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Student debt relief: Where borrowers stand as Supreme Court weighs Biden’s plan

January 4, 2023, 8:14am Politics

When President Joe Biden announced his federal student loan forgiveness plan last year, nearly 26 million Americans jumped on the chance for debt relief. Read story

FDA finalizes rule allowing mail-order abortion pills

January 3, 2023, 5:18pm Health

The Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday finalized a rule change that broadens availability of abortion pills to many more pharmacies, including large chains and mail-order companies. Read story

NYC Rep. Ritchie Torres asks Dept. of Homeland Security for answers after report finds far-right Oath Keepers in its ranks

January 3, 2023, 8:58am Nation & World

A disclosure that hundreds of members of the far-right Oath Keepers militia may have worked in the Homeland Security Department demands answers from the anti-terrorism agency, Rep. Ritchie Torres said Monday. Read story

Employers of foreign workers would pay more under Biden proposal

January 3, 2023, 8:31am Politics

The Biden administration will propose Tuesday to dramatically increase fees for many employment-based visas while keeping prices for people applying to become U.S. citizens relatively static. Read story

Jan. 6 committee is running out of time. Key documents may soon be locked away for decades

December 30, 2022, 8:09am Politics

Just days before it disbands and loses control over the millions of pages of evidence it has gathered, the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection has released transcripts of just 126 of the more than 1,000 interviews it conducted. Read story

FILE - In this undated file photo released by the Taiwan Ministry of Defense, a Chinese PLA J-16 fighter jet flies in an undisclosed location. China's military sent 71 planes, including J16 fighter jets, and seven ships toward Taiwan in a 24-hour display of force directed at the island, Taiwan's defense ministry said Monday, Dec. 26, 2022, after China expressed anger at Taiwan-related provisions in a U.S.

U.S. to sell Taiwan anti-tank system amid rising China threat

FILE - In this undated file photo released by the Taiwan Ministry of Defense, a Chinese PLA J-16 fighter jet flies in an undisclosed location. China's military sent 71 planes, including J16 fighter jets, and seven ships toward Taiwan in a 24-hour display of force directed at the island, Taiwan's defense ministry said Monday, Dec. 26, 2022, after China expressed anger at Taiwan-related provisions in a U.S.

December 29, 2022, 8:02am Politics

The U.S. State Department has approved the sale of an anti-tank mine-laying system to Taiwan amid the rising military threat from China. Read story

Biden faces international climate-aid challenge in ’24

December 28, 2022, 4:51pm Politics

Even with Democrats narrowly controlling both houses of Congress, President Joe Biden was unable to convince lawmakers to fully fund his requests for contributions in fiscal 2022 or 2023 to international funds that help poor nations address climate change. Read story

Texas congressman sees new law pushing world toward music instead of missiles

December 28, 2022, 8:16am Politics

Texas Rep. Michael McCaul was asked in 2014 at a South By Southwest panel about the power of music to change the world. Read story

FILE - Former President Donald Trump speaks as he announces a third run for president, at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Fla., Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2022. A special grand jury investigating whether then-President Donald Trump and his allies illegally tried to overturn his defeat in the 2020 election in Georgia appears to be wrapping up its work, but many questions remain. The investigation is one of several that could result in criminal charges against the former president as he asks voters to return him to the White House in 2024.

Raffensperger: Trump ‘attacks people, makes stuff up’ to get what he wants

FILE - Former President Donald Trump speaks as he announces a third run for president, at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Fla., Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2022. A special grand jury investigating whether then-President Donald Trump and his allies illegally tried to overturn his defeat in the 2020 election in Georgia appears to be wrapping up its work, but many questions remain. The investigation is one of several that could result in criminal charges against the former president as he asks voters to return him to the White House in 2024.

December 28, 2022, 8:13am Politics

For weeks after the 2020 election, Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger endured withering insults and accusations from the man with the biggest bully pulpit in the world — then-President Donald Trump. Read story

Biden builds a judicial legacy with diversified federal courts

December 28, 2022, 8:07am Politics

President Joe Biden and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer are transforming the federal courts at a blistering pace and creating an unrivaled legacy of diversity that will redefine the federal bench for a generation. Read story