Trump questions whether key funding source for historically black colleges is constitutional

President Trump talks with leaders of historically black universities and colleges before posing for a group photo in the Oval Office in February. In February, President Trump invited leaders from historically black colleges and universities to the White House, a move they hoped signaled his support for the institutions and showed an effort to give them more clout in his administration.

Cutting essential benefits doesn’t save costs – it just shifts them to families

House Speaker Paul D. Ryan told journalists on Friday that there would not be a vote on the GOP-sponsored American Health Care that day. Ezekiel Emanuel is chair of the Department of Medical Ethics and Health Policy at the University of Pennsylvania and author of "Prescription for the Future," which is scheduled to be published in June.

DODEA Europe seniors among nation’s top student leaders in D.C.

Two American students attending Defense Department schools overseas are getting a close-up look at the federal government this week while meeting some of the country's top leaders. Seniors John Casey of Ramstein High School and Emma Rook of Ankara High School in Turkey are representing the Department of Defense Education Activity in the 55th annual United States Senate Youth Program in Washington, D.C., a program for the nation's top student leaders.

Roberts, judiciary’s leader, silent on Trump criticism

President Donald Trump 's unusually personal criticism of federal judges has drawn rebukes from many quarters, including from Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch , but not from the judges themselves. And that's not likely to change, even if the tweeter in chief keeps up his attacks on judges.

Nation briefs: Biden starts programs at 2 universities

Now that he's left the White House, former Vice President Joe Biden will split his time between programs at the University of Delaware and the University of Pennsylvania. Officials announced Tuesday that Mr. Biden will establish a new domestic policy institute at the University of Delaware and will head a foreign policy institute for the University of Pennsylvania.

Voter Fraud? Tiffany Trump Is Registered To Vote In Two States

President Donald Trump's daughter Tiffany Trump is registered to vote in New York as well as Pennsylvania, according to Heat Street . The discovery that Tiffany Trump, the daughter of the president and second wife Marla Maples, is registered to vote in two states comes as Donald Trump announced in a pair of tweets that he will seek an extensive investigation into vote fraud by unregistered voters and "those registered to vote in two states."

President Trump and the economy: Q&A with Noel Perry

Nol Perry, principal at Transportation Economics and a partner at FTR Intelligence, explains what to expect in the next four years in this Inauguration Day Q&A. Has Donald Trump the candidate and president-elect written some campaign checks on the U.S. economy that President Trump can't cash? The odds - and history - say that he has very likely over-promised and will under-deliver, according to a transportation economist who, coincidentally, was a University of Pennsylvania classmate.

Inaugural speech is Trump’s time to rise to the moment

In this Thursday, July 21, 2016 file photo, Republican Presidential Candidate, Donald Trump, speaks during the final day of the Republican National Convention in Cleveland. Tradition suggests it's time for Trump to set aside the say-anything speaking style that got him elected and rise to the inaugural moment.

Amid deportation threats, universities exploring ‘sanctuary’ status for immigrants

Hundreds of Rutgers University students block College Ave., in New Brunswick, N.J. on Nov. 16, 2016 as they march to protest some of President-elect Donald Trump's policies. Hundreds of Rutgers University students block College Ave., in New Brunswick, N.J. on Nov. 16, 2016 as they march to protest some of President-elect Donald Trump's policies.

Many women say Trump showed too much testosterone at debate

For many women, the presidential debate between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump was a case study in deja vu. For more than 90 minutes on a national stage, they said Tuesday, Trump subjected the first female presidential candidate from a major party to indignities they experience from men daily, in the workplace and beyond.

Opinion: Trump, king of debt but not of taxes

Donald Trump, the Republican Party's presidential nominee, has been in the spotlight for years. From developing real estate to producing and starring in TV shows, see how he's shaped his empire.

Trump: I’ll only lose Pennsylvania “if cheating goes on”

Just as polls in key battleground states show him lagging behind rival Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump stoked fears of voter fraud in Pennsylvania Friday, pushing his supporters to police polling places on Election Day for any "cheating." "The only way we can lose in my opinion -- I really mean this, Pennsylvania -- is if cheating goes on," Trump told rally attendees Friday evening during an event in Altoona.

A bizarre poll found that if you love Harry Potter, you’re more likely to hate Donald Trump

"Harry Potter" author J.K. Rowling has made it clear that she thinks Donald Trump is worse than her villain Voldemort , so she would probably be glad to hear her readers think so too. A new study from a University of Pennsylvania professor found that those who have read about the famous boy wizard have an unfavorable view of the Republican presidential nominee.