Negotiators finalized President Donald Trump’s student-loan overhaul, with the Education Department to publish rules early next year before a July 2026 start. The plan ends Grad PLUS, caps borrowing at $20,500 a year or $100,000 lifetime for graduate students and $50,000 for professional students or $200,000 lifetime, and replaces income-driven...
Facing a flurry of subpoenas from Miami, a nascent federal probe has widened into the 2017 intelligence assessment on Russian election interference and the role of former CIA director John Brennan, according to people familiar with the matter. Jason A. Reding Quiñones, the Trump-appointed U.S. attorney in South Florida, issued...
CNN’s Abby Phillip challenged Donald Trump’s claim that his administration lowered grocery costs, citing Bureau of Labor Statistics data showing food prices rising since August and since his inauguration. She noted year-over-year increases, including coffee up 18.9%, beef up 14.7%, and meat, poultry, fish and eggs up 5.2%. Trump acknowledged...
On day 40 of the shutdown, senators slogged through a tense weekend with little progress. Republican leaders eyed votes on a package to reopen government into January and fully fund some agencies, but they need Democrats, who are pressing to extend Affordable Care Act subsidies. Moderates floated reopening now with...
The article portrays mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani’s victory speech as sweeping and warns his plans—free buses, government groceries, more welfare, and free trans medical care, even for children—will collide with New York’s fiscal guardrails. Citing the 1975 Financial Emergency Act, bondholder priority, and GAAP balanced-budget rules under a Control Board chaired...
On day 39 of the US government shutdown, Donald Trump urged Senate Republicans to redirect Affordable Care Act subsidy funds into direct payments to individuals, arguing people could buy much better coverage and keep money left over. In a social media post, he described current subsidies as money sucking support...
Images of President Donald Trump appearing to close his eyes during a Thursday Oval Office announcement on cutting prices for weight loss drugs raced across social media, drawing taunts from critics, including California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s press office. The White House said he was not sleeping, noting he spoke throughout,...
Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa arrived in the United States on Saturday, days before a White House meeting with President Trump and just a day after Washington removed him from a terrorism blacklist. The visit, the first by a Syrian president since 1946, follows U.S. praise for his government’s cooperation on...
Gov. Gavin Newsom, fresh off a California win to gerrymander congressional maps for Democrats, celebrated in Houston, speaking beneath a giant American flag as chants of 2028 rang out. He teased Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and cast the redistricting fight as historic, urging Democrats to “take back the House” and...
With the shutdown in its 39th day, senators convened for a rare weekend session, seeking a bipartisan path to reopen government as federal workers go unpaid, flights are canceled and SNAP benefits lag. President Donald Trump signaled no compromise on extending Affordable Care Act tax credits, urging direct insurance payments...
