President-elect Joe Biden could conjure a sweeping financial-relief policy into existence on the first day of his presidency, without the participation of Congress, the Federal Reserve, or any other institution. That is, he could forgive student loans.On Monday, Biden said that loan forgiveness figures into his plan to rev up the American economy, citing a provision in the House’s stalled-out HEROES Act that would pay off $10,000 a person in student loans.
This holiday season, partisan posturing about who hates “family” is the best accelerant the coronavirus could hope for.
Mass loan forgiveness is a mediocre solution to a complex problem. Its time may have come anyway.
The once-feared tabloid has been in a tailspin since it got involved with Donald Trump.
Casualty first aired in 1986, and it’s still going strong.
States fear a gap between the year-end deadline and inauguration
The agency also urged Americans to avoid mingling with people who haven’t resided in their same household in the past 14 days.
By tapping the Yale researcher, Biden makes clear his interest in addressing longstanding disparities that have exacerbated the pandemic.
The potential impact of Amazon’s arrival in the pharmaceutical space rippled through that sector immediately.
Moderna said that its vaccine was more than 94 percent effective, a week after Pfizer released its own promising results.
A pandemic live show on the importance of not traveling during the holidays.
“The hair journey that these guys are on is definitely a wild one.
Black voters had Joe Biden’s back. Now he must prove he’s got theirs.
Biden will inherit an economy similar to one he and Obama did 12 years ago. But unlike last time, he’ll have few tools to deal with it.
The latest episode of POLITICO’s Global Translations podcast explores the new industrial policy emerging in America to counter China’s ascent.
The economy weighs heavily on voters’ minds.
The gains are a sign of positive trader sentiment, although it’s unclear if that has to do with hopes of a clear winner emerging.
Fox News finds itself in the interesting place of trying to perform a 24-hours-a-day paradox. During the day time, they’re pretending to be a normal, fact-driven news network, while during primetime and into the wee hours, they are the fact-free, rhetorically incendiary bigotry factory we have come to expect for the last couple of decades. Why they’re doing this is probably a mixture of reasons.
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, headed out the door with the rest of the Trump administration, decided to try to hamstring President-elect Joe Biden’s coronavirus efforts, and picked a fight with the Federal Reserve while he was at it. The CARES Act passed back in March allotted $454 billion for emergency lending programs run by the Fed and the Treasury in tandem.
“Michigan’s certification process should be a deliberate process free from threats and intimidation,” declared state legislators.
Early Friday morning, filtering his media diet to only include yahoos promoting conspiracy theories and baseless election fraud claims, Donald Trump found a heartwarming story. Posted by a Wayne Dupree, the title clearly caught Donald’s eye: “Trump’s Alleged Sister Issues Rare and Bold Statement on 2020 Election and Proves How Much She Believes in Her Brother.” You might want to grab tissues, especially if you cry when you laugh really hard.
Ana Cajigal Adan was given just a couple days reprieve before federal immigration officials again tried to deport her. Vice News reported earlier this month that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) was set to deport Adan, one of the immigrants who may serve as a key witness in the abuses allegedly carried out by a notorious Georgia gynecologist, until a Democratic legislator stepped in.
A Trump campaign lawsuit mastermind mixed numbers from Michigan and Minnesota to come up with fake overvote percentages.
When Barack Obama was sworn in as president in 2009, Sen. Mitch McConnell had already set out the primary goal of the whole Republican Party as making Obama a “one-term president.” McConnell didn’t succeed in that goal, but he did block the appointment of hundreds of judges, including most notably Merrick Garland. That left Donald Trump with 105 openings to fill on the day he took office.
The president’s son has tested positive for COVID-19, according to multiple news organizations.
The Treasury secretary is kicking the crutches out from under the economy before it’s ready.
Every weekday evening, our editors guide you through the biggest stories of the day, help you discover new ideas, and surprise you with moments of delight. Subscribe to get this delivered to your inbox.A scary season looms; poems can steel the spirit, or offer a distraction. Our writers and editors offer nine selections for exactly those purposes. Store them in your heart’s cellar, and retrieve as needed.
Spoiler alert: Shade was thrown.
Parenting advice on dating age gaps, hygiene troubles, and mitten mutiny.
The United States has passed a terrible milestone: 250,000 Americans have died of COVID-19. But with the holidays approaching and the spread worse than ever, the situation could become even more dire. Now is the time to have hard conversations about Thanksgiving, even though it will be awkward.On this episode of the Social Distance podcast, James Hamblin and Katherine Wells answer listener questions about the holidays and give advice on how to cancel plans.