President Donald Trump’s “border czar,” Tom Homan, is joining press secretary Karoline Leavitt for a White House press briefing at 8:30 a.m. The joint news conference comes as border crossings along the Southern border were down 94.8% last month, compared to March 2024, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection.

White House briefing with Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent [This post contains video, click to play] Source: YouTube Reuters ----------------------------------------

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt announced today that the pause in collections on student loans in default that has been in effect since the early days of Covid comes to an end on May 5. "Fewer than four out of ten borrowers are in repayment," she said. "Debt can not be wiped away,...