Pres. Biden forgave billions of dollars in student aid, but that will only help struggling American young people if college costs also com down.
To the editor: Columnist Michael Hiltzik asks a question on student loan debt relief that is fundamental to the direction of this country and should dominate economic policy in the 2024 election. ("Are Republicans who got pandemic debt relief hypocrites for complaining about student debt relief? Yes," column, April 16) For far too long, Republicans have maligned any form of student debt relief under the guise that it cost the taxpayers in order to fund "worthless gender studies degrees." They...
Student debt, a new Gallup report shows, is making it harder for young people to reach key life milestones. According to a Gallup survey of over 14,000 adults, over 70% of people say student debt has “delayed major life events” including moving out of their parents’ home, getting married, and having a child. Strikingly, there […]
White House sources are denying it, but information has leaked that at one point, there was a move to oust press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre from her post.
Common, KRS-One, Congresswoman Maxine Waters, and more appear in the documentary.
For Rep. Chip Roy, it’s a frustrating conversation that happens all too often with fellow lawmakers on his side of the aisle. “‘Chip, we have Read More
The Biden administration is setting its face against any possible prosecution of members of Israel’s government, amid speculation that the International Criminal Court (ICC) could soon issue arrest warrants over the conduct of the war in Gaza. “We do not support it,” White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters at Monday’s media briefing, referring
President Biden tries his hand at comedy in front of the press at the White
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) is in grave peril as renegade House Republicans are threatening to call a motion to remove him from power, exactly as they did for his predecessor Kevin McCarthy.The craziest part of this whole affair, analyst David Chalian told CNN's Jake Tapper on Wednesday, is that the far-right House rebels are throwing away the power of the entire GOP House majority in its current state — coming at a moment when they were just rebuked by the summary dismissal of their...
The White House punted on Speaker Mike Johnson’s (R-La.) demand for President Biden to call in the National Guard to college campuses amid mass protests over the Israel-Hamas war on Thursday. Johnson visited Columbia University on Wednesday, the first of major pro-Palestine protests that have spread to dozens of college campuses around the country, and
California state Sen. Shannon Grove, a Republican, blasted her Democratic colleagues for weakening a bill that would make buying a child for sex a felony Read More
House Oversight, Investigations, and Regulations Subcommittee chair Rep. Beth Van Duyne, R-Texas, accused the Biden administration of using taxpayer funds for "campaign activities" in support of President Biden's re-election campaign on "Fox News Live." The accusations stem from an announcement in March of a memorandum of understanding between the Small Business Administration and the Michigan Department of State to "promote civic engagement and voter registration in Michigan" through 2036. The...