The Biden administration has tried to forgive $175 billion in student debt for almost 5 million Americans, or about $35,000 each. President Joe Biden said on Oct. 17 that his administration has forgiven an additional $4.7 billion in student debt for more than 60,000 public service workers. This brings the amount of student debt forgiveness
Patient and consumer advocates are looking to Kamala Harris to accelerate federal efforts to help people struggling with medical debt if she prevails in next month’s presidential election. And they see the vice president and Democratic nominee as the best hope for preserving Americans’ access to health insurance. Comprehensive coverage that limits patients’ out-of-pocket costs
On Saturday, April 20, Cosette Wu disrupted a talk by the Chinese ambassador to the United States, Xie Feng, at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government. “You robbed Hong Kongers of the most fundamental freedoms and devastated their democracy,” Wu, then a Harvard junior, shouted from the audience, according to videos of the disruption that
Republican Senator Ted Cruz sparred with Congressman Colin Allred over the border, abortion and transgender rights. DALLAS—In the only debate between Republican Sen. Ted Cruz and Democratic Rep. Colin Allred, the candidates sparred over abortion, illegal immigration, and transgender rights in a close race that could determine which party controls the U.S. Senate. Democrats have
Vulnerable Democratic Sen. Sherrod Brown has partnered with multiple groups that are attempting to shut down the largest coal plant in the state of Ohio.
Reactions to plagiarism accusations levied against Kamala Harris seem more benign than what Joe Biden faced in his presidential bid in 1988 after being accused of the same thing.
The world awaits Israel’s response to Iran’s missile attacks on Oct. 1, and the nation’s U.N. ambassador, Danny Danon, promised it will be "very painful" in order to deter Iran from attacking again.