A change in the White House’s student loan forgiveness plan means millions of Americans no longer qualify. The Education Department announced Thursday it would no longer allow borrowers with privately held student loans to receive debt forgiveness. Previously, people with the loans – known as Perkins loans and Federal Family …
Read More »President Biden Approves Florida Disaster Declaration
President Biden declared Florida a major disaster area Thursday morning, ordering federal aid to supplement local recovery efforts in areas affected by Hurricane Ian, which hit Florida as a Category 4 storm Wednesday afternoon. The declaration will allow federal aid to go to Charlotte, Collier, DeSoto, Hardee, Hillsborough, Lee, Manatee, …
Read More »Biden Launches Plan To End Hunger By 2030
The Biden administration outlined a national strategy Tuesday of executive actions and legislative priorities it says will combat hunger and address diet-related conditions such as heart disease, diabetes and various cancers that plague millions of Americans. The strategy arrives the day before President Joe Biden is scheduled to address the White …
Read More »At Detroit Auto Show, Biden Praises American Workers, Progress On Climate Crisis
Ken Coleman, Michigan Advance President Joe Biden touted the emerging electric vehicle market during a nearly three-hour visit to the North American International Auto Show on Wednesday at Huntington Place. Biden’s visit included a tour of the showroom floor and a 30-minute rally that was packed with area union workers …
Read More »22 GOP Governors Demand Biden Withdraw His Student Loan Relief Program
Matthew Choi, The Texas Tribune Sept. 13, 2022 Texas Gov. Greg Abbott joined 21 Republican governors Monday urging President Joe Biden to scrap his student loan relief plan, asserting that the thousands of dollars in individual debt relief would harm the working class. The governors wrote in a letter …
Read More »Biden pitches ‘moonshot’ to cut the number of cancer deaths in half
Jennifer Shutt, Iowa Capital Dispatch Hoping to channel the momentum that led scientists to land Americans on the moon more than 50 years ago, President Joe Biden doubled down Monday on his quest to halve the number of cancer deaths as part of his revamped “cancer moonshot” initiative. Speaking from …
Read More »Some States Could Tax Forgiven Student Loan Debt
Elaine S. Povich Indiana will apply state income taxes to federally forgiven student loans, joining North Carolina and Mississippi, diminishing the benefit to borrowers who live in those states. A handful of other state revenue agencies are considering doing the same. While President Joe Biden’s order last month forgiving student …
Read More »Biden slams ‘extreme MAGA Republicans’ as Democrats launch drive to midterm election
Jacob Fischler, Georgia Recorder President Joe Biden in a Thursday night speech to a crowd of party faithful promoted legislation passed by the Democratic Congress and attacked supporters of former President Donald Trump for defending rioters who stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. “Extreme MAGA Republicans just don’t …
Read More »Biden Makes A Hit With Union Workers In Labor Day Visit To Milwaukee
Erik Gunn, Wisconsin Examiner Under bright sunshine at Milwaukee’s first official Labor Day celebration since 2019, President Joe Biden rallied 6,000 union members in a speech that lived up to the holiday’s unofficial role: kicking off the final stretch of the fall election campaign season. Biden’s speech, delivered at Laborfest …
Read More »Warren Grills DOJ on Why It’s Still Trying to Crush Student Debtors in Bankruptcy Court
Just over a week after President Joe Biden unveiled a plan to cancel $10,000 in federal student loan debt for most borrowers and reform the income-driven repayment program, his administration on Thursday was rebuked once again for its ongoing effort to deny bankruptcy relief to some of the nation’s most …
Read More »Aww, Did Biden Hurt The MAGAfolk’s Delicate Feelings?
Hugh Jackson, Nevada Current Commentary On the eve of the Labor Day weekend in a midterm campaign year, the president of the United States gave a speech at the site where both the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution were debated, and made an urgent request of the nation’s electorate: …
Read More »Sounding The Alarm On Extremism, Biden Says ‘MAGA Republicans’ Pose Threat To Democracy
Marley Parish, Pennsylvania Capital-Star President Joe Biden on Thursday issued a warning against what he described as “MAGA Republicans” and extremist threats to the nation, reminding Americans that democracy is not guaranteed. “We have to defend it. Protect it. Stand up for it. Each and every one of us,” Biden …
Read More »Florida Sues Feds Over Slow Response To DeSantis’ Drug Plan; Biden Already Has OK’d Cheaper Drug Prices
Issac Morgan, Florida Phoenix After Congress and President Joe Biden approved a massive spending bill to allow Medicare to negotiate cheaper drug prices with pharmaceutical companies starting in 2026, Florida has filed a lawsuit against the federal government over delays in the state’s own plan to import cheaper medicine from …
Read More »DACA Déjà Vu: Biden Reaffirms, Doesn’t Expand, Migrant Protection Program
Tristan Richards/Cronkite News, Arizona Mirror The Biden administration reaffirmed its commitment Tuesday to DACA, officially posting regulations to extend the 10-year-old program that has protected hundreds of thousands of young undocumented immigrants. The rule, which takes effect Oct. 31, makes few changes to the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program and …
Read More »Biden Touts Public Safety Policy In Visit To Pennsylvania
Patrick Abdalla, Pennsylvania Capital-Star President Joe Biden knocked defenders of the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol while touting his recent public safety policy wins in a visit to Wilkes-Barre on Tuesday. “You can’t be pro-law enforcement and pro-insurrection,” Biden said. The president also referenced the FBI search …
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