Biden and McCarthy meeting on debt ceiling, weeks away from deadline to avoid crisis

by admin | May 9, 2023 | Politics

Drew Angerer/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden will meet Tuesday afternoon with congressional leaders at the White House — as a fast-approaching deadline looms to either increase the nation’s borrowing limit or risk an unprecedented and...

More say politics, not the law, drive Supreme Court decisions: POLL

by admin | May 9, 2023 | Politics

Walter Bibikow/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Ten months after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the constitutional right to an abortion, two-thirds of Americans continue to oppose its decision — and 51% now think its justices base their rulings mainly on their...

Blinken facing contempt of Congress threat over cable tied to Afghanistan withdrawal

by admin | May 9, 2023 | Politics

State Department photo by Ron Przysucha/ Public Domain(WASHINGTON) — The Republican chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee is threatening to hold Secretary of State Antony Blinken in contempt if he doesn’t turn over subpoenaed documents tied to...

Abbott blames Texas mall shooting on mental health, but what has been done to address it?

by admin | May 8, 2023 | Politics

Brandon Bell/Getty Images, FILE(ALLEN, Texas) — Just one day after the most recent mass shooting in the United States — this time at an outdoor mall in Allen, Texas — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott blamed the incident on mental health issues as he’s...

Former Navy reservist sentenced to additional four years for Jan. 6 riot

by admin | May 8, 2023 | Politics

Mint Images/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — A former Navy reservist who the government said expressed admiration for Hitler, among other antisemitic views, was sentenced to four years in prison on Monday for his role in the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol....

US government cancels $42B in public service workers’ student loans under revamped program

by admin | May 8, 2023 | Politics

Peter Dazeley/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — The U.S. Department of Education has approved $42 billion dollars in student loan forgiveness for more than 615,000 public service workers since October 2021, the agency said Monday, touting what it described as Biden...