A $1.59 trillion spending cap for the fiscal year was agreed upon by House and Senate leaders, mirroring the agreement reached last year. President Joe Biden signed the stopgap funding legislation on Jan. 19 to continue to fund the government until early March, putting off a government shutdown for several more weeks until a full
Robert Malley on leave after allegedly mishandling classified info Robert Malley (uidaho.edu) Biden administration Iran envoy Robert Malley, who is on leave from his post amid an FBI investigation into his alleged mishandling of classified information, is slated to teach a course at Yale this year on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Malley—who has accepted two plum Ivy
A hospital system in Denver said the migrant crisis the city faces could drive it into financial collapse as it struggles to make ends meet, with over a hundred million dollars in unpaid-for care. “While I have tremendous compassion for what’s going on, it’s heartbreaking, it’s going to break Denver Health,” the safety net hospital’s
Harvard University’s newest appointee to its anti-Semitism task force has called Israel an “apartheid regime” and defended disgraced former Harvard president Claudine Gay amid calls that she be fired for her failure to condemn anti-Semitic protesters at the school. Interim Harvard president Alan Garber tapped Derek Penslar, a professor of Jewish history, to serve on
President Joe Biden on Friday announced student debt cancellation of nearly $5 billion for an additional 74,000 borrowers, including more than half who earned forgiveness after 10 years of public service as teachers, nurses, and firefighters. The White House announcement brings the total loan forgiveness approved by the Biden-Harris administration to $136.6 billion for more
The South Carolina senator, appointed by Nikki Haley, will throw his weight behind Trump ahead of that state’s Republican presidential primary. Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.), a one-time rival to former President Donald Trump, is planning to endorse him at an event in Concord, New Hampshire, on Jan. 19. On Friday, an official at Mr. Scott’s
Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows has appealed the Maine Superior Court decision to defer to the U.S. Supreme Court on matters of former President Donald Trump’s eligibility as a candidate. On Jan. 17, the court had disagreed with Ms. Bellows and wrote that the high court could well address all of the issues raised