Former Defense Secretary Ash Carter dies at 68
Ash Carter, the former Defense secretary who oversaw sweeping personnel changes at the Pentagon, including opening all military occupations and positions to women, has died at the age of 68, his family announced Tuesday. Carter, who ran the Defense Department from early 2015 to 2017 during President Obama’s second term, died Monday evening in Boston after a sudden heart attack, according to the family’s statement. While at the Pentagon, the 25th Defense se
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Read MorePolitical, legal battle heats up over student loan forgiveness
The political and legal battle over President Biden’s student loan forgiveness plan has hit its biggest roadblock yet with a temporary legal hold on the program leaving borrowers in further limbo. It has also opened up the potential for more opposition by Republicans, but the White House is vowing to fight back after a federal appeals court ruled on Friday that the program should be halted. “It’s not going to stop our message. We know that there are opponents out there who don’t want us to help middle-class Americans, but it’s not going to stop us,” White House press sec
Read MoreWhy GOP Senate nominees may need to say 'thanks' to Republican governors
If Senate Republicans win back the majority in two weeks, they might have to write a thank you note to a certain group: GOP governors. With the hourglass winding down on the 2022 midterm cycle, Republicans are looking to governors or gubernatorial nominees in a number of key states to push their Senate candidates to victory — or at least give them a better chance of pulling off an upset. “There's a lot of Senate candidates who have run lackluster campaigns, but because of the environment or someone else on the top of the ticket, they'll make it over the finis
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