Biden issues dire warning about MAGA threat to democracy.
CONSERVATIVES PLOT LEGAL CHALLENGE TO JOE BIDEN'S STUDENT DEBT RELIEF President Joe Biden's plan to forgive student debt for tens of millions of borrowers could get held up in court. Conservative opponents of student debt relief are researching ways to challenge the plan and looking for people who could serve as plaintiffs in a lawsuit against the federal government. [HuffPost] JOE BIDEN CALLS ON NATION TO REJECT EXTREMIST REPUBLICANS WHO THREATEN DEMOCRACY Biden on Thursday urged Americans to take seriously the threat election deniers pose to democracy, honing his message against "extremist" Republicans ahead of the midterms. In a prebuttal to Biden's speech, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy called on the president to apologize for "slandering tens of millions of Americans as 'fascists.'" [HuffPost] DOUG MASTRIANO SUES JAN. 6 COMMITTEE OVER DEPOSITION AUTHORITY Doug Mastriano, Pennsylvania's Republican nominee for governor, sued the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection, contesting its legal ability to force him to answer questions about it. Meanwhile, the House panel asked former House speaker Newt Gingrich to voluntarily testify about his involvement in the Capitol riot and the events surrounding it. [AP] MAN ARRESTED AFTER FAILED ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT ON ARGENTINE VICE PRESIDENT A man tried to kill Argentina's politically powerful Vice President Cristina Fernández outside her home, but the handgun misfired, the country's president said. The man was quickly overpowered by her security officers in the incident Thursday night, officials said, and Fernández did not sustain any injuries. [AP] |
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EX-NYPD OFFICER GETS 10 YEARS IN PRISON FOR JAN. 6 ATTACK A retired New York Police Department officer was sentenced to 10 years in prison for attacking the U.S. Capitol and using a metal flagpole to assault a police officer trying to hold off a mob of Donald Trump supporters. This is the longest sentence handed out so far among roughly 250 people who have been punished for their Jan. 6 conduct. Meanwhile, a lawyer for the far-right Oath Keepers extremist group has been charged with conspiracy in connection with the insurrection. [AP] FEDERAL JUDGE DEFERS RULING ON TRUMP'S REQUEST FOR OUTSIDE REVIEW OF SEIZED DOCS A federal judge in Florida deferred a ruling on Donald Trump's request for a "special master" to review the documents seized by the FBI during last month's search of his Mar-a-Lago home. U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon, a Trump appointee, did not indicate when she would decide, but signalled she was sympathetic to Trump's argument. [HuffPost] FAKE WISCONSIN ELECTOR IS ON SEN. RON JOHNSON'S CAMPAIGN PAYROLL Conservative Wisconsin Sen. Ron Johnson, who is widely seen as the most vulnerable Republican senator this election season, is paying a campaign worker who was a bogus elector in a scheme to overthrow Joe Biden's presidential victory. [HuffPost] READING AND MATH SCORES FELL SHARPLY DURING THE PANDEMIC, DATA SHOWS Math and reading scores for 9-year-olds in the U.S. fell dramatically during the first two years of the pandemic, according to a new federal study — offering an early glimpse of the sheer magnitude of the learning setbacks dealt to the nation's children. [AP] TRUMP REPORTEDLY LAPPED UP WHITE HOUSE INTEL BRIEFINGS FEATURING DIRT ABOUT WORLD RIVALS As president, Donald Trump had a reputation for being easily bored during White House briefings. However, a new report claims he lapped up intelligence presentations that dished dirt about rival world leaders he didn't like. "He is all about leverage," Sue Gordon, a former principal deputy director of national intelligence, told The New York Times. [HuffPost] |
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