The number of people 60 and older with student loan debt has quadrupled in the past decade, and older Americans now represent the fastest-growing segment of the U.S. student loan market, according to a new report by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. As of 2015, more than 2.8 million Americans over 60 had outstanding student […]
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Hundreds Of Thousands Expected For Women’s March On Washington
The Women’s March on Washington is expected to draw hundreds of thousands of women and their supporters to the nation’s capital Jan. 21, the day after President-Elect Donald Trump’s inauguration. Here’s what you need to know about the march: QUESTION: Why are people marching? ANSWER: The goal of the march is to demand fairness of the incoming presidential […]
Trump Sued For Defamation By Sexual Harassment Accuser
A former contestant from The Apprentice filed a defamation lawsuit Tuesday against President-elect Donald Trump in a New York court. Summer Zervos came forward in October to accuse Trump of kissing and groping her in 2007 at a Beverly Hills hotel room. When Trump denied the accusations, Zervos’s attorney Gloria Allred demanded a retraction. Since […]
Florida Shooter Claims Connection To Isis
Esteban Santiago, who was arrested on charges of killing five people and injuring six more in a shooting earlier this month at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport, said he carried out the attack on behalf of the Islamic State, according to the FBI. FBI special agent Michael Ferlazzo and other agents testified at Santiago’s bond hearing […]
Polls Rigged Against Trump, He Says
President-elect Donald Trump on Tuesday tweeted that approval rating polls are rigged against him as a series of polls show him with historically low approval as he enters office. “The same people who did the phony election polls, and were so wrong, are now doing approval rating polls. They are rigged just like before,” Trump […]
Trump Inauguration Boycott Grows
WASHINGTON ― Dozens of Democratic members of Congress are planning to boycott President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration on Jan. 20, saying they can’t bring themselves to welcome a man to the White House who ran such a divisive and prejudiced campaign ― and insulted their colleague, Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.). “I will not be celebrating or […]
Clinton Foundation In Midst Of Major Layoffs
The Clintons are moving ahead with plans to downsize their controversial foundation’s network of offshoots, a decision carried out as the powerful family’s political influence wanes and its once-lengthy donor list shrinks. In a decision announced last week, 22 additional employees are being laid off from the Clinton Global Initiative – known for its annual […]
Trump May Boot Press From White House
In the 1890s, journalists covering the president were forced to stand vigil outside the White House fence, querying visitors for scraps of information and appealing for audiences with presidential aides. Today’s reporters are concerned that President-elect Donald J. Trump could send them back into the past. The White House press corps was stunned on Sunday […]
Justice Department To Open Investigation Of FBI’s Handling Of Clinton Case
WASHINGTON – The Justice Department inspector general’s office said Thursday it would open an investigation into the decision in October by James B. Comey, the F.B.I. director, to inform Congress about a new review in the Hillary Clinton email investigation – a move Mrs. Clinton has said cost her the election. The inspector general’s office […]
Obama Ends Cuban “Wet Foot, Dry Foot” Policy
President Obama ordered an immediate end Thursday to the long-standing U.S. policy of granting easy residency permits to Cubans who reach U.S. shores, probably the last major foreign policy initiative of his tenure. In a statement, Obama said he is ending the so-called “wet foot, dry foot” policy in a step “forward to normalize relations […]
Author Of Trump Dossier Goes Into Hiding
LONDON – Christopher Steele, the former British intelligence agent who prepared the dossier on Donald J. Trump ‘s supposed activities in Russia, has gone underground. The strange story of the dossier, which United States intelligence agencies, the F.B.I., Senator John McCain and many journalists have had for weeks, if not months, and which presumably Mr. […]
Foreign President Accuses America Of Secretly Aiding Isis
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday accused the U.S.-led coalition fighting in in Iraq and Syria of supporting the Islamic State militant group (ISIS), as well as Syrian Kurds in regions that sit along Turkey’s southern border. “They were accusing us of supporting Daesh,” he told a press conference in Ankara, using an Arabic […]