Politics

ABC News (WASHINGTON) — Sen. Bernie Sanders on Sunday pushed back on Republicans who called President Joe Biden’s federal student loan forgiveness plan unfair — with Sanders arguing the GOP turned a blind eye to government assistance in other sectors. “I don’t hear any of these Republicans squawking when we give massive tax breaks to […]

Alex Wong/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden’s plans to cancel student loans will particularly impact Black Americans, who carry much of the burden of student loan debt. “The burden is especially heavy on Black and Hispanic borrowers, who on average have less family wealth to pay for it,” Biden said in a tweet. “And […]

STEFANI REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Americans who qualify for the student loan relief President Joe Biden announced Wednesday can apply starting in early October, the White House said Friday. Relief will come four to six weeks after borrowers submit applications, an administration official said. “Once the borrower completes the application, they can expect […]

Kent Nishimura / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Justice Department on Friday made public the redacted affidavit that supported the search of former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida. After reviewing the DOJ’s proposed redactions Thursday, a magistrate judge had ordered the redacted affidavit filed in the public docket by […]

Marilyn Nieves/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Several Republicans who were nominated as firebrands in purple states are now eyeing post-primary messaging pivots in a policy acrobatics routine that could determine the outcome of marquee races. Politicians modulating their campaign strategy after winning their party’s nomination is a tale as old as primaries themselves, and Democrats and […]

Alex Wong/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Some of the Americans who qualify for the Biden administration’s federal student loan forgiveness plan may not see relief before payments are due again in January, officials acknowledged on Thursday. White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told ABC News at a briefing that the forgiveness policy is something that the […]

ABC News (SACRAMENTO, Calif.) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom told ABC News that his state’s historic vote Thursday to ban the sale of new gas engine vehicles by 2035 is a game changer in the country’s goals to curb its dependency on fossil fuels. The California Air Resources Board approved the new regulations Thursday afternoon […]

Witthaya Prasongsin/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A federal judge granted the Biden administration a preliminary injunction Wednesday in its lawsuit against a near-total ban on abortions in Idaho — temporarily barring some enforcement of the new law. The U.S. Department of Justice sued the state over the ban, which goes into effect on Thursday, arguing that […]

Thinkstock/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Justice Department on Thursday is expected to file a heavily redacted version of the affidavit used to support a search warrant of former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate earlier this month, as a magistrate judge weighs whether to make portions of it public. Magistrate Judge Bruce Reinhart gave department officials […]

Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden on Wednesday nominated Kim Cheatle to lead the United States Secret Service, the White House announced. “Kim has had a long and distinguished career at the Secret Service, having risen through the ranks during her 27 years with the agency, becoming the first woman in the […]