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Thomas Roche/Getty Images (WASHINGTON, D.C.) — President Joe Biden said Friday his administration is moving forward with a new student loan relief plan after the Supreme Court struck down his original program to wipe out $430 billion in debt. Biden detailed the next steps in remarks delivered at the White House, where he was joined […]
Bloomberg/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — An attorney for Hunter Biden on Friday transmitted a sharp and sweeping letter to a powerful Republican lawmaker condemning his handling of an IRS whistleblower who has accused Justice Department officials of undermining the DOJ’s investigation into President Joe Biden’s son. Abbe Lowell, an attorney for Hunter Biden, accused Rep. […]
Philip Yabut/Getty Images (WASHINGTON, D.C.) — Justice Sonia Sotomayor accused the U.S. Supreme Court of granting businesses the right “to refuse to serve members of a protected class” for the first time in its history. The Supreme Court ruled 6-3 on Friday in favor of a evangelical Christian website designer who argued that a Colorado […]
Manuel Augusto Moreno/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — While about a dozen major Republican candidates are fighting for the 2024 nomination, a more under-the-radar quadrennial competition is starting: the race to be the still-unnamed nominee’s running mate. The 2024 veepstakes — still in its infancy — is mostly fuel for speculation, but squinting can reveal early […]
Cyndi Monaghan/Getty Images (NORTH CAROLINA) — North Carolina now prohibits abortions after 12 weeks of pregnancy, bringing its limit down from 20 weeks. This comes despite a lawsuit filed by Planned Parenthood and Dr. Beverly Gray, an abortion provider, challenging the legality of the ban, which requested a temporary restraining order on the ban before […]
Guy Davies/ABC News (WASHINGTON) — In a dramatic move to differentiate himself on a key foreign policy issue, former Vice President Mike Pence on Thursday made a surprise trip to Ukraine, projecting solidarity against Russia in a way, so far, unmatched by his Republican competitors. His message in Ukraine was clear: “We are with you.” “We […]
Walter Bibikow/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Supreme Court on Thursday set new limits on affirmative action programs in cases involving whether public and private colleges and universities can continue to use race as one factor among many in student admissions. The court held, in a 6-3 opinion for the conservative majority written by Chief Justice […]
Eric Lee/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Supreme Court’s most senior conservative, Justice Clarence Thomas, and its most senior liberal, Justice Sonia Sotomayor, both rose from humble beginnings to join the elite ranks of Yale Law School — and both have publicly credited race-based affirmative action initiatives with helping them get there. But both justices […]
Kent Nishimura/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Lawmakers, legal experts, presidential candidates — past and present — and others are reacting on Thursday to a landmark ruling from the U.S. Supreme Court setting new limits on the use of affirmative action in college and university admissions. In a speech from the White House, President […]
OLIVIER DOULIERY/AFP via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Embattled Rep. George Santos is set to appear in court Friday morning in his first court appearance since pleading not guilty last month to a 13-count indictment accusing him of fraud, money laundering and theft of public funds. The Republican New York congressman, who has denied wrongdoing, […]
