The Biden-Harris administration announced Thursday it has begun looking into removing medical debt from consumer credit reports in an effort to lessen the impact unexpected medical costs can have on people and help them recover from the expenses, which can be immense. In a press release, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) said the proposal...
MSNBC host Jen Psaki said health scares involving Sens. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) and Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) are “unquestionably bad” for President Biden’s 2024 reelection chances. Psaki, who was Biden’s White House press secretary before leaving the role last year, discussed the president’s age during a panel discussion for journalist Kara Swisher’s podcast released Thursday. “Does...
President Biden’s reelection campaign is launching an ad aimed at Latino voters ahead of next week's Republican presidential debate, the Biden-Harris team announced Thursday. "Some talk. Others do. And in our community, we know the difference," says the narrator in the English-language version of the 30-second video, called “The Difference.” “Republicans say they’re for us,...
President Biden and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky sought to project their unified front at the White House on Thursday as the two leaders made the case for continued U.S. aid to Ukraine in its war against Russia amid a backdrop of GOP infighting on the matter on Capitol Hill. Biden hosted Zelensky at the White...
The Smithsonian National Zoo in Washington, D.C., is preparing to say goodbye to its beloved giant pandas, who will return to China after calling the zoo home for more than two decades. Giant pandas Mei Xiang and Tian Tian arrived at the zoo in December 2000 as part of the zoo’s Giant Panda Cooperative Research...
Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) has a deal for Republicans complaining about his attire: You avoid a government shutdown, and I'll dress up. “If those jagoffs in the House stop trying to shut our government down, and fully support Ukraine, then I will save democracy by wearing a suit on the Senate floor next week," Fetterman...
The nation’s income and poverty report for 2022, released by the Census Bureau last week, contained a number of disturbing findings. Average earnings and household incomes failed to keep pace with inflation. The most accurately measured poverty rate rose by nearly 5 percentage points. And, worst of all, the child poverty rate more than doubled...