Biden Extends Student Loan Payment Pause, Erases Default Status for Millions
On Wednesday, President Joe Biden officially announced that his administration will be extending the student loan payment pause and erasing default status for millions of borrowers so that they can get a “fresh start” when payments eventually restart. Biden announced that the administration will extend the pause to the end of August. “I know folks […]
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Democrats Lost 12-Point Lead Among Child Tax Credit Recipients After It Expired
While the expanded child credit was being sent to families last fiscal year, Democrats still had a large electoral advantage over Republicans when it came to recipients. New polling shows that Democrats have lost this advantage nearly four months since the credit ended. According to polling of approximately 2,000 respondents from Morning Consult/PoliticoIn December, child […]
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Working for Trump, Who Spouted COVID Misinformation, Was “Painful,” Fauci Says
Anthony Fauci, one of the nation’s top infectious diseases experts and a prominent voice throughout the coronavirus pandemic, recently described his work under the Trump administration as being “painful,” particularly when the former president lied to the public about the crisis. Interview with CNN journalist Chris Wallace this week, Fauci — who is the director […]
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A Majority of Adults Still Support Masking in Public to Prevent COVID Surges
A new national survey has found that the daily lives of a majority of adults in the U.S. have not fully returned the pre-pandemic “normal,” and large majorities of people of color and lower-income adults — who are more likely to work frontline jobs — say everyone should remain diligent about COVID precautions such as […]
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5 Lessons From the Union Victory
The independent won the most extraordinary union election victory in nearly a century. Amazon Labor Union (ALU), which was created in 2020 by fired Amazon worker Christian Smalls, crushed the world’s most powerful corporationIn a National Labor Relations Board election at a Staten Island warehouse, New York, Amazon warehouses with more than 8,000 employees. Unions […]
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Hunter Biden, the Invisible Government, and the Laptop From Hell
In 1912, President Theodore Roosevelt warned, “Behind the ostensible government sits enthroned an invisible government owing no allegiance and acknowledging no responsibility to the people. To destroy this invisible government, to befoul the unholy alliance between corrupt business and corrupt politics, is the first task of the statesmanship of the day.” This nearly 100-year-old warning […]
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New energy strategy could take half a decade to reduce bills
The government has unveiled its “British Energy Security Strategy”, but Kwasi Kwarteng has admitted it will not deescalate energy bills anytime soon. The government will present its plans to increase nuclear, hydrogen, and offshore winds, as well returning to the annual North Sea licensing rounds. Sky News was informed by the business and energy secretary […]
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Conflicts elsewhere in the post-Soviet world cannot be left to boil over
The sanctions imposed on Russia caused the economic collapse of the Russian economy. This led to the collapse of peace and stability in more than a dozen neighboring countries and de facto state. Support for those nations still recovering from their recent wars should be part of the central plan for delivering peace to Ukraine. […]
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Minister denies chancellor’s wife is ‘sheltering’ from tax
The business secretary has denied that the chancellor’s wife is “sheltering” from taxation by holding a non-domicile status. Murthy is exempt from UK inheritance taxes and can avoid tax on rental income and overseas investments. Kwasi Kwarteng was questioned reportsAlthough Akshata Murthy was in the status status status as of April 2021, he seemed to […]
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Tennessee Republicans Push a Bill That Would Circumvent Marriage Age Limits
Republicans in Tennessee are pushing a bill through the GOP-controlled legislature that would establish an “alternative form of marriage,” creating a class of common-law marriage that would be limited to heterosexual people and circumvent age limits. The bill HB 233It would allow children of all ages to marry. The bill’s main sponsor, Republican state Rep. […]
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