Conservatives have long argued that the primary driver of higher education inflation is federal subsidies, most prominently subsidized federal loans. Now that President Donald Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act is taking effect, this hypothesis is being proved as schools lower net tuition costs to meet the new law’s subsidy limits. Unlike many other goods […]
The images of people snatched off the street by masked armed men in plain clothes smack of the repressive tactics of authoritarian banana republic regimes.
Vice President JD Vance said the violent text messages sent by Virginia Democratic attorney general nominee Jay Jones are “far worse” than the newly exposed Young Republicans’ chat in which members joked about gas chambers, slavery and raping their enemies. “This is far worse than anything said in a college group chat, and the guy...
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) said this week that he's ready for a public debate with Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) amid the government shutdown, now in its third week. "I look forward to that," Jeffries told a small group of reporters on Tuesday in his office in the Capitol. "We're going to try to...
President Trump’s adversaries battling criminal charges will face vastly different jury pools — if their cases ever get to trial. Two of the president’s most prominent foes, former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James (D), were hit with two federal counts each in recent weeks, and a third opponent, former...
Rep. Seth Moulton (D-Mass.) on Wednesday launched a U.S. Senate bid in Massachusetts, setting up a generational challenge as he looks to unseat incumbent progressive Sen. Ed Markey (D). Moulton, a moderate 46-year-old veteran, centered age in his announcement video, saying his party has “clung to the status quo, insisted on using the same old...
Former Democratic lawmaker Katie Porter acknowledges she “could have handled things better" regarding her viral outbursts against a reporter and a staffer.
GOP-controlled North Carolina legislature will vote on new congressional map targeting Democratic Rep. Ron Davis's swing district to secure additional Republican seat.
