The Congressional Budget Office cautioned that cost projections of President Joe Biden’s student loan cancellation are “highly uncertain.”
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Amtrak cancels all long-distance trains ahead of potential freight rail shutdown
Although Amtrak is not involved in the labor dispute, the move is more fallout from an ongoing stalemate between freight rail companies and unions.
Pressure mounts on Biden to avert freight rail strike as union deadline looms
The White House is working on contingency plans in case of a railroad strike. Politically and economically, the impact could be crushing.
World leaders to pack Queen Elizabeth II’s funeral: Who is attending and who is not
President Joe Biden, accompanied by Jill Biden, is among heads of state traveling to London for Queen Elizabeth II’s funeral. Who else is going?
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Biden warned “equality and democracy are under assault,” singling out Donald Trump by name and his supporters who have denied 2020 election results.
Biden to give primetime speech Thursday on ‘continued battle for the soul of the nation’ in Philadelphia
President Biden has accused ‘MAGA’ Republicans of ‘semi-fascism’ and argues democracy is on the ballot in November midterms, with early voting near.
Help for elites at expense of plumbers? GOP seeks midterm gains by slamming Biden student debt plan
In response to Biden’s move to cancel student debt, Republicans are playing on class divisions to woo blue-collar voters who lack college degrees.
White House pegs student loan plan’s cost at $240 billion. Experts say it will be twice that.
A Penn Wharton analysis projected costs could soar past $1 trillion when factoring loan repayment reforms in addition to the debt cancellation.
‘Justice has been delivered’: Biden says US strike in Afghanistan killed top al-Qaida leader Ayman al-Zawahri
Biden said a U.S. drone strike in Afghanistan over the weekend killed top al-Qaida leader Ayman al-Zawahri, the successor of Osama bin Laden.