Another $1.5 billion in student debt is getting wiped out, the Education Department announced Tuesday, less than a week after the Biden administration announced broader student loan forgiveness of up to $20,000. Some 79,000 students who attended Westwood College, a private, for-profit institution that closed in 2016, will receive full …
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Former President Donald Trump’s attorneys say executive privilege should protect records seized this month from his residence in Florida, as the legal battle over who should control the Trump presidency’s records continues. Trump’s attorneys, who have requested that a “special master” review documents taken in the Aug. 8 search, argued in a …
Read More »Washington — House Republicans and allies of former President Donald Trump erupted in anger late Monday after he revealed the FBI conducted a search of his South Florida home of Mar-a-Lago, with the GOP leader in the House vowing to open investigations into the Justice Department if Republicans win control …
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Washington — Republican Rep. Jackie Walorski of Indiana was killed in a car crash Wednesday, along with two of her aides and the driver of another vehicle, the Elkhart County Sheriff’s Office said. In an updated release on Thursday, Sheriff Jeff Siegel said Walorski, 58, was in a SUV traveling …
Read More »Washington — Former President Donald Trump continued to push the argument in federal court that he is entitled to broad immunity from civil lawsuits brought by congressional Democrats and veteran Capitol Police officers who attempt to hold him accountable for his role in the Jan. 6, 2021, assault on the …
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Former President Donald Trump claimed that if he did not pursue the presidency again, Washington would leave him alone. “If I announced that I was not going to run any longer for political office the persecution of Donald Trump would immediately stop,” Trump said at a rally in Prescott Valley, …
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Washington — The House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol assault expects the Secret Service to hand over text messages that the panel subpoenaed by Tuesday, committee member Rep. Zoe Lofgren said Sunday. The committee issued the subpoena last Friday after the Department of Homeland Security’s inspector general told lawmakers …
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Washington — President Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris spoke Wednesday with Cherelle Griner, the wife of WNBA basketball star Brittney Griner, who remains behind bars in Russia, the White House said. Griner has been imprisoned in Russia since February, and her trial began last week. The Biden administration has …
Read More »Juneau, Alaska — Republican former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, Republican Nick Begich and independent Al Gross have advanced to the August special election for the state’s only U.S. House seat. Palin, Begich and Gross, an orthopedic surgeon, were among 48 candidates in last Saturday’s special primary for the seat, which …
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President Biden on Monday invoked the Defense Production Act in an effort to spur the manufacturing of solar panels and other clean energy equipment, using the wartime-era tool intended for the national defense to advance his clean energy agenda. The president is using the DPA to attempt to boost the production …
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