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By the numbers: Here’s how the new federal financial aid formula harms families with more than one child

The old federal formula for higher education financial aid is dead. The new formula creates winners and losers. Specifically, the new formula harms middle-class families with more than one child in college at a time.

Canada betrays US by failing to list the IRGC as terrorist group

Friendship between nations is based on shared values and mutual interests. But a friend that fails to show up when it matters is no friend at all.

More Republicans say Trump is person of faith than GOP challengers, Biden: survey

More Republicans say that former President Trump is a person of faith than several other Republican figures, his GOP primary challengers and President Biden, a new poll found. In the survey, conducted by HarrisX for Desert News, 64 percent of Republicans said Trump was a person of faith, up from 53 percent in October. Former...

Florida man accused of threatening to kill Swalwell, lawmaker’s children

A Florida man is charged with threatening to kill Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.) and his children, according to the Justice Department (DOJ). Swalwell was not named in the court documents, but his office confirmed to The Hill that the lawmaker and his children were the target of the alleged threats. Michael Shapiro, 72, on Dec....

Iran revises down death toll from bombs at ceremony for slain general

Iran has revised the death toll from the bombing that took place during a Wednesday ceremony honoring a general killed by the U.S. in a 2020 drone strike. Iranian officials said at least 84 people were killed and another 284 people were injured in the two explosions in Kerman, The Associated Press reported. This death toll...

Gaza’s ‘hope narrative’ is becoming more elusive by the day

The odds are that the war will not so much end as that the region will face a post-Oct. 7 status quo that devolves into percolating turmoil and unrest. 

Texas Democrat blasts Speaker Johnson for scoffing at $14 billion in border funds

Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-Texas) criticized Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) for suggesting on Wednesday that border patrol agents do not want the $14 billion in supplemental funds the Biden administration has requested to help deal with migration at the southern border. In an interview on “CNN NewsNight with Abby Phillip” on Wednesday, Crockett responded to Johnson’s...

Florida Democrat knocks Marjorie Taylor Green for Jan. 6 anniversary event

Florida state Rep. Anna Eskamani (D) criticized Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene's (R-Ga.) decision to attend an event in the Sunshine State celebrating the third anniversary of the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol. “Just another day in Florida where the local Republican Party in Osceola County is hosting an ‘anniversary’ event to mark January...

Trump hits Haley on border in New Hampshire ad

Former President Trump is going after GOP presidential rival Nikki Haley in a new ad in New Hampshire, seeking to blunt the former United Nations ambassador's recent rise in polls in the early-voting state. The 30-second ad works to lump the former South Carolina governor’s immigration policies with President Biden’s, contending both did not support...

Eli Lilly warns against ‘cosmetic’ use of popular diabetes, obesity drugs

Drugmaker Eli Lilly on Thursday warned against using its diabetes and obesity drugs for “cosmetic” weight loss, as the medications have exploded in popularity, resulting in shortages.  In an open letter posted online, the company said its products Mounjaro and Zepbound “are indicated for the treatment of serious diseases; they are not approved for —...

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