Los Angeles Times
Education reporter for the Los Angeles Times
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Press Play with Madeleine Brand
Sext Education at LAUSD For teens in the new era of smartphones, sexting is common. Many school districts, in trying to get a handle on the issue, have treated it as a criminal offense. But the LAUSD is planning to roll out a new education program about sexting in the fall.
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Why is Trump so behind on filling staff jobs, establishing concrete policies? Yesterday Donald Trump signed a “decision memo” to revamp the air traffic control system. But there was little legislative detail in the plan. There’s not much to other splashy announcements from the White House, including tax cuts and the arms deal with Saudi Arabia. And hundreds of positions are unfilled in federal agencies.
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Accusations of lying fly between James Comey and White House During his testimony Thursday, former FBI Director James Comey accused President Trump and other White House officials of lying when they said the FBI was in disarray and its staff had lost confidence in him. President Trump’s lawyer said Comey was wrong -- that the president never asked for his loyalty, and never asked him to back off the investigation into former NSA director Michael Flynn.