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Philanthropist and billionaire heiress Liz Simons, who donated $250,000 to New Yorkers for Lower Costs, a PAC supporting Democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani , oversees a foundation that is reportedly behind the push to bring "woke math" to public schools. Critics told the New York Post that the math program was aimed at turning children into socialist revolutionaries. While a typical math problem challenges a child to answer a quantitative question, race-neutral math incorporates social issues into questions and doesn't focus on numbers alone. The outlet noted that while the approach has been embraced in states like California, others, including Florida, have rejected it. PRO-MAMDANI SUPER PAC TAKES HEFTY CHECK FROM ULTRA-WEALTHY DONOR DESPITE SAYING BILLIONAIRES SHOULDN'T EXIST The Heising-Simons Foundation, which Simons co-founded with her husband, Mark Heising, has given $1.7 million since 2023 to the Racial Justice in Early Mathematics (RJEM) Project at Chic...

Department of Justice officials have had several internal meetings about putting limitations on transgender people’s ability to purchase firearms, Fox News Digital has learned. The DOJ officials’ conversations are in an early stage and no concrete steps have been taken, according to conversations with multiple sources. But the discussions surrounding two hotly contested issues for Republicans — preserving Second Amendment rights and tightening policies related to transgender people — are happening. One source pointed to a "pattern" of shootings carried out by transgender people, including the recent tragedy at a Catholic Church in Minnesota. Robin Westman, who was named Robert through 2019, killed two children and injured more than a dozen others before dying by suicide. Westman’s firearms were purchased legally, according to the Associated Press . ATF CHIEF LEGAL COUNSEL FIRED BY BONDI IN LATEST JUSTICE DEPARTMENT SHAKEUP Another source said the DOJ's discussions a...

David Baszucki / Roblox Corporate : Roblox increases its DevEx rate, letting creators earn 8.5% more when they convert their earned Robux into cash, says creators earned $1B+ over the past year   —  Unveiling first-of-its-kind AI, new powerful engine capabilities, creators earning 8.5% more, and our path to capturing 10% of all gaming content revenue

Minneapolis City Councilman Jeremiah Ellison says he will continue receiving his six-figure salary despite accepting a full-time fellowship at Harvard, he announced Wednesday. Ellison, the son of Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison, is now facing criticism from his fellow councilmembers, who note that he will not be able to attend meetings and fully carry out his role. Ellison currently receives a roughly $110,000 salary for his role on the council, and his fellowship at Harvard is a paid position. "I am extremely disappointed in this, and I hope that my colleagues don’t allow this to happen — something to happen to North Minneapolis that is not good for them just once again," council member LaTrisha Vetaw said during a press conference last month. "Without Council member Ellison sitting on those committees, we have zero North Minneapolis representation on those committees. That’s not acceptable to the only other North side council member up here," she adde...

Keith Laing / Bloomberg : The Trump administration plans to ease rules for self driving cars by removing some requirements designed for human drivers, such as windshield wipers   —  The Trump administration is taking steps to make it easier for automakers to deploy-self driving cars by removing some requirements designed specifically …

Terrence O'Brien / The Verge : Google Pixel 8 and newer models can now stream audio to multiple headphones at once with expanded Bluetooth LE Audio and Auracast support   —  Expanded LE Audio and Auracast support mean you can broadcast music to multiple headphones at once. … Pixel phones will now be able to stream audio …

President Donald Trump announced Tuesday that Space Command’s headquarters would move from Colorado to Alabama — capping off a yearslong fight over where the command should be based.  While Space Command has been operating out of Peterson Space Force Base in Colorado Springs, Colorado, Trump has historically pushed for the command’s headquarters to move to Huntsville, Alabama. However, former President Joe Biden announced in 2023 that the command would remain based in Colorado.  "The U.S. Space Command headquarters will move to the beautiful locale of a place called Huntsville, Alabama, forever to be known from this point forward as Rocket City," Trump told reporters Tuesday.  "This will result in more than 30,000 Alabama jobs," Trump said. "And probably much more than that, and hundreds of millions of dollars of investment … Most importantly, this decision will help America defend and dominate the high frontier, as they call it."  RENAMED DEPARTMENT...