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Additionally, sitting still is an advanced balancing skill for which young children are not yet developmentally equipped. But here are three compelling reasons why more play in early education can help reduce the prevalence of challenging behaviors. Since there’s to be no intervention from an outside source, self-regulation can’t be “taught” by insisting that children sit still or be quiet. The children learn to become tolerant of others’ ideas and to accept the similarities and differences of other children. When we understand that challenging behaviors are on the increase precisely because young children have almost no time to play, we will recognize that a play-based curriculum not only results in fewer behavior challenges but is also the only acceptable curriculum for young children.

LOADING ERROR LOADINGWASHINGTON — House Republican leaders are moving forward with trying to pass President Donald Trump’s ambitious policy package, with a final vote as soon as the wee hours of Thursday. As soon as Republicans tried to begin House debate on the rule, Democrats forced a vote on adjourning the chamber, an effort to drag out the clock. Part of the strategy by Republican leaders is to use the vote itself to pressure holdouts into caving and supporting the bill. AdvertisementSpeaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., and President Donald Trump arrive for a House Republican conference meeting, Tuesday, May 20, 2025, at the U.S. Capitol in Washington. Support our mission to keep us around for the next 20 — we can't do this without you.

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House Republicans are working to push President Donald Trump’s signature legislative package through a gauntlet of committees and mounting opposition from Democrats, advocacy groups and even some wary Republicans themselves. As midnight passed, two panels were still going, processing more than 100 amendments from Democrats that were largely failing, as Republicans marched ahead with their plan. AdvertisementSpeaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., meets with reporters as House Republicans push ahead with a go-it-alone strategy on an interim GOP spending bill that would keep federal agencies funded through Sept. 30, at the Capitol, in Washington, Tuesday, March 11, 2025. House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries accused Republicans of “jamming another GOP tax scam” that benefits the wealthy at the expense of programs and services used by many Americans. Speaker Mike Johnson is determined to push the package through the House by Memorial Day, sending it to the Senate, where Republicans are working on their own version.

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Stephen Colbert slammed White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt on Tuesday for brushing off concerns over Qatar gifting a $400 million plane to President Donald Trump, who plans to use the aircraft as his new Air Force One. “Absolutely not because they know President Trump and they know he only works with the interests of the American public in mind,” Leavitt said. Colbert broke out his Trump impression to declare that Leavitt was “absolutely right.”ADVERTISEMENT“I never think about Donald Trump, all I think about is the American public and how much they’d like to buy this ‘Donald Trump Only Thinks About The American Public’ t-shirt,” Colbert quipped as he held up a tee in his hands. He continued, “Folks, it’s available on DonaldTrump.com for only $75 Trump coins. Limit one shirt per jet.”Check out more of Colbert’s Tuesday monologue below.

Debate ensued over whether nationwide injunctions were attempts by the judiciary to usurp the executive branch’s power. But now, as the Trump administration struggles to secure clean victories from the courts on birthright, immigration, or how it’s dismantling the federal government, the tune from Republicans has changed. Gregory Chen, the senior director of government relations for the American Immigration Lawyer’s Association, told HuffPost in a recent interview that nationwide injunctions are necessary to give people full relief. When it comes to Trump’s birthright citizenship order, Schlanger said she thinks the Trump administration is “interested in creating a permanent underclass.”Advertisement“That’s what doing away with birthright citizenship would do. I think the Trump administration is very interested in doing that and they think that is a good state of affairs,” she said.

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