President Biden on Monday will unveil his second major attempt at large-scale student loan forgiveness with a new set of proposals the administration says could provide debt relief for more than 30 million Americans.
Presidents used to appoint diplomats to defend the interests of the United States and the public against foreign adversaries. That looks now like a gauzy past. Today, you have President Joe Biden’s appointees, who want to demolish the society they purport to represent. Sadly, this is no exaggeration. On April 2, Secretary of State Antony […]
Operatives have begun impersonating far-right social media personalities — a tactic the Institute for Strategic Dialogue refers to as “MAGAflage” — stoking divisions around hot-button social issues from a right-wing perspective.
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) on Sunday defended an earlier statement saying Monday's eclipse and the New York-area earthquake on Friday were signs from God telling people to repent. After two days of backlash, Greene addressed a community note that was added to provide context to her original post. She said that while eclipses are...
Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-Va.) said in an interview on Sunday that he thinks it's “only fitting” to name a federal prison after former President Trump, adding that he “might be visiting soon.” “Well, there’s a nice federal penitentiary right near Mar-a-Lago. And I just thought for a guy who’s now got 88 criminal indictments pending,...
Former President Trump on Monday declined to take a position on a potential federal abortion ban and said the fate of the procedure should be left to individual states. Trump, in a roughly four-minute video posted to Truth Social, once again said he was proud to have ended Roe v. Wade through the appointment of...
In politics, anything can happen. But at the rate things are going, Donald Trump seems increasingly likely to return to the Oval Office. Last week, two-time presidential loser Hillary Clinton appeared on the "Tonight Show" to promote a Broadway show. Pressed to address the uncomfortable fact that President Biden is unpopular with even Democratic voters, Clinton's...
Congress is back in session this week, but what lawmakers can accomplish will be complicated by internal politics and events overseas. The House is increasingly chaotic, as Republicans juggle a razor-thin majority and lawmakers struggle to find consensus on issues from spending to international aid. Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) faces a moment of truth on Ukraine aid...