President Joe Biden has announced another $7.7 billion in student loans will not need to be repaid, with those who stand to benefit having an average of $35,000 in debt written off. “Today, my administration is canceling student debt for 160,000 more people, bringing the total number of Americans who have benefitted from our debt […]
The governments of Norway, Ireland, and Spain announced on Wednesday their intentions to recognize Palestine as an independent state. The three countries said the formal declaration would resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Ireland Prime Minister Simon Harris called implementing and formally recognizing the two-state solution a “historic and important day for Ireland and for Palestine,” the Associated […]
A failed bipartisan border security measure is on track to receive even less support the second time around when Democrats put it up for another vote in the Senate later this week. Nearly all Republicans are lined up in opposition while several progressive Democrats indicate they still oppose the bill that was previously attached to […]
Longtime actress Courteney Cox said that her former co-star Matthew Perry visits her “a lot” after the actor passed away in October 2023. Cox and Perry portrayed Monica Geller and Chandler Bing for ten seasons on the hit sitcom “Friends.” The two characters became romantically involved and eventually married as part of the show’s plot. […]
In an election night that saw voters in Kentucky, Georgia, California, Oregon, and Idaho head to the polls, key judicial races and congressional matchups were decided that could have lasting effects. In Georgia, a state Supreme Court challenge from former Democratic Rep. John Barrow, who has vocally supported abortion rights, was fended off by Justice […]
Susheela Jayapal, the sister of Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), lost the Democratic primary to replace Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), who is retiring after nearly 30 years in office. Susheela Jayapal lost the primary to Democratic challenger Maxine Dexter, who won the race with 53.2% of the vote with more than a third of the vote […]
Oregon state Rep. Janelle Bynum won the high-profile Democratic primary to take on Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer (R-OR), setting the stage for what is considered to be one of the most competitive elections of the 2024 cycle. Democratic establishment-backed Bynum defeated progressive Jamie McLeod-Skinner in a high-profile Democratic primary after receiving 70% of the vote with […]
Voters in five states are heading to the ballot box to cast their ballots in congressional and judicial races. Voters in Kentucky and Oregon will also be voting for their presidential nominees in the Democratic and Republican primaries. President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump both secured the required number of delegates to become […]
Former President Donald Trump bashed President Joe Biden over his administration’s authorization of the Mar-a-Lago raid that recently unsealed court filings revealed authorized deadly force. Records unsealed on Tuesday revealed that the FBI was prepared to use deadly force if necessary in its August 2022 raid of Trump’s Mar-a-Lago compound. In a post on Truth […]
The Department of Justice announced a lawsuit against Oklahoma over a law that makes it a state crime to reside in Oklahoma while in the country illegally, adding to a cavalcade of DOJ challenges to laws in similar states. The DOJ has already sued Texas and Iowa over efforts to make it a state crime […]
