The South Pacific island nation of Samoa will hold a snap election on Aug. 29 after Prime Minister Fiamē Naomi Mata’afa’s ...

They were born on U.S. soil, are entitled to U.S. passports and allowed to serve in the U.S. military, but 11 people in a ...

Squeezed between glacier-packed mountains and Alaska's Prince William Sound, the cruise-ship stop of Whittier is isolated ...

Workers in American Samoa employed in industries covered by the Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2007 received a 40-cent increase in their hourly wage beginning Sept. 30, the U.S. Department of Labor ...

The Trump administration is taking a step toward potentially allowing companies to trawl for minerals under the ocean floor off the coast of American Samoa. The Interior Department announced late ...

CONCORD, N.H. – In a victory for students, parents, and educators, a federal judge has granted a request for a preliminary injunction blocking enforcement of the U.S. Department of Education ... On ...

“The Department of Education will consider opening investigations ... Kentucky, Oklahoma, Texas, American Samoa, Guam, and Puerto Rico, signed the certification, earning praise from Education ...

The NAACP is challenging the Trump administration in a new federal lawsuit that accuses the U.S. Department of Education of violating the civil rights of Black American students with its broad ...

Kasey Dudley, a New Jersey mom who has an autistic son in 7th grade, said she believes the Trump administration is slashing the Department of Education without realizing the impact on American ...

“But we want to move education back to the states.” So, how might Trump’s efforts to eliminate the longtime department affect American education? Here are four things to know. JIM WATSON/AFP ...

Trump signed an executive order Thursday instructing U.S. Education Secretary Linda McMahon to take steps needed to close the department ... "I feel like American competitiveness is in the ...

Here is what we know about how Trump's executive order may impact American education: The Department of Education's primary role is financial: The agency manages student loans and financial aid ...