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Congressional Republicans offer their own student loan debt solution
Photo by Mike Kline (notkalvin)/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- In the wake of the Supreme Court's Friday ruling striking down the Biden administration's student loan debt cancellation plan, Republicans a...
Jul 04, 2023
DeSantis campaign touts his 'draconian' LGBTQ record vs. Trump; gay conservatives denounce him
Brandon Bell/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis' presidential campaign last week went after Republican rival Donald Trump for the former president's past support of the LGBTQ c...
Jul 02, 2023
Most Americans approve of Supreme Court decision restricting use of race in college admissions: POLL
Celal Gunes/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- A majority of Americans approve of the Supreme Court ruling restricting the use of race as a factor in college admissions, though the co...
Jul 02, 2023
Khanna claims Supreme Court overruled Congress on student loan forgiveness, lauds Biden's Plan B
ABC News(WASHINGTON) -- California Rep. Ro Khanna on Sunday praised President Joe Biden's continued efforts to cancel federal student loan debt after the Supreme Court struck down his initial pla...
Jul 02, 2023
Pence praises Supreme Court effectively ending affirmative action: 'Those days are over'
ABC News(WASHINGTON) -- Former vice president and 2024 presidential hopeful Mike Pence on Sunday celebrated the Supreme Court's landmark ruling that effectively ends affirmative action at U.S. co...
Jul 02, 2023
North Carolina 12-week abortion ban goes into effect, down from 20-week limit
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 ...
Jul 01, 2023
A very early look at the Republican veepstakes
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 ra...
Jul 01, 2023
'Heartbreaking': Justice Sotomayor cites rise in LGTBQ+ discrimination in dissent to SCOTUS ruling
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 t...
Jul 01, 2023
In letter to House committee chair, Hunter Biden's lawyer slams IRS whistleblower as 'disgruntled'
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...
Jul 01, 2023
Biden outlines 'new path' to provide student loan relief after Supreme Court rejection
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...
Jul 01, 2023
