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Republicans to back Obama's student loan plan House Republicans are willing to give President Barack Obama a rare win, the chairman of the Education and Workforce Committee said Thursday in outlining a deal that would let college students avoid a costly hike on their student loans. More
GOP boycotts health care advisory board House and Senate Republican leaders told President Barack Obama Thursday that they will refuse to nominate candidates to serve on an advisory board that is to play a role in holding down Medicare costs under the new health care act. More
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Today is Wednesday, Jan. 22, the 22nd day of 2025. There are 343 days left in the year.
Today in history:
On Jan. 22, 1973, the U. S. Supreme Court, in its Roe v. Wade decision, declared a nationwide constitutional right to abortion. (The court would overrule Roe v. Wade in 2022, in the decision Dobbs v.
Melissa Etheridge performs during the first concert at the newly renovated War Memorial Auditorium in Fort Lauderdale on Tuesday Jan. 21, 2025. (Mike Stocker/South Florida Sun Sentinel)Melissa Etheridge enters the stage for the first concert at the newly renovated War Memorial Auditorium in Fort Lauderdale on Tuesday Jan. 21, 2025.
"Four years ago he left Washington in disgrace, but looking at the reception he has received today, he's returned a conquering hero."
It's a satire of legacy media, folks. Trump 2.0 promises a new world order, a world you probably wouldn't want to live in though.
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Michael Steele is really pissed off at how meek and mild the Democrats are at the nominee hearings, and boy, can I relate! This is exactly why I keep yelling about calling your congress persons at (202) 224-3121. The change has to come from the grassroots on up.
"They think we’re playing the 1980s, Ronald Reagan and Tip O’Neill-kinda kumbaya moment.
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump announced Tuesday that he had pardoned Ross Ulbricht, the founder of Silk Road, an underground website for selling drugs.
Ulbricht had been sentenced to life in prison in 2015 after a high-profile prosecution that highlighted the role of the internet in illegal markets.
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Trump posted on Truth Social, his social media website, that he had spoken to Ulbricht’s mother on his first full day in office.
“It was my pleasure to have just signed a full and unconditional pardon of her son, Ross,” he wrote.