Voters in new poll divided on Biden student debt cancellation plan
Americans are divided on how they view the Biden administration’s new student debt cancellation initiative, according to a new MorningConsult/Politico poll. The new poll, published Wednesday, found that 48 percent of respondents agree with Biden's move to cancel $10,000 to $20,000 in student loan debt for borrowers who earn less than $125,000 annually and households who earn less than $250,000 annually. Forty-three percent of those surveyed said they oppose the plan of ca
Read MoreBiden declares emergency over water crisis in Mississippi capital
President Biden declared an emergency in Mississippi on Tuesday, freeing up federal resources to assist local and state officials in responding to a water crisis in the state’s capital. The water system in Jackson, Miss. has failed in recent days, leaving residents with little to no drinking water. Officials have blamed flooding on the Pearl River and previous issues that have plagued a local water treatment plant’s operations. Biden’s emergency declarati
Read MoreUS life expectancy drops significantly, fueled by COVID-19
Life expectancy in the United States fell for the second straight year, fueled by COVID-19, according to a report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) published Wednesday. The two-year decline was steep, down 2.7 years between 2019 and 2021. Life expectancy was 76.1 years in 2021, down from 77 years in 2020 and 78.8 years in 2019. That is the largest drop in decades: It is the first two-year decline in life expectancy since 1961-1963, the CDC sai
Read MoreDespite leaving government, Anthony Fauci ain't going anywhere
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Read MoreMikhail Gorbachev’s was a truly great revolution
By the nature of the regime he dismantled and the sheer number of people and peoples whom he freed, Mikhail Sergeevich Gorbachev — the reformist Soviet leader who died Tuesday at 91 — may have been the greatest liberator of all time. A longstanding “theory” spread by his enemies and adopted by many in the West postulated that Gorbachev was a bumbler who did not know what he was doing, stumbled onto his reforms, sleepwalking, and woke up when the crisi
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