Former President Obama on Tuesday denied the Trump administration’s claims that he manipulated intelligence related to Russian interference in the 2016 election. “These bizarre allegations are ridiculous and a weak attempt at distraction,” Patrick Rodenbush, a spokesperson for Obama, said in a statement sent to NewsNation, The Hill’s sister company. “Nothing in the document issued…
The Education Department has paused student loan forgiveness under the Income-Based Repayment (IBR) plan without a clear timeline of when it might resume. The department argues any IBR forbearances were impacted by ongoing court action. “The Department has temporarily paused discharges for IBR borrowers in order to comply with ongoing court injunctions regarding the Biden…
A federal judge reinstated two Democratic appointees at the National Credit Union Administration (NCUA) on Tuesday whom President Trump purported to fire. It’s the latest decision reversing Trump’s firings of independent agency leaders across the federal bureaucracy. U.S. District Judge Amir Ali warned in his 27-page ruling that accepting the administration’s position would mean that…
A group of 21 attorneys general filed a Monday lawsuit against the Trump administration over a February executive order that ousts migrants without legal status from social service programs. Under the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (PRWORA), the U.S. departments of Health and Human Services, Education, Labor and Justice have reworked requirements to…
Ozzy Osbourne, a British rocker, had a complex relationship with American politics, having been a featured guest at the White House Correspondents Association dinner in 2002, being an outspoken anti-war activist, and criticizing the Brexit movement in his home country.
Democrats are showing they’re ready to get dirty and hit President Trump where it hurts by stoking the Jeffrey Epstein controversy that’s severed his MAGA movement. The strategy strays from the official line coming from top Democrats such as House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (N.Y.), who say they want their midterm campaign message to center…
“Shark Tank” investor Kevin O’Leary on Monday downplayed emotions surrounding files related to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. “The reason why people care about this a lot, not just because of the very real Jeffrey Epstein sex trafficking and the crimes that were committed, it is the fact that Donald Trump himself spent years —…
The Pentagon has issued new rules that would prevent people currently treated for schizophrenia, congestive heart failure, having a donated organ or some other issues from receiving a medical waiver to serve in the military, according to a new memo revealed Tuesday. The guidance, signed by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and dated July 11, updates the list…
President Trump and his allies are desperate to move past the Jeffrey Epstein controversy — but their own words and actions are having the opposite effect. Trump’s decision to sue The Wall Street Journal over an Epstein-related story, his administration’s choice to bar the Journal from the group of reporters who will cover the president’s upcoming trip…
Senate Democrats on Tuesday cautiously agreed to advance bipartisan legislation funding military construction and the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), less than a week after Republicans rammed through a partisan bill to defund PBS, NPR and global aid programs. Thirty-eight Democrats voted for a motion to proceed to the bill after holding a long lunchtime…
