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Wade Henderson, president and CEO of the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights,Â scolded critics of No Child Left Behind, saying the law, while it had its flaws, had been made a scapegoat for educational problems that were instead caused by institutional racism.

Education

Civil rights groups slam Senate Education bill for reducing federal oversight

Sean Higgins -

July 16, 2015 7:47 pm

In this Aug. 2, 2007 file photo, Michelle Duggar, left, is surrounded by her children and husband Jim Bob, second from left, after the birth of her 17th child in Rogers, Ark. (AP Photo/ Beth Hall, File)

Politics

TLC cancels ’19 Kids and Counting,’ teams with child-protection groups

Elizabeth Potter -

July 16, 2015 7:12 pm

Cecile Richards, president of Planned Parenthood, addresses an Organizing for Action summit in Washington, Monday, July 22, 2013. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

Healthcare

Planned Parenthood apologizes for official’s ‘tone’

Paige Winfield Cunningham -

July 16, 2015 6:58 pm

Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn., speaks to reporter following a meeting with Vice President Joe Biden and other committee members on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, July 16, 2015. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Politics

Corker: U.N. action on Iran before Congress is an ‘affront to the American people’

Susan Crabtree -

July 16, 2015 6:46 pm

Students organized a march to protest how a college handled recent sexual assault allegations. (AP Photo/Amy Anthony)

Beltway Confidential

Lessons from the California court ruling campus sex assault hearing ‘unfair’

Ashe Schow -

July 16, 2015 6:36 pm

Former Texas Gov. Rick Perry and real estate mogul Donald Trump. (AP Photo)

Politics

Rick Perry: Donald Trump isn’t conservative, he’s a ‘toxic mix of demagoguery and nonsense’

Ryan Lovelace -

July 16, 2015 6:13 pm

National Security

Energy secretary on reporter who confronted Obama: ‘Fine with me, actually’

Eddie Scarry -

July 16, 2015 5:59 pm

Former President George H.W. Bush has fallen at home Wednesday, July 15, 2015, in Kennebunkport, Maine, and broken a bone in his neck. (AP Photo/Texas Tribune, Bob Daemmrich, Pool, File)

Healthcare

George H.W. Bush hospitalized after fall

Kelly Cohen -

July 16, 2015 5:54 pm

In this June 30, 2015, file photo, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump waves as he arrives at a house party in Bedford, N.H. (AP Photo/Jim Cole. File)

Immigration

Perry piles on: ‘Trump-ism, a toxic mix of demagoguery and nonsense’

Paul Bedard -

July 16, 2015 5:41 pm

Republican presidential candidate former Texas Gov. Rick Perry speaks to the media following a meet and greet with local residents, Monday, July 13, 2015, in Fort Dodge, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

Rick Perry turns Planned Parenthood question back on reporter

Becket Adams -

July 16, 2015 5:38 pm

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Civil rights groups slam Senate Education bill for reducing federal oversight

TLC cancels ’19 Kids and Counting,’ teams with child-protection groups

Planned Parenthood apologizes for official’s ‘tone’

Corker: U.N. action on Iran before Congress is an ‘affront to the American people’

Lessons from the California court ruling campus sex assault hearing ‘unfair’

Rick Perry: Donald Trump isn’t conservative, he’s a ‘toxic mix of demagoguery and nonsense’

Energy secretary on reporter who confronted Obama: ‘Fine with me, actually’

George H.W. Bush hospitalized after fall

Perry piles on: ‘Trump-ism, a toxic mix of demagoguery and nonsense’

Rick Perry turns Planned Parenthood question back on reporter

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