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WASHINGTON, DC – FEBRUARY 09: The US Department of Education sign marks the entrance to the federal … [+]Getty Images The Department of Education just released guidance relating to the resumption of collection activity and negative credit reporting. Even though student loan payments resumed in October 2023, borrowers had a 12-month on-ramp period to begin making payments. During this on-ramp period, both collection activity and negative credit reporting were paused. Furthermore, borrowers in delinquency or default before the pandemic were eligible for the Fresh Start program – which would have allowed them to get back on track with their loans…

By Ghulam Shabir Arain Karachi has launched the first phase of its Safe City Project, with five poles equipped with 25 surveillance cameras. A total of 43 poles have been installed so far, and cameras will feed live videos to the Central Police Office (CPO) Command and Control Center. The CPO’s S4 Control Room will show real-time footage to support local law enforcement in reducing crime and improving public safety. The first phase is an important milestone in the city’s efforts to improve security. Once fully operational, the project is expected to expand its reach with more cameras and advanced…

Authored by Jack Phillips via The Epoch Times (emphasis ZeroHedge) The U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) released a “rumor response” page in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene, which caused significant damage across western North Carolina late last month. In an update on Oct. 3, FEMA responded to statements issued online about the agency’s response to the disaster, including whether it is running out of funding due to payments and efforts made to fly illegal immigrants into parts of the United States. “FEMA has enough money right now for immediate response and recovery needs. If you were affected by Helene,…

BRUSSELS (AP) – The European Union on Tuesday set up a system for imposing sanctions against people accused of cyberattacks, information manipulation or acts of sabotage on behalf of Russia to undermine EU support for Ukraine. NATO warned earlier this year of Russian “hostile state activity” against the Czech Republic, Estonia, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland and the U.K., and said that the Kremlin´s actions “constitute a threat to allied security.” The EU said that it too has “detected an increasing number of a broad range of activities.” It said that Russia also continues to disrupt satellite communications, violate European airspace…

A FRENCH MILITARY BASE, FRANCE (AP) – French President Emmanuel Macron inspected the training of Ukrainian troops at a military camp in eastern France on Wednesday, a show of support for Ukraine as its Western allies mull a victory plan championed by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. The Ukrainian brigade that Macron visited is being battle-readied and armed by France for front-line deployment against the Russian invasion. For security reasons, Macron´s office said the base’s specific location could not be reported. French military personnel are training 2,300 Ukrainian soldiers at the camp, teaching them how to use and maintain French-supplied weapons,…

Korean Americans are abandoning Vice President Kamala Harris and the Democrats over concerns regarding inflation and the economy, according to several reports. A 2024 Asian American Voter Survey from July found that 38 percent of Korean Americans in the United States identified as being Democrat, while 25 percent identified as being Republican. This represented a decrease from the 2020 Asian American Voter Survey, which found that 51 percent of Korean Americans identified with the Democratic Party. The survey also found that, among Korean Americans, 57 percent expressed that the issue of jobs and the economy were “extremely important” when deciding…

Republicans will use Vice President Kamala Harris’s words against her in new ad spending, Axios reported Wednesday. Intended to highlight Harris as the anti-change candidate, the ad will center around Harris’s statement on The View when she said she could not think of one failed policy she would change from the last four years under the Biden-Harris administration. Under the administration, costs increased by about 20 percent across the board, Russia invaded Ukraine, Hamas and Iran attacked Israel, illegal migrants invaded the southern border, and the nation suffered the deadly Afghan withdrawal. “Expect to see this clip every single time…

Rep. Jerry Nadler called for New York City Mayor Eric Adams to resign after he was charged with accepting illegal foreign contributions and engaging in wire fraud and bribery. “[T]here are questions of whether the Mayor can continue to effectively lead our City as Mayor at this time. My belief is that the Mayor has lost the ability to effectively lead the City of New York, and therefore, he must resign,” Nadler wrote in a Friday social media post that said Adams was also entitled to his due process rights. Nadler, the dean of the New York Democratic House delegation,…

Former President Donald Trump used increasingly harsh rhetoric to attack immigrants, suggesting on Monday during an interview that immigrants commit horrendous crimes because “it’s in their genes.” “How about allowing people to come to an open border, 13,000 of which were murderers, many of them murdered far more than one person, and they’re now happily living in the United States. You know now a murder, I believe this, it’s in their genes. And we got a lot of bad genes in our country right now,” he told conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt. Trump also said Vice President Kamala Harris “wants…

With Hurricane Milton expected to make landfall in Florida Wednesday night, many people in the Sunshine State are bracing for potentially historic devastation. Meanwhile, federal officials are questioning the Federal Emergency Management Agency‘s capacity to handle another catastrophic storm so soon after Hurricane Helene wreaked havoc across North Carolina and five other states.Given Helene’s human toll and Milton’s expected disaster, you might ask, “Who could possibly think about an election at a time like this?” And yet, for election administrators in these states, there is little choice. A presidential election waits for no one.And so, from Tallahassee to Charlotte, state…