President Biden’s first student loan forgiveness plan lasted just 10 months, and then the Supreme Court shut it down. His new repayment plan — to use the Higher Education Act (HEA) — will cost the government $475 billion over the next decade, according to a new economic projection, surpassing the $400 billion cost of the plan that…

For the first time since the suspension of executions in Alabama back in November of 2022, a man was put to death in the early morning hours of Friday, July 21. 64-year-old James Barber died from a lethal injection at 1:56 a.m. at the William Holman Correctional Facility in Atmore, Alabama. Barber was convicted and sentenced…

The FBI form at the center of an alleged bribery scheme involving the Biden family has been publicly released. We look at how Democrats and Republicans are reacting to the allegations. And more controversy for failed FTX co-founder Sam Bankman-Fried as his former company’s own lawyers are now suing him. These stories highlight The Rundown…

New York City has agreed to pay more than $13 million to settle a civil rights lawsuit on behalf of approximately 1,300 people who were arrested, sometimes forcefully, during demonstrations that followed the murder of George Floyd in 2020. This is the latest occurrence of racial injustice protesters in big cities receiving historic payouts. In…

Illinois officially became the first state to eliminate cash bail as a condition of pretrial release from jail. The Illinois Supreme Court upheld a law abolishing cash bail on Tuesday, July 18. The law was originally set to take effect Jan. 1, 2023. It was part of the SAFE-T Act, passed in 2021, which aimed…