U.S. president Joe Biden on Thursday canceled another $1.2 billion in student debt for 35,000 borrowers, bringing the total number of people to benefit from his debt relief push to 4.76 million. The beneficiaries qualified under the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program, which enables public sector employees to have federal student loans canceled after a decade. While the program
Critics say they ‘fully expect this will happen again’ Some debris from the broken wind turbine is spotted on a Nantucket beach. Photo Credit: Town of Nantucket Marine Department The federal government suspended the operations of a wind farm located off the coast of Massachusetts after a massive turbine fell apart, sending debris into the
‘Anti-Semitic bigotry unfortunately extends far beyond the universities,’ Shabbos Kestenbaum says MILWAUKEE—Shabbos Kestenbaum, a recent Harvard University graduate and former Sen. Bernie Sanders (I., Vt.) voter, said anti-Semitism drove him out of the Democratic Party during his Wednesday evening speech at the Republican National Convention. “My fellow Americans, the anti-Semitic bigotry unfortunately extends far beyond
MILWAUKEE—The families of American hostages held by Hamas pleaded for help from both political parties at the Republican National Convention on Wednesday, as they marked the grim milestone of 285 days since the U.S. citizens were taken captive. Orna and Ronen Neutra, the parents of 22-year-old Israeli-American hostage Omer Neutra, said “every day we count
U.S. president Joe Biden tested positive for COVID-19 while on a campaign trip to Las Vegas on Wednesday and is experiencing mild symptoms, the White House said. White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre announced the positive test for the 81-year-old Democrat after the president of UnidosUS, a Latino civil rights organization, said Biden would not
Liberal ad campaign tried to discourage Trump voters in Pennsylvania from using mail-in voting ( Getty Images) A liberal nonprofit that claims to fund “voter rights” initiatives in order to “restor[e] … and activat[e] all voices in the United States” appears to be behind a deceptive anti-Trump ad campaign that tried to discourage Republican voters
The House Oversight Committee subpoenaed U.S. Secret Service director Kimberly Cheatle to testify about the “security lapses” that led to Saturday’s attempted assassination of former president Donald Trump. “The assassination attempt of the former President and current Republican nominee for president represents a total failure of the agency’s core mission and demands Congressional oversight,” Rep.