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Activists hold a rally in front of the White House to celebrate the federal government’s intent to cancel student debt, which was later blocked by the Supreme Court, on Aug. 24, 2022. Paul Morigi/Getty Images Starting next month, borrowers who didn’t honor the conditions of federally backed student loans should notice smaller paychecks, a Department

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks during an end-of-year press conference in the State Department Press Briefing Room in Washington, on Dec. 19, 2025. Mandel Ngan/AFP The United States will block the entry of foreign nationals who have supported efforts to censor Americans, Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced on Dec. 23. “For far

Students walk on campus at the University of Washington in Seattle on March 6, 2020. Karen Ducey/Getty Images University of Washington professor Stuart Reges was exercising free speech when he parodied his employer’s official statement that the land encompassing the Seattle school belongs to local indigenous people, federal judges have determined. The U.S. Ninth Circuit

By Owen Evans | December 23, 2025Updated:December 23, 2025 The West may have found an unexpected way to chip away at communist China’s dominance in the production of critical minerals: extracting metals from oil wells, waste streams, and discarded electronics in an attempt to scale up processing technologies at home. Instead of waiting years for