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
GOP boycotts health care advisory board House and Senate Republican leaders told President Barack Obama Thursday that they will refuse to nominate candidates to serve on an advisory board that is to play a role in holding down Medicare costs under the new health care act. More
Original ricin suspect was held despite evidence pointing to another man After keeping Elvis impersonator James Kevin Curtis in jail for a week, interrogating him while he was chained to a chair and turning his house upside down, federal authorities had no confession or physical evidence tying him to the ricin-laced letters sent to President Obama and other public officials. More
Romney joins bill that would stop student loan bail-outs for convicted campus protestors Romney joined a bill that would stop student loan bail-outs for convicted campus protestors. Amid final exams and upcoming graduations, Columbia students are grappling with fluctuating tensions on ... 05/2/2024 - 2:40 pm | View Link
Mitt Romney says there’s no comparison between his past dog controversy and South Dakota governor shooting her puppy Utah Sen. Mitt Romney says his past controversy over transporting the family dog in a kennel atop a car doesn't compare to South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem shooting her "worthless" puppy. 05/1/2024 - 3:13 pm | View Link
Mitt Romney says he’s no dog killer unlike South Dakota’s Noem Mitt Romney says he resents being compared to South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem after she bragged about killing a pet dog over its troublesome behavior. 05/1/2024 - 12:47 pm | View Link
Mitt Romney insists he’s no dog killer, unlike South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem Mitt Romney says he resents being compared to South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem after she bragged about killing a pet dog over its troublesome behavior. The former Republican presidential standard-bearer ... 05/1/2024 - 1:32 am | View Link
Biden’s secret weapon? Obama Trump, who helped push McDaniel out of the RNC, was giddy: “If I knew Ronna was going to troubled MSNBC, I would have advised her to change her name back to Romney, she would have had a better ... 03/28/2024 - 1:00 pm | View Link
“Sen. Bob Menendez will be allowed to argue at his federal corruption trial that he thought he was acting for the ‘good of the public’ when helping Egypt and Qatar, while prosecutors will be able to present evidence to the jury that they allege shows the lawmaker and his wife took bribes in a scheme involving the foreign governments to fund their lavish lifestyle.” CNN reports.
“Rep. Henry Cuellar’s (D-TX) indictment marks the third high-profile Hispanic lawmaker to have been indicted in recent months,” Politico reports.
“Critically, the influential Congressional Hispanic Caucus is coming to his defense.”
“That’s a marked difference from how the group treated Sen. Bob Menendez (D-N. J.), a fellow member who was indicted on charges that he and his wife accepted bribes in forms of cash, a car and gold bars to help aid the Egyptian government.
“Donald Trump will return to Minnesota next week as he tries to add the state to his electoral calculations despite two prior defeats,” MPR News reports.
“Trump has reportedly told donors and other associates that he has a pathway to flip Minnesota, a state that Democrats have had a lock on in presidential races for longer than anywhere else.
Prosecutors in Donald Trump’s “hush money” trial said they have “a little more than two weeks of their case left, citing a few Fridays off in the coming weeks,” the New York Times reports.
“After that, the defense can put on a case, but does not have to. And after that, we will get closing arguments and the case will go to the jury.”
“A U. S. soldier was detained in Russia last week,” NBC News reports.
“He had been stationed in South Korea and traveled to Russia on his own and not on official business.”