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FACT SHEET: President Biden Announces Student Loan Relief for Borrowers Who Need It Most … A three-part plan delivers on President Biden's promise to cancel $10,000 of student debt for low- to middle-income borrowers — President Biden believes that a post-high school education …
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White House eyes up to $20,000 in debt relief for Pell Grant recipients — White House officials are considering canceling up to $20,000 in student debt for recipients of Pell Grants as part of their broader announcement on Wednesday of student debt forgiveness, four people familiar with the matter said.
New York Times:
Biden to Cancel $10,000 in Student Loan Debt for Borrowers Earning Less Than $125,000 — The debt forgiveness comes after months of deliberations in the White House over fairness and fears that the plan could exacerbate inflation before the midterms. — WASHINGTON — President Biden …
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Bradford Betz / Fox News:
Joe Biden expected to announce $10,000 student loan forgiveness program Wednesday: report
Joe Biden expected to announce $10,000 student loan forgiveness program Wednesday: report
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Wall Street Journal:
Biden to Announce Student Loan Forgiveness Plan
Biden to Announce Student Loan Forgiveness Plan
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Rolling Stone:
Trump Tells His Lawyers: Get ‘My’ Top Secret Documents Back — EXCLUSIVE: The ex-president is desperate to recover the classified trove taken from Mar-a-Lago — and is pushing his legal team on a long-shot maneuver to return them — IN THE WEEKS after the FBI's Mar-a-Lago raid …
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FBI's Mar-a-Lago search followed months of resistance, delay by Trump — Donald Trump's lawyers received ominous news in an April 12 email from the National Archives: The FBI would soon examine sensitive documents the former president had reluctantly returned to the government from his Florida club three months earlier.
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Hugo Lowell / The Guardian:
Trump appears to concede he illegally retained official documents in filing — A motion submitted by the ex-president's lawyers argues some materials seized by the FBI could be subject to executive privilege — Donald Trump appeared to concede in his court filing surrounding the seizure …
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New York Times:
California to Ban the Sale of New Gasoline Cars — The decision, to take effect by 2035, will very likely speed a wider transition to electric vehicles because many other states follow California's standards. — WASHINGTON — California on Thursday is expected to put into effect …
Cook Political Report:
Red Wave Looks More Like a Ripple — That sound you hear is the crash of expectations of big GOP gains in the House this fall. Democrats notched a huge victory in New York's 19th CD last night as Democrat Pat Ryan defeated Republican Marc Molinaro 51% to 49% in a Hudson Valley special election both parties had invested in.
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Bill Mahoney / Politico:
Democrat Pat Ryan wins bellwether special election in New York's Hudson Valley
Democrat Pat Ryan wins bellwether special election in New York's Hudson Valley
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Washington Post:
Battle for Kyiv: Ukrainian valor, Russian blunders combined to save the capital — KYIV, Ukraine — A hail of shrapnel from kamikaze drones ripped through the tent where off-duty Ukrainian border guards were sleeping near a crossing with Belarus, three hours north of Ukraine's capital.
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Washington Post:
Who is Maxwell Frost, the Gen Z Democratic nominee in Florida? — Maxwell Frost sounds a lot like others of the Gen Z generation — he's 25, drives an Uber for extra cash and recently quit his job to pursue a more promising opportunity. — His latest gig?
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Amber Phillips / Washington Post:
Four takeaways from the New York and Florida primaries
Four takeaways from the New York and Florida primaries
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Danielle Paquette / Washington Post:
A Mich. library refused to remove an LGBTQ book. The town defunded it. — JAMESTOWN, Mich. — Two librarians had quit since the trouble began, and Kaitlin McLaughlin didn't want to be the third. — But the same term kept coming up in board meetings and on yard signs, making her feel awkward and wrongly accused: grooming.
