Education Secretary Betsy DeVos was loudly booed by Bethune-Cookman University graduates on Wednesday while delivering a commencement address that many students and grads never agreed to. Some students turned their backs on DeVos during her opening remarks. “While we will undoubtedly disagree at times I hope we can do so respectfully,” she said, barely heard […]
Republicans cleared the path for DeVos with a party-line vote of 12, while 11 Democrat committee members voted against her. The Senate on Tuesday confirmed Betsy DeVos as education secretary, approving the beleaguered nominee “with the help of a historic tie-breaking vote from Vice President Mike Pence,” reports The New York Times: It was the first time […]