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    Education, Trump Cabinet, Biden, Ukraine, Russia, Bomb Cyclone, Immigration, College Football: Daily Briefing

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    President-elect Donald Trump has named his new Secretary of Education. A powerful winter storm is brewing near the Pacific Northwest. Oregon retained its place at the top of the College Football Playoff rankings.

    🙋🏼‍♀️ I am Nicole Fallert, Author of the daily briefing. What is the “doomsday” fish?

    How education policy is taking shape under Trump

    Trump has appointed former head of the Small Business Administration and former wrestling executive Linda McMahon to lead the U.S. Department of Education.

    The context: The Department of Education provides some funding to public schools, administers federal student aid programs, and collects data on American education. Trump has promised to close the department and redistribute most services to state-level education officials.

    • Who is McMahon? Before McMahon entered Trump’s political orbit, she and her husband helped found Capitol Wrestling, now known as World Wrestling Entertainment.
    • Could Trump really disband the ED? Dismantling the agency — which provides billions of dollars annually to low-income public schools and billions more to help millions of Americans pay for college — would likely require support from Democrats in Congress, who strongly oppose the idea .
    • Either way, a new era of university surveillance could be dawning: The president-elect wants to create a new tuition-free university funded entirely by taxes on the wealthiest schools. Others in his party have demanded that the FBI intervene to curb diversity, equity and inclusion positions and programs while doing more to address anti-Semitism on campuses.

    More Trump picks: Dr. Oz was selected to lead the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.

    A bomb cyclone is coming

    Damaging wind gusts, feet of snow in the mountains and heavy rains in parts of California, Oregon and Washington could cause flooding, mudslides and rockslides in the region. The storm, known as a “bomb cyclone,” is dragging with it an atmospheric river, a plume of moisture-filled air that “will act as a huge rain hose at low altitudes and as a giant snow cannon over the high country.” ‘, reports AccuWeather. The rapidly intensifying storm is expected to drench the region at least through Friday and into the weekend. If you’re in the area, here’s how to prepare.

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    What is the weather today? Check your local forecast here.

    US closes Kiev embassy due to threat of ‘potentially significant air strike’

    The US embassy in Kiev received information on Wednesday about a potentially significant airstrike and will be closed, the US State Department said in a message on X. The unusual warning came a day after Ukraine used US missiles to attack Russian territory to fall. , taking advantage of newly granted authorization from President Joe Biden’s outgoing administration on the 1,000th day of the war. On Tuesday, Russian President Vladimir Putin lowered the threshold for a nuclear strike in response to a wider range of conventional attacks amid the highest tensions between Russia and the West in more than half a century. Read more

    Changes in immigration policy will affect one group most: children

    As Trump continues to appoint people to his Cabinet and devise strategies to implement his many tough immigration promises, including mass deportations, immigrant advocates and advocates worry that one group will receive an outsized share of the punitive measures: children. Whether it means a return to separating families at the border or breaking up or deporting mixed-status families in American cities, advocates said the new Trump administration would pose a slew of challenges for children in the U.S. can unleash. Here’s how children are at risk.

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    The College Football Playoffs rankings keep Oregon at No. 1

    The spots at the top of the College Football Playoff rankings, as expected, did not change in this week’s release by the committee Tuesday. No. 1 Oregon maintained its position and was followed by Ohio State for the third consecutive week. Texas held steady at No. 3, with Penn State and Indiana next, giving the Big Ten four of the top five teams for the second straight ranking. What is the College Football Playoff schedule?

    Photo of the day: Sixth launch of the SpaceX spaceship

    SpaceX successfully completed the sixth test launch of its Starship vehicle on Tuesday, but skipped the expected “booster catch” maneuver before the rocket and spacecraft splashed down. President-elect Donald Trump joined Elon Musk to witness the launch.

    Nicole Fallert is a newsletter writer at USA TODAY, sign up for the email here. Would you like to send Nicole a message? Send her an email at [email protected].

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