Ugandan-born mayor-to-be to lose his citizenship. "The city or the state can't function without the federal government, and the...