Student Loan Borrowers Face Payment ‘Pitfalls’
Repaying a student loan should be simple. But a new report from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau finds that’s often not the case.
Entries by Joe Miller
Clinton Ally Pens E-Book: ‘The Benghazi Hoax’
Media Matters founder and Hillary Clinton ally David Brock has co-authored a 90-page e-book called “The Benghazi Hoax,” a tome intended as a counterweight of sorts to criticisms of the former Secretary of State and President Barack Obama over the 2012 attacks in Libya.
Tentative Deal Hands JPMorgan Chase a Record Penalty
JPMorgan Chase and the Justice Department have reached a tentative $13 billion settlement over the bank’s questionable mortgage practices leading up to the financial crisis, people briefed on the talks said on Saturday.
ObamaCare Site Glitches Run Risk of Turning Off Millenials
The prolonged glitches with the ObamaCare website are frustrating many of the president’s most high-valued customers — the young, tech-savvy generation that helped him win two terms and whose participation is critical to the success of the health care exchanges.
Dick Cheney Feared Assassination by Shock to Implanted Heart Defibrillator
Former US vice-president, who recently had a heart transplant, worried that electronic pulse to cardiac device might kill him.
Gunman in Clown Suit Kills Senior Mexican Drug Cartel Member
A gunman in a clown costume shot and killed the oldest brother of one of Mexico’s most notorious drug trafficking families in the resort of Los Cabos, authorities said on Saturday.
De Blasio Will Continue Bloomberg’s Soda Cup Fight
After his mayoral campaign sent vague signals yesterday about whether he would maintain Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s legal effort to restrict soda cup sizes at restaurants, Bill de Blasio vowed to do precisely that this afternoon.
The Case for GOP Optimism
Conservatives can have a good year — if they want to.
Kentucky-Bribed Statesman: Mitch McConnell Unmasked
Kentucky-Bribed Statesman: Mitch McConnell Unmasked
U.S. Debt Jumps a Record $328 Billion — Tops $17 Trillion for First Time
U.S. debt jumped a record $328 billion on Thursday, the first day the federal government was able to borrow money under the deal President Obama and Congress sealed this week.