Biden just erased $1.2B in student loans. Yours could be next
(NerdWallet) - More than 150,000 borrowers who signed up for the newest student loan repayment plan — Saving on a Valuable Education (SAVE) — just found out President Joe Biden will forgive their...
View ArticleBoiling tap water may be solution to microplastics: study
(The Hill) — Worried about plastic pollution in your tap water? Try boiling it, a new study suggests. Boiling tap water can destroy at least 80 percent of three of the most common plastic compounds...
View ArticleCongress unveils long-awaited funding bills ahead of shutdown threat
Congressional leaders on Sunday finally revealed long-awaited bipartisan bills to fund parts of the government for most of the year, setting off a bicameral sprint to avert looming shutdown threat in...
View ArticleMontana Republican seeks to knit Trump, Senate GOP as campaign chief
Sen. Steve Daines (R-Mont.) didn’t waste any time after the Alabama Supreme Court threatened to upend the political cycle by ruling that frozen embryos are people. Reproductive rights issues had given...
View ArticleSupreme Court decision could come Monday in a case about barring Trump from...
WASHINGTON (AP) — A Supreme Court decision could come as soon as Monday in the case about whether former President Donald Trump can be kicked off the ballot over his efforts to undo his defeat in the...
View ArticleHaley wins DC GOP primary
Nikki Haley will win the Washington, D.C., Republican presidential primary, netting her first victory of the GOP nominating process, Decision Desk HQ projects. Haley garnered 1,274 votes to former...
View ArticleJohn Thune launches bid to succeed McConnell as Republican leader
Senate Republican Whip John Thune (S.D.) on Monday said he is running to succeed Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) as Republican leader, further crystallizing the field vying for the job....
View ArticleTop Senate Republicans to attend fundraiser for Kari Lake
Top Senate Republicans are slated to attend a fundraiser for Arizona Senate candidate Kari Lake on Wednesday as the party looks to coalesce around her ahead of November. Sen. Steve Daines (R-Mont.),...
View ArticleTexas students ask Supreme Court to block university’s drag show ban
Students at a west Texas university are asking the Supreme Court to take emergency action to allow them to hold a charity drag performance at their school later this month, claiming that an order...
View ArticleSupreme Court rules Trump can stay on Colorado ballot
WASHINGTON (NEXSTAR) - The Supreme Court ruled Monday that states cannot remove former president Donald Trump from their 2024 ballots. The highly anticipated ruling was unanimous among the court's...
View ArticleTrump gets significant boost from Supreme Court at critical time
Former President Trump was initially poised to spend Monday sitting in yet another courtroom, watching jury selection in his federal election case in what would have been the first day of his first...
View ArticleCountdown to Super Tuesday elections
WASHINGTON (NEXSTAR) -- Tomorrow is Super Tuesday, when more than a dozen states will hold presidential primary contests. It's one of the most significant days of the primary election season, with...
View ArticleWhite House ratchets up urgency for temporary Israel-Hamas cease-fire
The Biden administration is ramping up urgency around securing a temporary cease-fire in the Israel-Hamas war as it faces its own domestic pressures over President Biden’s handling of the conflict....
View ArticleVP meets with Israeli official after call for ceasefire
WASHINGTON (NEXSTAR) – Vice President Kamala Harris met in Washington with Benny Gantz, a member of Israel's War Cabinet. The meeting comes a day after the vice president added her voice to the calls...
View ArticleFederal appeals panel skeptical of ObamaCare's preventative care authority
A federal appeals panel appeared skeptical Monday of the constitutionality of an Affordable Care Act (ACA) provision requiring insurers to cover specific preventive services. Judges on the U.S. Court...
View ArticleTrump wins North Dakota GOP caucus
Former President Trump is projected to win the North Dakota GOP caucus, according to Decision Desk HQ, extending his winning record as he races toward the Republican nomination. The results are...
View ArticleBiden wins Democratic primary in California
President Biden was projected to easily win the California Democratic primary, according to Decision Desk HQ. Biden beats out challengers Rep. Dean Phillips (D-Minn.) and Marianne Williamson, who...
View ArticleTrump wins delegate-rich California GOP primary
Former President Trump won California’s Republican primary, according to a projection from Decision Desk HQ, notching a win in the Super Tuesday state with the biggest trove of delegates. Trump went...
View ArticleColin Allred heads toward showdown with Ted Cruz in Texas Senate race
Rep. Colin Allred (D) will lead Texas Democrats in their November attempt to unseat Sen. Ted Cruz (R). Allred was projected to beat his more progressive opponent, state Sen. Roland Gutierrez (D), in...
View ArticleSchiff advances in California Senate race
Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) is advancing to the general election in California’s closely watched Senate race, according to a projection from Decision Desk HQ. Schiff had been polling at the top of...
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