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New rules proposed by the Biden administration last week would make it easier for borrowers to get their federal student debt forgiven through several existing programs. The action is intended to overhaul relief programs that have been criticized for their burdensome paperwork requirements and long processing times. It builds on the administration's efforts to expand [...]
As Congress and the Supreme Court stymie the Biden administration’s efforts to curb carbon emissions, one thing the president doesn’t want — sky high gas prices — actually is nibbling away at emissions of heat-trapping gas. Gas prices in much of the country shot past the $5 a gallon mark last month before a slight [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Democrats want to boost taxes on some high earners and use the money to extend the solvency of Medicare, the latest step in the party’s election-year attempt to craft a scaled-back version of the economic package that collapsed last year, Democratic aides told The Associated Press. It was the latest sign [...]
NEW YORK (AP) — The Supreme Court's overturning of Roe v. Wade has ushered in a new era of funding on both sides of the abortion debate. With the legality of abortion now up to individual states to determine, an issue long debated by legislators and philanthropists — when it was largely theoretical because only [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — More than 500 days into his presidency, Joe Biden’s hope for saving the Earth from the most devastating effects of climate change may not quite be dead, but it’s not far from it. A Supreme Court ruling last week not only limited the Environmental Protection Agency’s ability to regulate climate pollution by [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — An overwhelming and growing majority of Americans say the country is heading in the wrong direction, including nearly 8 in 10 Democrats, according to a new poll that finds deep pessimism about the economy plaguing President Joe Biden. Eighty-five percent of adults say the country is on the wrong track, and 79 [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House is launching a formal partnership with 11 East Coast governors to boost the growing offshore wind industry, a key element of President Joe Biden's plan for climate change. The partnership comprises governors of both parties from Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, [...]
WASHINGTON — A Native American is being appointed U.S. treasurer, a historic first. The White House this week announced President Joe Biden's intent to appoint Marilynn "Lynn" Malerba as his administration establishes an Office of Tribal and Native Affairs at the Treasury Department, which will be overseen by the U.S. treasurer. The treasurer's duties include [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate last week approved a sweeping expansion of health-care and disability benefits for Iraq and Afghanistan veterans in response to concerns about their exposure to toxic burn pits. Passage of the bill by a vote of 84-14 sets a course that could help millions who served after Sept. 11, 2001, and [...]
The federal government is taking preliminary steps toward revising racial and ethnic classifications on census and survey forms for the first time in a quarter century following calls for more accurate categories for how people identify themselves in federal data gathering. The revisions could open the door to changes long desired by advocates. Among them [...]