Washington — President Biden said he is “taking a hard look” into forgiving some federal student loan debt on Thursday, but the amount he is considering is less than $50,000 per borrower, lower than some top Democrats have been seeking since he took office. “I am considering dealing with some …
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“Face the Nation” Guest Lineup Senator Chris Coons – (D) Delaware Dmytro Kuleba – Ukrainian Foreign Minister David Beasley – Executive Director of the United Nations World Food Programme, Former Republican Governor of South Carolina Lieutenant General Ben Hodges – Former commander for U.S. Army forces in Europe Sister Norma …
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President Biden is preparing to order the release of up to 1 million barrels of oil per day from the nation’s strategic petroleum reserve, according to two people familiar with the decision. It’s a bid to control energy prices that have spiked as the U.S. and allies have imposed steep …
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A U.S. House candidate in Oklahoma has apologized after reports that she became intoxicated at a Valentine’s Day weekend sleepover for middle-school-aged girls, berated several of the children and vomited in a hamper. Democrat Abby Broyles, 32, told NBC affiliate KFOR of Oklahoma City that she had an adverse reaction after drinking …
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Washington — Move over, Harvard and Yale. With Justice Stephen Breyer’s retirement opening a vacancy on the Supreme Court, there’s a new push for President Biden to push aside the Ivy League and give alumni of public universities a chance. Mr. Biden is poised to nominate the first Black woman …
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Washington — Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg is vowing to help stem rising traffic fatalities, releasing a broad-based strategy aimed at reducing speed, redesigning roads and boosting car safety features such as automatic emergency braking. Buttigieg told The Associated Press that new federal data being released next week will show another increase …
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Pete Buttigieg came under fire for taking parental leave last fall after he and his husband Chasten welcomed newborn twins. The Transportation secretary — the youngest to hold that position and the youngest member of President Biden’s Cabinet — said fatherhood has changed his perspective. “My relationship to the future …
Read More »A benign polyp was removed during President Biden’s colonoscopy last week, the White House doctor noted in a memo, confirming expectations following the procedure. The polyp was a tubular adenoma, which are slow-growing but “thought to be potentially pre-cancerous,” Dr. Kevin O’Connor wrote. A similar polyp was removed in 2008. …
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Washington — The House voted on Wednesday to censure Republican Congressman Paul Gosar of Arizona and strip him of his two committee assignments after he posted an edited anime video to his social media accounts that depicted violence against Democratic Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York and President Biden. The …
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The Texas House and Senate passed a final version of their Congressional maps for the next decade late Monday and will now await Republican Governor Greg Abbott’s signature. After a series of amendments and negotiations, the final map does much of what the first draft would’ve done: it helps Republican …
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