Seven states announced Tuesday they were suing the Education Department over President Biden's SAVE income-driven repayment student loan plan, adding to a previous lawsuit by numerous other states. The lawsuit is spearheaded by Missouri, along with six other states, which argue the SAVE plan is unconstitutional and cost taxpayers $475 billion. “With the stroke of...
A small aftershock hit New Jersey during Monday’s solar eclipse, according to officials. According to the United States Geological Survey (USGS), a 1.3 magnitude earthquake hit about 2.5 miles west of Bedminster, N.J., at around 3:42 p.m. At the same time, the solar eclipse was still occurring in the region, about 20 minutes off of...
Protesters demonstrating against the war in Gaza repeatedly interrupted a Tuesday Senate hearing attended by Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and Joint Chiefs of Staff Chair Gen. Charles Brown. The protesters interrupted the Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on Capitol Hill twice, demanding the U.S. "stop funding Israel" and supporting a "genocide" in Gaza, where Israel...
Story at a glance Workers in 2024 say they prefer hybrid work to remote work, reversing a trend seen in the immediate aftermath of the global pandemic, according to a new Morning Consult “State of Workers” survey published on Tuesday. In January 2024, workers for the first time in the last couple years said they...
Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger (R) says he’s “not mad” at Larry David after the “Curb Your Enthusiasm” creator poked fun at a Georgia law during the show's final season. At the start of the season, David's character is arrested for handing out a bottle of water to a voter in line, making him...
Former White House ethics head Norm Eisen criticized a failed effort by former President Trump to delay his New York hush money case. “It was a dead loser from the get-go,” Eisen said Monday on CNN’s “The Situation Room” with host Wolf Blitzer, in a clip highlighted by Mediaite. That same day, an appeals court...
Former Rep. Ken Buck (R-Colo.) took shots at Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) Monday, attacking his former GOP colleague as “Moscow Marjorie.” The jab comes after former Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) called Greene a “very serious legislator” following her threat to force a vote to oust Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) over Ukraine aid. Buck disagreed...
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) is heaping a fresh set of criticism on Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) as the House prepares to reconvene on Tuesday, laying out a list of grievances against the Louisiana Republican in explaining her decision to file a motion to oust him. In a five-page letter sent to colleagues on Tuesday,...
A veteran Democratic strategist painted a dark picture for Republicans Monday ahead of November's election, confidently claiming that the GOP’s intraparty conflict makes it an “unprecedented dumpster fire” that could end up helping Democrats. Simon Rosenberg said that between a House GOP in chaos over retiring members, the potential of a new Speaker fight and...
