#Ocasio-Cortez knocks Biden plan for student loan interest to kick in during ‘on-ramp’ period

#Ocasio-Cortez knocks Biden plan for student loan interest to kick in during ‘on-ramp’ period

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) took aim Sunday at President Biden’s plan for student interest to restart during his proposed “on-ramp” period. Ocasio-Cortez told CNN’s Dana Bash on “State of the Union” that she would like to see interest on payments suspended during the 12-month on-ramp period the Biden administration proposed after the Supreme Court struck…

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#Biden’s age is stumbling block to reelection 

#Biden’s age is stumbling block to reelection 

Worries from U.S. voters that President Biden is too old to serve another four-year term as president are increasingly looking like the biggest challenge the president faces in winning reelection next year.   Biden, at the age of 80, is already the oldest person to serve as president, and he would be 86 at the end…

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#Supreme Court weakened Colorado’s nondiscrimination law. What’s next for LGBTQ rights?

#Supreme Court weakened Colorado’s nondiscrimination law. What’s next for LGBTQ rights?

The Supreme Court in an expected move on Friday ruled that Lorie Smith, a Colorado-based Christian web designer, is not beholden to a state law prohibiting discrimination in public accommodations and may legally refuse services to LGBTQ people. The ruling, which states that Colorado’s anti-discrimination law violates Smith’s First Amendment rights by requiring her to create…

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#Student loan debt and the Supreme Court: Five takeaways

#Student loan debt and the Supreme Court: Five takeaways

The Supreme Court on Friday struck down President Biden’s student debt relief plan, with the court’s six conservatives ruling the administration did not have the power to forgive loans for more than 40 million borrowers. The decision is a major win for Republicans who declared the plan unfair and balked at the $400 billion price…

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#Biden plots new course to get relief for student loan borrowers

#Biden plots new course to get relief for student loan borrowers

President Biden on Friday announced new actions to offer student loan borrowers some forgiveness, reintroducing his forgiveness plan grounded in the Higher Education Act (HEA). Using the HEA to provide student debt relief has been pushed by student loan advocates and top Democrats for years. Under the HEA, advocates argue it allows the education secretary to…

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#Supreme Court will rule on student debt relief Friday

#Supreme Court will rule on student debt relief Friday

The Supreme Court will release its final decisions of the term Friday morning, handing down rulings on student debt relief and a free speech case involving same-sex wedding websites. The last decisions will cap a term that has already included the gutting of affirmative action in college admissions alongside string of victories for the left on the Voting…

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