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Rep. Scott Perry suing to block DOJ access to his cell phone — Rep. Scott Perry is suing to block the Justice Department from reviewing the contents of his cell phone, which was recently seized as part of an apparent investigation into the Pennsylvania Republican's connections …
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Martin Pengelly / The Guardian:
‘Donald kept our secret’: Mar-a-Lago stay saved Giuliani from drink and depression, book says — Former New York mayor's ex-wife describes breakdown Trump helped hide, years before mutual White House drama — Depressed and drinking to excess after the failure of his run …
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Gillian Brockell / Washington Post:
DeSantis fighter jet ad conjures 1988 Dukakis tank debacle — Clearly, what Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis was going for was a comparison to Tom Cruise. — Hence the “Top Gov” label at the beginning of his latest political ad, which resembles that of Cruise's “Top Gun” movies …
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Nathaniel Rakich / FiveThirtyEight:
Yes, Special Elections Really Are Signaling A Better-Than-Expected Midterm For Democrats — In your typical midterm election with an unpopular Democratic president, you'd expect Republicans to be flying high. But the evidence is mounting that the national political environment right now actually leans toward Democrats.
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Reuters:
Judge in Texas blocks Biden administration emergency abortion guidance — A federal judge in Texas blocked the Biden administration late Tuesday from enforcing new guidance in the Republican-led state requiring hospitals to provide emergency abortions to women regardless of state bans on the procedure.
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Politico:
Democrats gain momentum: 5 takeaways from the last big primary night of 2022 — A New York special election seen as the last, best test of the electorate's midterm leanings confirmed what Democrats hoped and Republicans feared: Predictions of a red wave may be overblown. — To be sure, Donald Trump had a winning night.
Jonathan V. Last / The Triad:
Everything's Coming Up Brandon! — 1. What Are People Going To Complain About Now? — Joe Biden is still good at politics. We've talked about this before, but I just want to restate a summary of the Biden administration's first 20 months: — Passed the American Rescue Plan.
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Jason Rantz / MyNorthwest.com:
Despite ‘concerning’ transgender study, UW kept quiet because of positive coverage — A University of Washington study, in partnership with Seattle Children's Hospital, claimed gender-affirming care via puberty blockers leads to positive mental health outcomes for transgender teen patients.
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Katherine Ellen Foley / Politico:
Trump White House exerted pressure on FDA for Covid-19 emergency use authorizations, House report finds — The Trump administration pressured the Food and Drug Administration, including former FDA Commissioner Stephen Hahn, to authorize unproven treatments for Covid-19 and the first Covid-19 vaccines …
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Ryan J. Reilly / NBC News:
Feds charge members of ‘B Squad’ militia allegedly run by former GOP House candidate in Jan. 6 case — WASHINGTON — Federal authorities have charged five members of a militia allegedly run by a former candidate for Congress for their alleged actions on Jan. 6.
Fredreka Schouten / ABC News:
Price of Power: McCain accepts ex-Swift Boaters' donations — WASHINGTON — Republican John McCain, who four years ago condemned independent ads challenging Democrat John Kerry's military record, has accepted nearly $70,000 for his presidential campaign from the top donors of the group behind …
Kevin Breuninger / CNBC:
Georgia cops respond to ‘swatting’ call at home of Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene — Five officers showed up at Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene's home overnight in response to a “swatting” call, Georgia police said. — The 911 call was made by a suspect who said they opposed Greene's stance …
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Matthew Cappucci / Washington Post:
Five 1,000-year rain events have struck the U.S. in five weeks. Why? — Precipitation extremes are now more feast or famine because of climate change — Five weeks. Five instances of 1,000-year rain events. If it seems like the weather across the Lower 48 as of late has been bonkers, you're not imagining things.
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Alexis Grenell / The Nation:
Let's Hear From the Women Lis Smith Smeared — The political operative who covered for Cuomo is on a comeback tour, trying to paper over the damage she caused. — It's been exactly one year since Andrew Cuomo left office in epic disgrace. But enough about that guy.
Neal Augenstein / WTOP News:
Masks in classes at Georgetown University, COVID-19 testing required … For students returning to campus at Georgetown University in D.C., the school is providing public health guidance for COVID-19 and monkeypox ahead of the start of classes Wednesday. — In a message to Georgetown faculty …
Nicholas Fandos / New York Times:
Live Updates: Nadler Routs Maloney in New York; Upstate Voters Send Abortion Message — Representative Jerrold Nadler ousted Carolyn B. Maloney in Manhattan, while Hudson Valley voters picked a Democrat in a special House election centered on abortion. Daniel Goldman won in a newly drawn district in New York City.
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