Author: Tim Collins

President Joe Biden’s sweeping student loan forgiveness plan is set to go back into action after a federal judge ruled a temporary restraining order should expire. U.S. District Judge Randal Hall in Georgia made the ruling, according to CNBC, in relation to a suit brought by seven red states: Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Missouri, North…

Drug overdose deaths in the United States have dropped a substantial amount, according to new data. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported that drug overdose deaths dropped 10% from April 2023 to April of this year, the first such decline in a decade. Previous years have seen either small drops or, more commonly,…

A recent poll found that Democrats are more likely to trust Vice President Kamala Harris, Democratic presidential candidate, more than President Joe Biden on climate change. The poll found that 85% of Democrats are likely to trust Harris on climate change, while only about three-quarters of Democrats say the same about Biden, according to the…

Former President Donald Trump said he would leave the United States and stop by Venezuela should he lose the 2024 election. In an interview on X with entrepreneur Elon Musk, which was plagued with problems, Trump expressed interest in meeting with Musk in Venezuela, according to Newsweek. The former president said Venezuela, which has been…

The family of an explorer who died in the 2023 OceanGate Titan disaster is suing the company for $50 million, alleging the crew suffered “terror and mental anguish” just before the craft’s implosion, according to a lawsuit. Paul-Henri Nargeolet was on the Titan submersible on a dive to survey the 1912 wreck of the RMS…

In a meeting before being chosen to be on the 2024 Democratic presidential ticket with Vice President Kamala Harris, Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN) expressed that he had no political ambitions beyond serving as vice president, according to a report. Walz told Harris, “I’m at the end of my career. This is not about me. This…

The public is somewhat split or unsure about the choice of Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN) to join Vice President Kamala Harris’s ticket, according to a poll. In the poll, released Tuesday night, 35% of registered voters said they were unsure about the choice, while 35% said Walz was a good pick and 16% said he…

Downtown Washington, D.C., is seeing a record amount of empty office space, according to a report. A study by real estate firms CBRE Group and JLL said nearly a quarter of all office space in Washington is empty, according to 7News, leading to a large number of vacancies and “For Lease” ads throughout the city. Between April…

Fourteen people were arrested on charges of human trafficking and 10 victims of said trafficking were rescued at this year’s Comic-Con, according to the attorney general’s office. Comic-Con, an annual convention that touts comic book, movie, and TV news, has been a hot spot for human trafficking, according to a press release by California Attorney…

Gift cards distributed by cybersecurity company CrowdStrike to workers who helped out during a massive outage last week were flagged as possible fraud, according to a report. The $10 UberEats gift cards were given to workers for helping during an outage that caused 8 1/2 million devices to crash last week, according to the Guardian.…