Category: Politics
May 06, 2025
Politics
Trump administration restarts involuntary collections on student loan debt
Collections had been on pause since March 2020, as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, and the restart is expected to impact roughly 5.3 million borrowers currently in default....
May 06, 2025
Politics
Bill enshrining ‘Gulf of America’ name change into law advances to full House vote
“Despite the claims … that Republicans are wasting time, the truth is that we’re moving forward with legislation that defends American interests,” Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC) said. “Despite the...
May 06, 2025
Politics
Transportation boss Sean Duffy pledges to fix ‘frail system’ that caused frightening Newark airport air traffic control outage: ‘This should’ve been dealt with’ by Biden
“This should have been dealt with in the last administration – they did nothing,” the Trump administration official charged. “This should have been dealt with in the last administration...
May 06, 2025
Politics
Kamala Harris attends Met Gala 2025 day after former VP, husband Doug Emhoff hit up NYC’s swanky Polo Bar
Harris, 60, debuted the look in a portrait for Vogue Magazine, shot by former White House photographer Cameron Smith. Harris, 60, debuted the look in a portrait for Vogue...
May 05, 2025
Politics
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth orders 20% reduction in four-star generals: ‘Less Generals More GIs’
“We're going to shift resources from bloated headquarters elements to our warfighters,” Hegseth explained. “We're going to shift resources from bloated headquarters elements to our warfighters,” Hegseth explained.
May 05, 2025
Politics
Trump tells Harvard: No more money without antisemitism crackdown
WASHINGTON — President Trump’s Education Department warned Harvard University Monday that the Ivy League school is no longer eligible for new federal grants — until they address rampant, flagrant...
May 05, 2025
Politics
NIH shutters notorious lab accused of slaughtering beagles for four decades
An government research lab that had been used to conduct “cruel” and deadly drug experiments on beagles has been shut down, National Institutes of Health Director Jay Bhattacharya revealed....
May 05, 2025
Politics
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp passes on Senate run in latest GOP 2026 setback
Kemp, 61, had been widely regarded as the most formidable potential Republican candidate, having polled ahead of Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-Ga.) in some surveys. Kemp, 61, had been widely...
May 05, 2025
Politics
Trump defends viral AI picture of him as the pope: ‘Have to have a little fun’
President Trump defended the viral picture he posted of himself dressed as the pope, saying the AI-generated image was a "joke" and that you "have to have a little...
May 05, 2025
Politics
Muslim support for Democrats plunges as group opens to Trump’s Gaza plan: poll
Only a third of Muslim-Americans identify as Democrats as the party reels from political setbacks with a bloc of voters it hemorrhaged in the 2024 election cycle, according to...