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Efforts to abolish the U.S. Department of Education aren't new. In a 1996 book, then-RNC Chairman Haley Barbour called to "abolish" it and focus on "school choice" policies—like giving public education dollars to private schools—instead. Read more: mississippifreepress.org/what-trumps-pl…

OPINION: "The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency has said that, since January 2025, it is detaining and planning to deport 600 to 1,000 immigrants a day," Francisco I. Pedraza, Jason L. Morin and Loren Collingwood write. mississippifreepress.org/opinion-deport…

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In an interview with Russian state TV, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said the new U.S. administration is "rapidly changing all foreign policy configurations" in a way that "argely coincides with our vision." mississippifreepress.org/how-trumps-his…

MFP Daily: U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker Silent After Trump Halts Ukraine Aid - mailchi.mp/mississippifre…

“What attracted me to (the festival) is to hear this narrative of civic pride that historically happens within a host city because you’re bringing together partners that have to work together in ways that they haven’t had to before,” Thabi Moyo said. mississippifreepress.org/national-folk-…

A teacher and descendant of slaves, Robert G. Clark was ostracized during his first years at the state Capitol, relegated to sitting solo at a two-person desk in the House chamber and ignored by white colleagues at social events. mississippifreepress.org/robert-clark-w…

U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker, a Mississippi Republican, said he prefers trade agreements over tariffs and that he hopes Trump will use the threat of tariffs "as an incentive to get trade agreements." mississippifreepress.org/trump-tariffs-…

“There will be another DA at some point in time after me and whoever she or he is needs to have an office that is fully resourced," Hinds County District Attorney Jody Owens said when asked about the effect of his federal bribery charges on his office. mississippifreepress.org/hinds-county-m…

“We feel like we're abandoning the community that we've built around this," MSU Coastal and Marine Extension Program Director Erica Sparks said after the abrupt cancelation of a USDA grant for coastal restoration work. mississippifreepress.org/nixing-efforts…

Trump said during his address to Congress that people as old as 150 are receiving Social Security. But that claim is not true and is based on a misrepresentation of how the Social Security database works. mississippifreepress.org/fact-checking-…

The USDA 1890 National Scholars Program for land-grant HBCUs has reopened after the federal government temporarily suspended it. mississippifreepress.org/usda-reopens-1…

OPINION: "I have the comfort of knowing that when I take flowers to my grandparents, I am also in the resting place of other relatives who came before them—who undoubtedly played major roles in building the foundation on which I stand," Dickens writes." mississippifreepress.org/opinion-uneart…

Marlean Ames contends she was passed over for a promotion and then demoted because she is heterosexual. Both the job she sought and the one she had held were given to LGBTQ people. mississippifreepress.org/woman-who-says…

OPINION: "The second Trump administration has pushed a new balance of these powers, granting the president expansive and far-reaching authority," David Lopez writes. mississippifreepress.org/opinion-trump-…

"If we can maintain 95% of people vaccinated, we're not going to see this happening in the future. And we've slipped well below that level in many parts of the country," Scott Weaver of the Global Virus Network said. mississippifreepress.org/what-to-know-a…

The Trump White House has cut off intelligence sharing with Ukraine even while pushing to lift economic sanctions on Russia that the Biden administration imposed as punishment for invading Ukraine in 2022. mississippifreepress.org/u-s-sen-roger-…

OPINION: "The “false lessons” were actually the exact uncomfortable truth; down was up as we’re seeing now," Donna Ladd writes. mississippifreepress.org/democracy-leap…

Trump's view of a war Russia launched against Ukraine is colored not only by his relationship with Putin and the alliance he believes they share but Ukrainian President Zelenskyy's role in his first impeachment. mississippifreepress.org/how-trumps-his…