Republicans to back Obama's student loan plan House Republicans are willing to give President Barack Obama a rare win, the chairman of the Education and Workforce Committee said Thursday in outlining a deal that would let college students avoid a costly hike on their student loans. More
Obama to open middle-class jobs, opportunity tour Aiming to show he's still focused on creating jobs, President Barack Obama is beginning a series of quick trips around the country to resurrect ideas from his State of the Union address that became overshadowed by the intense debates over gun control, immigration and automatic spending cuts. More
King, Messiah: New baby names suggest high hopes Talk about high expectations for a newborn: King and Messiah are among the fastest-rising baby names for American boys. They're just a little behind Major, the boy's name that jumped the most spots on the Social Security Administration's annual list of popular baby names. More
Abortion Group, Dems Warn Swing State Voters That RFK Is Just As Dangerous As Trump On Abortion It’s clear that neither RFK Jr. nor Trump will.” If you didn’t have a chance to follow live, Josh Kovensky’s coverage of the Trump trial today is a riveting read: Prosecutors, Defense Make ... 04/22/2024 - 10:18 am | View Link
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Republican Reveals Possible GOP Plan to Allow Democratic House Speaker Representative Anna Paulina Luna discussed on Friday the unprivileged motion to vacate current House speaker Mike Johnson. 04/22/2024 - 3:22 am | View Link
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House GOP's aid bills for Israel, Ukraine, Taiwan advance — with Democrats' help The bills are part of a complicated plan by Speaker Mike Johnson to get badly needed lethal aid to Ukraine, as well as security funding for Israel and Taiwan. 04/19/2024 - 12:48 pm | View Link
“President Biden has introduced a change to his White House departure and return routine. Instead of walking across the South Lawn to and from Marine One by himself, he’s now often surrounded by aides,” Axios reports.
“With aides usually walking between Biden and journalists’ camera position outside the White House, the visual effect is to draw less attention to the 81-year-old’s halting and stiff gait.”
“Donald Trump’s allies are quietly drafting proposals that would attempt to erode the Federal Reserve’s independence if the former president wins a second term, in the midst of a deepening divide among his advisers over how aggressively to challenge the central bank’s authority,” the Wall Street Journal reports.
South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem (R) admitted to killing her dog in her new book, The Guardian reports.
“She includes her story about the ill-fated Cricket, she says, to illustrate her willingness, in politics as well as in South Dakota life, to do anything ‘difficult, messy and ugly’ if it simply needs to be done.”
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“Egypt’s president dispatched his intelligence chief to Israel on Friday in a last-ditch effort to revive talks toward a cease-fire in Gaza that would also free Israeli hostages and hold off a planned Israeli military offensive against Hamas in the city of Rafah,” the Wall Street Journal reports.
“Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken met with China’s leader, Xi Jinping, in Beijing on Friday, as the two countries worked to hold together a fractious relationship despite disputes over the economy, national security and geopolitical frictions in East Asia, the Middle East and Ukraine,” the New York Times reports.
“Both China and the United States have said they were hoping for progress on a few smaller, pragmatic fronts, including improving communications between their militaries and easing travel between the countries.
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