Former U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris attends the 56th NAACP Image Awards at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium in Pasadena, California, U.S. February 22, 2025. Etienne Laurent | Reuters Former Vice President Kamala Harris said that during her career, she never took “no” for an answer — and attributed much of her success to this attitude….
Wayne Johnson at the Gables of Wolf Creek, the retirement community he owns in Macon, Georgia Annie Nova | CNBC A Republican who oversaw the country’s $1.6 trillion federal student loan portfolio during President Donald Trump‘s first term has funded a class action effort against the administration over its current borrower policies. The proposed class…
The Good Brigade | Digitalvision | Getty Images In recent weeks, some federal student loan borrowers have received welcome news: The U.S. Department of Education will soon cancel their remaining debt. “You are now eligible to have some or all of your federal student loan(s) discharged because you have reached the necessary number of payments…
Paul J. Ingrassia, nominee to lead the Office of Special Counsel. Source: DHS President Donald Trump‘s nominee to head the U.S. Office of Special Counsel, Paul Ingrassia, was accused of sexual harassment, Politico reported. Ingrassia, who is currently the White House liaison for the Department of Homeland Security, was investigated in connection with an incident…
U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson, a Republican from Louisiana, from left; Russell Vought, director of the Office of Management and Budget; Senate Majority Leader John Thune, a Republican from South Dakota; and U.S. Vice President JD Vance speak to members of the media following a meeting at the White House in Washington, D.C., on Sept….
Vice President JD Vance visits “Fox News Sunday” on January 11, 2025. Paul Morigi | Getty Images Entertainment | Getty Images Vice President JD Vance on Sunday said he is optimistic about the future of TikTok in the U.S. “I feel very confident that we have successfully separated this company from TikTok global and actually…
The Supreme Court on Monday allowed President Donald Trump to remove Rebecca Slaughter as a member of the Federal Trade Commission, for now. Slaughter’s ouster will take effect while the justices consider whether to overturn decades-old court precedent that protects federal agency members from being fired by the president without sufficient cause. The court’s three…
President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping failed to come to a final agreement on TikTok during a call Friday, but the two made significant progress toward a deal, a White House official told CNBC’s Eamon Javers. Later Friday, Trump said in the Oval Office that a TikTok deal “is well on its way,…
Lisa Cook, governor of the US Federal Reserve, during the Thomas Laubach Research Conference hosted by the US Federal Reserve Board of Governors in Washington, DC, US, on Friday, May 19, 2023. Al Drago | Bloomberg | Getty Images A federal appeals court ruled Monday that President Donald Trump cannot fire Federal Reserve Governor Lisa…
U.S. President Donald Trump and Lisa Cook, governor of the U.S. Federal Reserve Annabelle Gordon | Reuters | Al Drago | Bloomberg | Getty Images Lawyers for President Donald Trump on Thursday asked a federal appeals court to let his bid to fire Federal Reserve Board Governor Lisa Cook take effect before the central bank’s…
