The Schuylkill Chamber of Commerce has apologized for a controversial question that state Sen. David G. Argall asked during Wednesday’s local round of the National Civics Bee. Argall, one of the ...

A group of about 10 protestors gathered outside the Pottsville office of State Sen. David Argall (R-Rush Twp.) on Wednesday in objection to Argall’s recent question to a sixth-grade student during the ...

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has made changes to the naturalization civics test that will make it more challenging for immigrants to obtain their U.S. citizenship. The changes are ...

Naturalization applicants now must memorize 128 questions and hope to get 12 out of 20 correct under a new U.S. citizenship test that will replace one that required they score of six out of 10 ...

A Republican lawmaker has apologized to the mother of a 12-year-old Schuylkill County girl for an inappropriate question about pornography at a school civics event. In an email to PennLive, Sen. David ...

Civics teachers have long included questions from the U.S. citizenship test in classroom lessons to spur conversation among students. Now, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has updated the ...

“I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the ...

The Trump administration is making changes to the U.S. citizenship test and reimplementing updates made to the test during the president’s first term, but which the Biden administration scrapped. The ...

EL PASO COUNTY — The Eastern Plains Chamber of Commerce in partnership with The Civic Trust of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation has announced the launch of the 2025 National Civics Bee. The ...

SIOUX CITY (KTIV) - On Monday night, 20 middle schoolers from around the area competed at the region’s Civics Bee. All of the students went through the first two rounds, where they had to answer ...

USCIS implements 2025 Naturalization Civics Test for N-400 filings on Oct. 20, 2025. Test expands question bank to 128 and raises pass mark to 12 correct answers. Applicants filing before Oct. 20 keep ...