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
Biden taps Obama, Clinton for star-studded, $25M NYC fundraiser Thursday’s fundraiser at Radio City Music Hall will mark the rare instance where Biden, Obama and Clinton are together in the same room. It will also underscore the difference between the ... 03/27/2024 - 11:18 pm | View Link
Biden campaign taps entertainment-industry stars and Clinton, Obama for New York City fundraiser President Joe Biden’s re-election campaign plans to hold a big fundraising event Thursday featuring major figures from the entertainment industry, along with former presidents Bill Clinton and B ... 03/25/2024 - 11:12 am | View Link
“After a meeting that lasted for hours, the Shenandoah County school board voted early Friday morning to restore the names of three Confederate officers to schools in the district,” the New York Times reports.
“With the vote, the district appears to be the first in the country to return Confederate names to schools that had removed them after the summer of 2020.”
“A partisan battle in Ohio has stalled an effort by state lawmakers to ensure that President Biden is on the ballot in the state this November, teeing up what could be an expensive and protracted legal battle ahead of this year’s election,” the New York Times reports.
“Ohio was one of three states that had warned the Democratic Party that Mr.
Joyce Vance: “The jury doesn’t have to believe Stormy Daniels to convict Donald Trump. Even if her story was just that—a made up story, as the defense claims—the crime happened when Trump paid her off and concealed the payments with false business records. But Daniels came off as believable. At one point, under pressure from Necheles to concede she’d never had sex with Trump, Daniels fired back that if she was going to tell a story that wasn’t true, she ‘would’ve written it to be a lot better.'”
“Trump’s lawyers staked their case on Stormy Daniels’ story being a lie.
Washington Post: “While the threat to oust Johnson was put to rest after 196 Republicans and 163 Democrats voted to stop Greene’s effort, many House Republicans left the Capitol on Wednesday evening quipping that the menacing move was only over for now. They do not believe Greene and other agitators are going to ‘move on’ as Johnson hopes.”
“What sows that doubt among most House Republicans is that their conference is fundamentally broken.
“After pleading guilty to money laundering and obstruction of justice, Paul Manafort, the globe-trotting political consultant and former campaign chairman for Donald Trump, asked for leniency in his sentencing, telling a federal judge five years ago that he was nearly 70 years old, struggling with health concerns and remorseful for his actions,” the Washington Post reports.
“The judge rejected his entreaties in the spring of 2019, ordering Manafort to remain behind bars for more than seven years.