WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration plans to ask the Supreme Court to reinstate the president’s student debt cancellation plan, according to a Thursday legal filing warning that Americans will face financial strain if the plan remains stalled in court when loan payments are scheduled to restart in January. The Justice Department is fighting to […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Thursday that she will not seek a leadership position in the new Congress, a pivotal realignment making way for a new generation of leaders after Democrats lost control of the House to Republicans in the midterm elections. Pelosi announced in a spirited speech on the House floor […]

NEW YORK (VINnews) — Three of Donald Trump’s wealthiest supporters have deserted him in the last two days as the former president seeks to jumpstart his 2024 presidential bid. Ronald Lauder, the heir to the Estée Lauder fortune and a friend of Trump since college, said he will not be backing the ex-president’s 2024 White […]

NEW YORK (Yaakov M / VINnews) — Congressman Lee Zeldin’s staunch support of yeshiva education appears to be genuine, and not just political (in case we had any doubts.) Zeldin mockingly replied to a tweet from a reporter at the NY Times, asking people who attended yeshivas to share their experiences for possible inclusion in […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans won control of the U.S. House on Wednesday, returning the party to power in Washington and giving conservatives leverage to blunt President Joe Biden’s agenda and spur a flurry of investigations. But a threadbare majority will pose immediate challenges for GOP leaders and complicate the party’s ability to govern. More than […]

ILLINOIS (VINnews) — Vandals spray-painted headstones with swastikas in a Jewish cemetery in a Chicago suburb. On one tombstone, a vandal wrote, “Kanye was rite.” The horrific discovery was made this week at Am Echod Cemetery, where red swastikas were spray-painted on at least 16 tombstones. Police said 23 other headstones were defaced. “The desecration […]

NEW YORK (VINnews) — Comedian Dave Chappelle, whose controversial SNL monologue on SNL has been called out for “desensitizing” Americans to anti-semitism, apparently did not rehearse the monologue beforehand with SNL producers. Sources close to the producers said that Chappelle had provided a fake monologue in order to bypass possible criticism from the show’s staff […]

Former President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he will mount a third White House campaign, launching an early start to the 2024 contest. The announcement comes just a week after an underwhelming midterm showing for Republicans and will force the party to decide whether to embrace a candidate whose refusal to accept defeat in 2020 pushed American democracy to the brink. “I am tonight announcing my candidacy for president of the United States,” Trump said to an audience of several hundred supporters, club members and gathered press in a chandeliered ballroom at his Mar-a-Lago club, where he stood flanked by more than 30 American flags and banners that read, “MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!” Trump enters the race in a moment of political vulnerability.

PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Former President Donald Trump is preparing to launch his third campaign for the White House on Tuesday, looking to move on from disappointing midterm defeats and defy history amid signs that his grip on the Republican Party is waning...

Former President Donald Trump is likely preparing to launch his third campaign for the White House on Tuesday, looking to move on from disappointing midterm defeats. “Hopefully, tomorrow will turn out to be one of the most important days in the history of our Country!” Trump wrote on his social media network on Monday. An announcement was expected at 9 p.m. EST Tuesday from his club in Palm Beach. Aides and allies had urged Trump to wait until after the midterms were over — and then until after a Dec. 6 Senate runoff election in Georgia — to announce his plans. But Trump, eager to return to the spotlight, is also hoping to stave off a long list of potential challengers, including Florida Gov.