#Cardona confirms student loan payments will resume this year: ‘The emergency period is over’

#Cardona confirms student loan payments will resume this year: ‘The emergency period is over’

Education Secretary Miguel Cardona confirmed this week that the Department of Education is preparing to restart student loan payments later this year. “The emergency period is over, and we’re preparing our borrowers to restart,” Cardona said at a Senate Appropriations hearing on Thursday, as the national COVID-19 public health emergency was set to expire at…

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#White House, House GOP eye asylum limits

#White House, House GOP eye asylum limits

Asylum protections were the target of the left and the right this week, as both the White House and the House GOP laid out plans for limiting pathways for those fleeing persecution. While Republicans rolled out a plan to severely limit asylum rights — arguing such a move is necessary with the lifting of Title…

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#Harris preps for her biggest task yet: Biden 2024 

#Harris preps for her biggest task yet: Biden 2024 

The White House is preparing for the massive role Kamala Harris will have to play in the 2024 campaign. Harris has taken multiple hits as vice president, and her political stock has plummeted following criticism on multiple fronts.  Yet she remains a key player in Biden world, with even more importance in a reelection campaign…

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#Four things to know about the Texas abortion pill ruling

#Four things to know about the Texas abortion pill ruling

The Texas ruling against the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) approval of mifepristone, a pill that can be used for an abortion up to 10 weeks of pregnancy, could have major implications for abortion access throughout the country.  U.S. District Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk issued his ruling, which could stop the prescribing and distribution of mifepristone,…

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#Biden Title IX proposal takes aim at blanket bans on transgender athletes 

#Biden Title IX proposal takes aim at blanket bans on transgender athletes 

Blanket bans on transgender athletes participating on school sports teams consistent with their gender identity would constitute a violation of Title IX under a set of proposed changes unveiled Thursday by the Biden administration. Under the administration’s proposal, schools would be prohibited from adopting or applying a “one-size-fits-all” policy that categorically bans transgender students from…

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