Zach Schermele
@zachschermele.bsky.social
NEW: Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton was scammed out of more than $4,300 in a credit card fraud incident at her D.C. home yesterday, per a police report.
October 24, 2025 at 8:21 PM
NEW: Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton was scammed out of more than $4,300 in a credit card fraud incident at her D.C. home yesterday, per a police report.
How thieves stole treasures worth millions from the Louvre Museum in just seven minutes
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October 21, 2025 at 7:29 PM
How thieves stole treasures worth millions from the Louvre Museum in just seven minutes
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October 20, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Read her full statement here:
October 15, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Read her full statement here:
October 14, 2025 at 11:55 PM
NEW: These are all the Education Dept. offices that staffers and managers say have been impacted by layoffs since Friday, according to the union for the agency’s employees.
They include workers that supported HBCUs, tribal colleges, charter schools, civil rights reviews, special ed & more.
They include workers that supported HBCUs, tribal colleges, charter schools, civil rights reviews, special ed & more.
October 12, 2025 at 11:30 PM
NEW: These are all the Education Dept. offices that staffers and managers say have been impacted by layoffs since Friday, according to the union for the agency’s employees.
They include workers that supported HBCUs, tribal colleges, charter schools, civil rights reviews, special ed & more.
They include workers that supported HBCUs, tribal colleges, charter schools, civil rights reviews, special ed & more.
Not a heck of a lot of new info in today's joint status report in the SAVE litigation (which a lot of borrowers seemed to be anxious about)
August 4, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Not a heck of a lot of new info in today's joint status report in the SAVE litigation (which a lot of borrowers seemed to be anxious about)
McMahon statement on SCOTUS decision:
July 14, 2025 at 7:43 PM
McMahon statement on SCOTUS decision:
I hadn't been aware of this tip line on ICE's website until this morning.
May 27, 2025 at 3:06 PM
I hadn't been aware of this tip line on ICE's website until this morning.
Madi Biedermann, the deputy assistant secretary for communications at the Education Department, responds to today's preliminary injunction blocking the RIFs/Trump's executive order:
May 22, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Madi Biedermann, the deputy assistant secretary for communications at the Education Department, responds to today's preliminary injunction blocking the RIFs/Trump's executive order:
"I'm not sure that all the expenses in TRIO should be there," Linda McMahon told members of Congress this morning.
Rep. Mike Simpson, an Idaho Republican, pushed back on that strongly.
"This is the most important program for low-income people," he said. "The program is highly successful."
Rep. Mike Simpson, an Idaho Republican, pushed back on that strongly.
"This is the most important program for low-income people," he said. "The program is highly successful."
May 21, 2025 at 3:38 PM
"I'm not sure that all the expenses in TRIO should be there," Linda McMahon told members of Congress this morning.
Rep. Mike Simpson, an Idaho Republican, pushed back on that strongly.
"This is the most important program for low-income people," he said. "The program is highly successful."
Rep. Mike Simpson, an Idaho Republican, pushed back on that strongly.
"This is the most important program for low-income people," he said. "The program is highly successful."
Tonight’s temporary restraining order against the RIFs at many federal agencies does not include ED.
A federal judge in Boston is still weighing a coalition of states’ motion for a preliminary injunction against the ED RIFs + a pause on any potential movement of some ED functions to SBA & HHS.
A federal judge in Boston is still weighing a coalition of states’ motion for a preliminary injunction against the ED RIFs + a pause on any potential movement of some ED functions to SBA & HHS.
May 10, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Tonight’s temporary restraining order against the RIFs at many federal agencies does not include ED.
A federal judge in Boston is still weighing a coalition of states’ motion for a preliminary injunction against the ED RIFs + a pause on any potential movement of some ED functions to SBA & HHS.
A federal judge in Boston is still weighing a coalition of states’ motion for a preliminary injunction against the ED RIFs + a pause on any potential movement of some ED functions to SBA & HHS.
Did you or someone you know use the College Scorecard to help apply to/decide between colleges? If so, would love to chat with you for a story!
Side note: Every time you Google a college, stats emerge that are populated by the Scorecard/IPEDS. Here's one example for Montana State:
Side note: Every time you Google a college, stats emerge that are populated by the Scorecard/IPEDS. Here's one example for Montana State:
April 9, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Did you or someone you know use the College Scorecard to help apply to/decide between colleges? If so, would love to chat with you for a story!
Side note: Every time you Google a college, stats emerge that are populated by the Scorecard/IPEDS. Here's one example for Montana State:
Side note: Every time you Google a college, stats emerge that are populated by the Scorecard/IPEDS. Here's one example for Montana State:
Snapshots of the scene outside the federal Education Department headquarters this morning as workers cleared out their offices (as captured by my talented colleague Josh Morgan).
March 28, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Snapshots of the scene outside the federal Education Department headquarters this morning as workers cleared out their offices (as captured by my talented colleague Josh Morgan).
An important update here in a new court filing about how the Office for Civil Rights' caseload will be spread after the mass layoffs:
March 27, 2025 at 5:56 PM
An important update here in a new court filing about how the Office for Civil Rights' caseload will be spread after the mass layoffs:
March 13, 2025 at 7:49 PM
More Friday afternoon news dump:
March 7, 2025 at 5:24 PM
More Friday afternoon news dump:
I joined Fox Live last night to chat about the Education Department. Listen here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=sWY3...
March 7, 2025 at 2:40 PM
I joined Fox Live last night to chat about the Education Department. Listen here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=sWY3...
