Lauren Irwin

Lauren Irwin

Rand Paul on why he’s not more enthusiastic about Trump

Sen. Ran Paul (R-Ky.) weighed in Tuesday on why he is not more enthusiastic about supporting former President Trump in the upcoming election. Paul in remarks on CNBC made it clear that her prefers Trump to a great degree over Vice President Harris, the Democratic nominee for president. But he said he isn’t whole-heartedly enthusiastic...

More than a dozen killed in latest Israeli strike amid polio vaccinations

Israeli strikes in Gaza killed more than a dozen people overnight Saturday, hospital and local authorities said, as health workers attempt to administer polio vaccinations amid potential rise in infections. Health authorities in the region teamed up with United Nations agencies to begin distributing polio vaccines to children in Gaza last weekend. There are an...

$1.3B in unpaid taxes recovered from high-income Americans

The Treasury Department announced Friday that it had recovered $1.3 billion of unpaid taxes from high-income Americans. The recovered money comes as part of the effort to ensure wealthy individuals pay the taxes they owe under the Biden administration’s Inflation Reduction Act, according to the department’s release. Starting in February 2024, the IRS launched its...

Chinese consulate says envoy was not removed after Hochul remark

The Chinese consulate in New York denied reports that its top diplomat was removed after a former state government employee was arrested and accused of working for China, contradicting a previous statement made by Gov. Kathy Hochul (D-N.Y.). “Consul General Huang Ping is performing his duties as usual. We hope the media will refrain from...

GOP-led states sue to end Biden’s student debt forgiveness policy

Seven GOP-led states are suing to block President Biden’s policy that would lower or eliminate debt for millions of student loan borrowers. The lawsuit claims the Department of Education is “unlawfully trying to mass cancel hundreds of billions of dollars of loans” before the rule is finalized. The lawsuit, led by Missouri Attorney General Andrew...

Vance condemns student protesters for turning ‘college campuses into garbage dumps’

Republican vice presidential nominee Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio) condemned pro-Palestinian protesters for turning college campuses into “garbage dumps” and calling demonstrators “crazy.” Vance joined Fox News’s Laura Ingraham on Tuesday to discuss the start of the school year at Columbia University, where earlier this year, a pro-Palestine encampment became violent and sparked a nationwide movement...