The federal government has discharged student loans for thousands of defrauded borrowers. However, private borrowers who attended the same schools are still trying to get relief from Navient. BI spoke to 5 of them who struggled to access Navient’s new debt relief process. Raised in Venezuela, Leandro Pucci moved to the US when he was […]
SEATTLE (AP) — Former U.S. Rep. George Nethercutt, who was a Spokane lawyer with limited political experience when he ousted Democratic Speaker of the House Tom Foley as part of a stunning GOP wave that shifted national politics to the right in 1994, has died. He was 79. Nethercutt died Friday near Denver of progressive […]
Anderson County voters decided to keep the incumbents in office on the county council and the coroner’s office during the South Carolina Statewide Primary on Tuesday, June 11. County Council District 4 Republican incumbent Brett Sanders received 2,428 votes and challenger Dave Shalaby received 2,013 votes. In Anderson County District 5, incumbent Tommy Dunn received […]
One incumbent lost his seat on the Lawrence County Board of Commissioners during Tuesday’s Primary Election, and new faces advance to the General Election for both county council and auditor. Jeff McKnight defeated Dustin Gabhart to advance to the General Election. Republican McKnight is the most likely person to fill that seat on the Lawrence […]
Russia’s huge cost in invading Ukraine is fallout for not following its own military doctrine. Russian commanders have frequently erred on the basics of military operations, a RAND expert said. The Russians also lacked the invasion force size necessary to follow their warfighting doctrine. The US Army’s new manual on Russian tactics is an impressive-looking […]
A measure that would have granted local control over name changes of unincorporated county places went down in defeat in Fresno County, California on Tuesday, March 5, 2024. Measure B was on the ballot in Fresno County because local officials opposed the federal and state governments wanting to change the name Squaw Valley to Yokuts […]
Donald Trump’s big primary victory on Saturday over Nikki Haley in her home state of South Carolina was the result of a ruthless and methodical campaign to eliminate her as a threat, according to aides and people close to both campaigns. Despite having already secured a string of primary victories, it was crucial for Trump […]
DEARBORN, Mich. – Mohammad Enayah was asleep when his pinging cell phone alerted him to the message from Gaza. It was 2 a.m. “I hate to tell you this news,” his cousin wrote. Thirty-seven members of his extended family had been killed in an Israeli air strike on a Palestinian refugee camp. Enayah read the […]
Dmytro Kuleba, Foreign Minister, has reacted to the strike of Russian occupation forces on Kharkiv, recalling an interview with Russian President Vladimir Putin with Tucker Carlson. Source: Dmytro Kuleba’s post on Twitter (X); European Pravda “Today, you allow Putin to spread his insane propaganda of genocide, and the next day, he will attack Kharkiv, killing […]
Russian dictator Vladimir Putin still intends to completely subjugate Ukraine, and Kyiv allies’ uncertainty about providing Ukraine with financial and military aid only emboldens him, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said at a press conference on Jan. 10. Following a meeting with Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda in Vilnius, Zelenskyy said he believes that Putin will not stop […]
Ukraine could be defeated if it doesn’t mobilize enough people, according to Col. Yevhen Mezhevikin, Hero of Ukraine and Commander of the Adam Joint Task Force. Speaking in an interview with the BBC on Dec. 27, Mezhevikin said Ukraine needs more troops. “The lack of mobilization resources, is people, could lead to defeat in this […]