The Biden administration announced an extension of the federal student loan payment pause Wednesday, delaying the repayment of student loans until August 31. The payment pause was previously slated to end May 1. Roughly 37 million student loan borrowers have been in limbo for several months over whether the payment …
Read More »Senator Joe Manchin says he’ll vote to approve Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, greatly increasing the likelihood of her confirmation to the Supreme Court, The Democrat from West Virginia announced his support for Jackson in a statement Friday morning. Manchin said Jackson’s “record and career are exemplary” and he is “confident …
Read More »Washington — The Supreme Court on Monday turned away a request from Pennsylvania prosecutors to review a state supreme court decision that overturned Bill Cosby’s sexual assault conviction, leaving the ruling from Pennsylvania’s high court that freed him from prison intact. Prosecutors from Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, asked the justices to …
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The House of Representatives Monday night passed legislation to award the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion the Congressional Gold Medal, one of the highest civilian honors. The women of the 6888th or “Six Triple Eight” deployed to Europe in 1945 to sort through the backlog of mail whose delayed delivery …
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Democratic governors in several states are rolling back mask mandates, getting ahead of Biden administration guidance that still call for masking in schools and many other indoor spaces. California Governor Gavin Newsom, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy, Delaware Governor John Carney and Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont on Monday all announced …
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White House press secretary Jen Psaki spent part of Thursday clarifying comments President Biden made in his marathon press conference Wednesday about whether future elections will be fair and legitimate. Psaki ultimately said “yes,” the president is still confident elections this fall will be legitimate even without voting law changes. Democratic …
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Russia’s domestic intelligence service announced a special operation campaign against the notorious criminal ransomware group, REvil, Friday. According to the Federal Security Service (FSB), Russian authorities raided 25 addresses, resulting in the arrest of 14 individuals and seizure of more than $1 million worth of assets: 426 million rubles, $600,000, …
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Sacramento — California lawmakers on Tuesday will start debating whether to create the nation’s first universal health care system, a key measure of whether the proposal has the support to pass this year. Progressives have tried for years to create a government-funded universal health care system to replace the one …
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A vulnerability living inside a Java-based software known as “Log4j” shook the internet this week. The list of potential victims encompasses nearly a third of all web servers in the world, according to cybersecurity firm Cybereason. Twitter, Amazon, Microsoft, Apple, IBM, Oracle, Cisco, Google, and one of the world’s most …
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cIllinois’ Democratic governor JB Pritzker on Tuesday signed off on a new congressional map that could result in the loss of two GOP seats, but the state is an outlier in a trend giving Republicans the advantage in redistricting ahead of the 2022 midterm elections. Republicans control the process for redrawing …
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