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What Is the Higher Education Act? Biden to Try Canceling Student Loans Again.

By: Charlie Savage — June 30th 2023 at 22:40
Some advocates of the debt forgiveness wanted the Biden administration to use the Higher Education Act of 1965 from the beginning.
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Debt Ceiling Deal Would Reinstate Student Loan Payments

By: Michael D. Shear — June 1st 2023 at 03:04
The legislation would prevent President Biden from issuing another last-minute extension on the payments beyond the end of the summer.

The debt ceiling legislation would end the pause on student loan payments on Aug. 30 at the latest.
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In Howard Address, Biden Warns of ‘Sinister Forces’ Trying to Reverse Racial Progress

By: Peter Baker and Zolan Kanno-Youngs — May 13th 2023 at 20:46
The president’s commencement address at Howard University, a historically Black institution, came as Democratic strategists have expressed concerns about muted enthusiasm for Mr. Biden among Black voters.

“Fearless progress toward justice often meets ferocious pushback from the oldest and most sinister of forces,” President Biden told Howard University’s graduating class.
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Public Health Lessons Learned From the Coronavirus Pandemic

By: Sheryl Gay Stolberg and Noah Weiland — May 11th 2023 at 09:00
The United States’ struggle to respond to the virus has highlighted the importance of communicating with the public, sharing data and stockpiling vital supplies.

Medical workers treating patients with Covid-19 at the Brooklyn Hospital Center in January 2022, when the Omicron wave was in full force.
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Biden Plan for Transgender Title IX Rules Began on Inauguration Day

By: Katie Rogers — April 8th 2023 at 02:44
Officials were working on a plan to protect transgender athletes since the day the president was sworn in. In recent months, they raced to issue protections as states moved to revoke them.

Demonstrators supporting trans rights in Washington last week.
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Biden Plan for Transgender Title IX Rules Began on Inauguration Day

By: Katie Rogers — April 8th 2023 at 02:44
Officials were working on a plan to protect transgender athletes since the day the president was sworn in. In recent months, they raced to issue protections as states moved to revoke them.
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House Republicans Prepare to Slash Spending in Budget Showdown

By: Carl Hulse and Catie Edmondson — March 8th 2023 at 21:26
With Social Security and Medicare off the table, conservatives are focusing on a wide range of smaller programs as a clash with President Biden and Democrats looms.
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The Curious Rise of a Supreme Court Doctrine That Threatens Biden’s Agenda

By: Adam Liptak — March 6th 2023 at 18:39
The “major questions doctrine,” promoted by conservative commentators, is of recent vintage but has enormous power and may doom student loan relief and other programs.
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Why Is TikTok Being Banned?

By: Sapna Maheshwari and Amanda Holpuch — March 3rd 2023 at 15:17
Governments have expressed concerns that TikTok, which is owned by the Chinese company ByteDance, may endanger sensitive user data.
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Will the Supreme Court Let Biden Cancel Student Debt?

By: Sabrina Tavernise · Rikki Novetsky · Sydney Harper · Jessica Cheung · Marc Georges · Michael Benoist · Lexie Diao · Marion Lozano · Diane Wong and Chris Wood — March 2nd 2023 at 11:00
The justices are to rule on a program that seeks to wipe out billions of dollars of loans affecting some 40 million Americans.
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Student Loan Case Could Redefine Limits of Presidential Power

By: Michael D. Shear and Adam Liptak — March 2nd 2023 at 01:35
It is not the first time that the Supreme Court has suggested that President Biden has overstepped his authority, but the case could curtail his ambitions.
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Borrowers Protest Outside the Supreme Court, Urging for Student Loan Forgiveness

By: Aishvarya Kavi — February 28th 2023 at 23:11
Hundreds of students urged the justices to keep the Biden administration program that aims to eliminate $400 billion in student loan debt.
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What We’ve Learned From Presidential Physicals of Biden, Trump and Obama

By: Zolan Kanno-Youngs — February 16th 2023 at 00:58
President Biden will undergo a routine checkup on Thursday. Here’s what exams of Mr. Biden and past presidents have turned up.
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