Pell Grants, the federal financial aid program that helps low-income Americans afford college and has enjoyed broad bipartisan support, are projected to have big funding shortfalls that could jeopardize the education of thousands of students. The grants, which have recently seen expanded eligibility, give low-income students a chance to go to college without incurring debt....
LEESBURG, VA — House Democrats promising to flip the chamber in this year’s midterms are fighting to avoid a pitfall they see as hazardous to their goal. The message, they say, can’t just be anti-Trump. While the president’s approval ratings are well under water — and polls indicate that key constituencies have soured on him after a tumultuous first...
The United States and Israel on Saturday launched strikes on Iran after weeks of threats from President Trump, who called for regime change in Tehran and warned of American casualties in a video posted online shortly after the attacks began. "A short time ago, the United States military began major combat operations in Iran," Trump...
Former President Biden on Friday knocked President Trump for his record-length State of the Union address, asking if his successor is "still talking." Biden gave a critique about Trump and his record while celebrating six years since the former president won the 2020 South Carolina Democratic primary at a party held by the South Carolina...
The U.S. on Friday designated Iran as a "state sponsor of wrongful detention" and demanded that the country release any Americans in its detention. Secretary of State Marco Rubio issued the designation amid escalating tensions between the two countries and as President Trump considers launching strikes on Iran. Rubio cited Iran's consolidation of power following...
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) on Friday accused President Trump and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth of attempting to "extort" the company Anthropic into removing guardrails for its AI programs. Warren, the ranking member of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, said in a statement that the attempt would remove "common sense guardrails that...
Anthropic called the Pentagon’s decision Friday to designate the AI company as a supply chain risk an “unprecedented action,” arguing it is “legally unsound” and would “set a dangerous precedent.” “Designating Anthropic as a supply chain risk would be an unprecedented action—one historically reserved for US adversaries, never before publicly applied to an American company,”...
President Trump told FBI Director Kash Patel that he was disappointed by Patel's behavior while partying with the U.S. men’s hockey team during the Winter Olympics in Milan, Italy, NBC News reported Friday. The team had won the gold medal after defeating Canada 2-1 in overtime. Patel, a hockey fan, was seen yelling, banging on a...
United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk on Friday warned that more Iranians face the risk of being executed after widespread anti-government protests last month. "I am horrified by reports that at least eight people, including two children, have been sentenced to death in connection with the protests," Türk said in a speech...
Fox News host Rachel Campos-Duffy, who is also the wife of Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy, criticized President Trump for getting “too cozy” with acting Venezuelan President Delcy Rodríguez, calling the leader a “communist.” “We’re getting a little too cozy with Delcy Rodríguez. This is a hardcore communist. She can never be trusted,” Campos-Duffy said Friday...
Both Republicans and Democrats said former President Clinton was “very cooperative” in a historic deposition with the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee on Friday that set a new precedent for how congressional investigators treat former presidents. “He did attempt to respond to every single question asked, even when his attorney told him to shut...
