800,000 Borrowers to Get Student Debt Canceled, Biden Administration AnnouncesPosted July 14th, 2023 at 2:03pm by Isabel Soisson FILE – President Joe Biden pauses as he speaks in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, Friday, June 30, 2023, in Washington. Education Secretary Miguel Cardona listens at left. After a series of major blows to his agenda from the Supreme Court, Biden is intent on making sure it is voters — not the justices of the high court — who have the final say. “Republicans snatched away the hope that they were given,” Biden said hours after the high court overturned his plan to forgive a majority of the country’s federal student loans. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File) Full story →
Supreme Court Takes Student Debt Relief Away From 43 Million AmericansPosted June 30th, 2023 at 12:28pm by Isabel Soisson Nationwide, more than 45 million people owe $1.6 trillion in federal loans for college, according to government data, and as many as 43 million of them stood to benefit from Biden’s cancellation program. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib) Full story →
Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito Under Fire for Accepting Luxury Fishing Trip From Conservative DonorPosted June 22nd, 2023 at 12:57pm by Isabel Soisson A few years after Alito reportedly took a trip to Alaska paid for by Republican donor Paul Singer, the Supreme Court issued a ruling in a case involving Singer that netted his hedge fund $2.4 billion. Despite his ties to Singer, Alito did not recuse himself from the case. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File) Full story →
Does An Actual Nominee Affect Chuck Grassley’s Race Much?Posted March 17th, 2016 at 10:14pm by Pat Rynard Full story →