“States and school districts cannot openly violate federal law while simultaneously receiving federal funding with no additional scrutiny,” McMahon said in a statement.

Life-threatening rip currents brought by the offshore storm are forecast to last for at least a couple more days.

The National Hurricane Center is tracking three systems in the Atlantic, according to the 8 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 20, advisory.

Although the storm will pass just over 200 miles offshore on Thursday, serious impacts are expected across North Carolina’s Outer Banks because of the storm’s expanding wind and wave field.

A pilot was rescued after a U.S. Navy F/A-18E Super Hornet crashed into ocean waters off the coast of Virginia on Wednesday morning, officials said. A little before 10 a.m. ET, a pilot assigned to Strike Fighter Squadron 83 ejected from a Super Hornet during a routine training flight,