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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration calls it a "student loan safety net." Opponents call it a backdoor attempt to make college free. It could be the next battleground in the legal fight over student loan relief. Starting this summer, millions of Americans with student loans will be able to enroll in a new repayment [...]
The White House is taking steps aimed at increasing the supply of affordable housing while also bolstering protections for renters. The housing measures announced last week include providing communities with $85 million in funding from the Department of Housing and Urban Development to reduce barriers to affordable housing, such as zoning restrictions that in some [...]
A northwest Ohio lawmaker has introduced legislation to prohibit the practice of ranked-choice voting in most elections and primaries throughout the Buckeye State. That method of voting continuously eliminates candidates in a series of rounds until a winner materializes, Sen. Theresa Charters Gavarone, R-Bowling Green, said at a press event marking the bill’s introduction. The [...]
NEW YORK (AP) — Set aside the polls, the fundraising numbers or Donald Trump's name recognition as metrics of his early dominance of the Republican presidential contest. He has what could prove to be the most important advantage in the race: a leg up in winning the delegates needed to clinch the GOP nomination. While [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is staking his re-election bid on the political and financial muscle of the Democratic National Committee. As it prepares for a bruising 2024 contest, his campaign plans to raise and spend around $2 billion, but it will do so in coordination with the national and state Democratic parties in [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Oil and gas companies would have to pay more to drill on public lands and satisfy stronger requirements to clean up old or abandoned wells under a new rule announced last week by the Biden administration. A rule proposed by the Interior Department raises royalty rates for oil drilling by more than [...]
A bipartisan group of senators announced last week they are working on a college sports bill that would create national regulations for name, image and likeness compensation for players, establish an entity to oversee enforcement of those rules and fund long-term health care for athletes. "Our goal is to stabilize college athletics and make sure [...]
China does not want a trade war with the United States but will retaliate against any further U.S. restrictions on technology and trade, the Chinese ambassador to the U.S. said. Ambassador Xie Feng criticized American curbs on the sale of microchips and chipmaking equipment to China that were imposed last year by the Biden administration. [...]
With the frenzied summer travel season in full swing and the aviation system straining to keep up, Congress is expected to soon vote on legislation that over the next five years will shape the agency responsible for safely managing the nation's airspace and regulating its airlines. Lawmakers this week will debate the Federal Aviation Administration's [...]
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration this week proposed new guidelines for corporate mergers, took steps to disclose the junk fees charged by landlords and launched a crackdown on price-gouging in the food industry. The Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission are proposing revised guidelines for how they evaluate mergers. Their goal is to [...]