The Chicago Teachers Union urged city leaders this week to cancel school on May 1 to allow students and teachers to join a nationwide protest against the Trump administration. Some leftists are attempting to make May 1 a day of “no work, no school, no shopping” to protest President Donald Trump’s immigration and tax policy, and the Chicago Teachers Union wants public school students and staff to join in on the political demonstration. “Educators say the president’s breaking of every rule mark a line in the sand for their students, school communities, and democracy as we know it,” the teachers union stated in a press release. The teachers union is pushing to cancel school on May 1 as Chicago public schools continue to report dismal student proficiency rates. Only 43% of students between third and eighth grades in Chicago public schools read proficiently at their grade level, according to the 2025 Illinois Report Card. Meanwhile, 27% of students in those grade levels were proficient in math. Last year, the Chicago Teachers Union helped organize protests against Immigration and Customs Enforcement after Trump ramped up immigration enforcement in the city. When asked about its focus on politics while most Chicago students struggle, the Chicago Teachers Union directed The Daily Wire to a comment from its press release. “Teaching our students what civic action looks like requires more than textbooks when the President sends federal agents to occupy our cities and the Governor chooses to continue giving tax breaks to billionaires instead of giving our students the school day they deserve,” said Chicago Teachers Union Vice President Jackson Potter. “If we still want to have democracy in the midterms this November, public schools that provide our students with quality education, and unions to defend workers’ rights, then it is up to every Chicagoan to stand up for what we believe in and show the authoritarian billionaire in Washington that when he breaks every rule, we will not go along with business as usual.” Windy City residents are growing increasingly frustrated with the Chicago Teachers Union, according to a recent poll conducted by M3 Strategies in partnership with the Illinois Policy Institute. The poll, which surveyed 437 registered voters in Chicago in late February, found that just 28% of respondents had a positive view of the teachers union, while 54% disapproved. Nearly half of registered Chicago voters also said they would be less likely to vote for a candidate who accepted contributions from the Chicago Teachers Union, according to the poll. Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson, whose approval rating dropped to 14% last year, is also a member of the Chicago Teachers Union. He helped organize a teachers strike in the past. Johnson was endorsed by the teachers union for his mayoral run in 2023. In the 2023 mayoral election, the union was one of the biggest contributors, funneling millions to the effort to elect Johnson and apportioning $8 from each member’s union dues to arm its political action committees. Mailee Smith, the vice president of policy and litigation at the Illinois Policy Institute, told The Daily Wire that the Chicago Teachers Union has long acted more like a political party than a voice for teachers and students. “The Chicago Teachers Union is much more interested in pulling teachers out of school and pulling students out of school than it is focusing on the core curriculum,” Smith said. “They are much more focused on progressive politics because that’s what they do,” Smith added. “They’re not a teachers union. They’re not in this for teachers and what’s best for them. They’re not in it for kids and what’s best for them. They have been focused, particularly since 2010, on being a political party.”

On Thursday, Mohamed Bailor Jalloh — an ex-National Guard soldier previously convicted of terrorism charges — opened fire at Old Dominion University, killing a decorated service member. Jalloh, originally from Sierra Leone, is the latest naturalized American citizen to commit a violent attack in the United States. There have been at least three attacks carried out by naturalized citizens in the last two weeks, leading many to call for a change to the naturalization process that allows these attackers into the country. It’s not that simple. “If a naturalized U.S. citizen commits a heinous act of terrorism, that’s not a way to take away somebody’s [citizenship],” immigration attorney Matthew Kolken told The Daily Wire. “They’ve done everything right from an immigration standpoint.” “The law does not allow you to just take away someone’s citizenship. They can be convicted of a crime and go to jail for the rest of their life, but they’ll die a United States citizen,” Kolken said. Jalloh, for instance, was sentenced to 11 years in prison with another five years of supervised release in his terrorism case and was let out early in December 2024, according to the New York Post. If the feds wanted to denaturalize Jalloh, they would’ve had to have found evidence of “fraud” tied to his immigration case. “We’re not talking about a crime, we’re talking about an immigration law violation,” Kolken said. “Even though you want to the United States wants to denaturalize somebody because they engaged in an act of terrorism and murdered people in this country, the way that you would effectuate a denaturalization is if you discover a fraud that was not disclosed in furtherance of their immigration journey,” Kolken said. After the SAVE America Act, we must pass the SCAM Act so we can denaturalize & deport those who are here to hurt Americans. We must denaturalize those who shouldn’t be here. Will is exactly right. https://t.co/z31zdDvzMZ pic.twitter.com/QPN58EoJRX — Senator Eric Schmitt (@SenEricSchmitt) March 12, 2026 In addition to committing immigration fraud, an individual can become denaturalized if they join the Communist Party or another “subversive organization” within five years of gaining citizenship, George Fishman, senior fellow at the Center for Immigration Studies, said. But Fishman warned that denaturalization is “tough,” adding that in Jalloh’s case, “unless the government can come up with evidence that he lied, he concealed a material fact during his naturalization, I’m not sure there’s really a viable way forward.” Naturalized citizens can also lose their citizenship if they are discharged from the military “under other than honorable conditions” after obtaining citizenship based on their military service, according to the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services. They must have been discharged before having served honorably for “at least five years.” The federal government naturalized 818,500 new citizens in fiscal year 2024, which ran between October 2023 and September 2024, according to federal data. With the mountain of cases, it may be difficult to go back and audit those who’ve already been naturalized, Fishman said, adding that the federal government should “be much more deliberative in deciding whether to naturalize someone in the first place.” For any future cases, Congress “could … toughen the standards for naturalization,” Fishman said. Missouri Senator Eric Schmitt (R) has introduced legislation to make it easier for the United States to denaturalize immigrants who pose a national security threat. His proposed legislation, the Stop Citizenship Abuse and Misrepresentation (SCAM) Act, seeks to denaturalize those who commit welfare fraud, aggravated felonies, and espionage. It also applies to individuals with ties to drug cartels or foreign terrorist groups. “We must denaturalize those who shouldn’t be here,” Schmitt said on X Thursday.

It’s mating season for penguins at the Edinburgh Zoo in Edinburgh, Scotland. In the wild, male penguins search for the perfect pebble to present to a female mate in hopes of winning her over. The male penguins also wanted to impress the female penguins at the Edinburgh Zoo. But, they do things a bit differently there. For the last four years, patients from Royal Hospital for Children & Young People have painted pebbles as part of a partnership with the zoo. “Penguins try to win over their perfect match by presenting the most beautiful pebbles they can find. And this year the colony was spoilt for choice… with more than 1,000 stunning pebbles to pick from,” an Instagram post reads. “A huge thank you to @echcharity for helping make this possible. Together we’re helping children stay connected to nature even during the toughest hospital stays.” View this post on Instagram A post shared by Edinburgh Zoo (@edinburghzoo) The Penguins at the Edinburgh Zoo Loved the Colorful Pebbles The Edinburgh Zoo shared a video of the penguins looking through the beautiful, colored pebbles and picking the one they loved the most. It’s such a sweet sight, almost like a groom choosing the perfect engagement ring for the girl of his dreams. Seeing the partnership between the children and the zoo made many people happy. “This is just brilliant! How wonderful to see a creative health initiative that actively connects the children with a purpose like this! I really hope you play live footage of the penguins receiving the pebbles and making their nests on the children’s ward too, I’m sure it would raise a lot of spirits!” Someone wrote. “My grandson painted a pebble. He’s hoping it gets picked,” a proud grandparent wrote. “I would cry if a penguin picked MY pebble. It’s a life goal lol,” a follower joked. You can find this story’s featured image here.

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