Advocates gathered outside the White House on Tuesday to demand the Biden administration and other elected leaders follow through on their promise to deliver student debt relief for millions of borrowers. Organizations including the NAACP, Lawyer’s Committee on Civil Rights and Student Borrower Protection Center marched to the White House calling out “End Student Loan...
White House adviser John Podesta said Tuesday that the approval of the controversial Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP) was “inevitable” — defending President Biden’s signing of legislation that advanced the pipeline. “MVP was on its way to being permitted anyway,” Podesta said Tuesday following an event announcing funds for sustainable upgrades to federal buildings. “I think...
Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro (D) announced Tuesday that Interstate 95 will reopen in Philadelphia this weekend, about two weeks after a portion of the highway collapsed. “Based on the tremendous progress these crews made over the weekend and the time it takes to complete the remaining steps, I can now say that we will have I-95...
A federal judge on Tuesday denied Rep. George Santos’s (R-N.Y.) latest attempt to keep sealed the identities of the people who financially backed his criminal bond. U.S. District Judge Joanna Seybert, an appointee of former President Clinton, ordered the names be unsealed at noon ET on Thursday, giving the bond sureties a window to withdraw...
Mental Health Awareness Month may be behind us, but the challenge in addressing mental health is a daily one. Far too many people in the U.S. do not have access to the mental health services they need, and this crisis is hitting new levels. According to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), one in...
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis's (R) presidential campaign fundraised off the news of Hunter Biden's plea deal on Tuesday, calling for the end of what it said was a "two-tiered system of justice." The fundraising email starts out with a quote from DeSantis in which he says, "If Hunter Biden were a Republican, he would have...
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. – President Biden on Tuesday said that he’s proud of his son in his first time publicly weighing in on the news that Hunter Biden has reached a plea deal with the Justice Department on federal tax and gun charges. “I’m very proud of my son,” Biden said when asked if he...
Samuel L. Jackson says he sees in former President Trump the “same rednecks” who hurled racist slurs at him as a kid. “When I grew up in segregation, I knew which white people didn’t want to be bothered with me and I knew how they felt about me,” the “Pulp Fiction” actor said in an interview with...