Biden will again test the limits of student loans to reach younger voters
President Joe Biden is expected to announce a new attempt at mass student loan forgiveness, setting up another battle with Republicans as he looks to woo younger voters in the 2024 election. It will be his second, and in some respects his third, try to make good on a 2020 campaign promise to cancel student […]
US fears China could make West dependent on ‘legacy’ chips
China’s expansion of semiconductor production threatens to make societies dependent on the communist regime for computer chips essential to a host of products used daily around the world, U.S. and European officials fear. “Based on China’s own reporting, about 60% of all new ‘legacy’ chips coming to the market in the next handful of years […]
Education Department must be held accountable for FAFSA failures
The name Richard Cordray may not be the most recognizable name in the Biden administration, but in his capacity as chief operating officer of Federal Student Aid, he has overseen what is among the administration’s greatest failures. Under Cordray’s watch, the U.S. Department of Education launched a new edition of the Free Application for Federal […]
Trump hauls in over $50 million at Palm Beach fundraiser
Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump raised more than $50 million Saturday night at an event in Palm Beach, Florida. The event, hosted by billionaire investor John Paulson, set a record for a single fundraiser, nearly doubling the money President Joe Biden’s campaign collected last week at Radio City Music Hall in New York, where […]
Christian leaders react to Trump’s ‘God Bless the USA’ Bible
Over a week after presumptive 2024 Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump began selling his own Bibles, Christians unleashed mixed reactions. The special edition Bible retails for $59.99 as a King James version of the holy text with the Constitution, the Declaration of Independence, the Bill of Rights, and the Pledge of Allegiance. Its name is […]
Former Maine Gov. Joe Brennan dies at 89
Former Maine Gov. Joe Brennan died Friday evening at his home in Portland, Maine, at the age of 89. Brennan’s career in public service spanned parts of six decades, beginning in 1965. After stints in both houses of the state legislature and a brief period as a district attorney, the Maine Democrat served as the […]
Massachusetts GOP ousts longtime RNC leader amid state party shake-up
Massachusetts Republicans voted to remove the general chairman of the Republican National Convention on Saturday in an upset at a state committee meeting near Boston. Former Republican National Committee Treasurer Ron Kaufman was removed from his position as a national committeeman and replaced by Brad Wyatt in a 37-35 vote, according to Politico. The stunning […]
South Carolina women’s basketball coach claims transgender players ‘should be able to play’
University of South Carolina Women’s basketball coach Dawn Staley proclaimed her support for transgender players in the sport. Staley made her stance clear during a press conference Saturday as her Lady Gamecocks have progressed to the NCAA Final Tournament. There, Outkick‘s Dan Zaksheske asked her what she thought about transgender females joining women’s sports. “D***, […]
You’re rehired: Trump’s RNC chaos continues with reversal of 60 firings and high-level frustration
Former President Donald Trump‘s team recently rehired 60 former Republican National Committee staffers who were asked to resign when Trump took over the party‘s financing arm, marking the latest twist for the committee. The 60 staffers, which include regional political directors, members of the data and state strategy teams, and most of the RNC’s state […]
Judge tells key witness in Madigan corruption case he handed defense ‘a gift’
(The Center Square) – A key witness in former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan’s upcoming corruption trial was caught lying on a federal form to buy a gun, a major blow for prosecutors and a surprise boon for Madigan’s defense team. Fidel Marquez, the former ComEd executive who cooperated with federal investigators in the corruption […]