Maggie Little

Maggie Little is a Lion writer based in Washington, D.C. Her reporting has also appeared in the Wall Street Journal, the New York Sun, the Federalist, RealClearPolitics and The Daily Signal.

Government
Senate confirms Linda McMahon, Trump’s ed secretary pick, who has ‘big task’ ahead

President Donald Trump’s choice for education secretary, Linda McMahon, was confirmed by the Senate on Monday night – making her the head of a department that Trump has promised to… Read More

March 4, 2025
Courts
Legal battle heats up as Chicago Teachers Union refuses to release years of missing audits

“What are they hiding?” That’s the question the Chicago Teachers Union is facing after failing to release audits for more than four years, despite its own legally binding bylaws requiring… Read More

February 28, 2025
Courts
Federal court allows school to keep parents in the dark about student gender identity; Supreme Court appeal on the table

A federal appeals court has ruled that a Massachusetts school district can conceal a student’s gender identity from the child’s parents – setting up a potential legal clash before the… Read More

February 28, 2025
Courts
‘I was straight and pushed aside’: Supreme Court hears ‘reverse discrimination’ case in potential DEI shakeup  

The Supreme Court on Wednesday heard arguments in a case that could make it easier for members of non-minority groups, such as whites and straight people, to sue over workplace… Read More

February 26, 2025
Government
Federal judge blocks DOGE from accessing Education Department sensitive records 

The newly created Department of Government Efficiency has been temporarily blocked from accessing sensitive data from the Education Department after a federal district judge ruled granting DOGE “sweeping access” to… Read More

February 25, 2025