House GOP debt limit plan would block Biden’s student loan agenda, prohibit future relief

House GOP debt limit plan would block Biden’s student loan agenda, prohibit future relief

[ad_1] The legislation would also bar the Biden administration from moving forward with a new income-driven repayment plan that cuts monthly payments for most borrowers and shortens the timeline to loan forgiveness for some borrowers. In addition, the GOP plan would permanently prohibit the Education Department from issuing any significant regulation or executive action that…

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House GOP plows ahead on risky immigration plan

House GOP plows ahead on risky immigration plan

[ad_1] The border bill and Mayorkas impeachment already faced heavy skepticism from a coalition of GOP centrists that’s showing no signs of fading. Centrists have raised fears that the immigration plan goes too far in limiting asylum claims, while also blanching at conservative demands to take the historic step of impeaching a Cabinet official. Though…

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Biden rejects McCarthy’s debt-limit plan

Biden rejects McCarthy’s debt-limit plan

[ad_1] The introduction of that plan and Biden’s speech demanding a debt limit hike with no strings attached represented significant steps in a standoff with major financial and political implications. The debt limit clock is ticking, with experts predicting the U.S. could default as early as June. The House GOP proposal would raise the debt…

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McCarthy muscles toward vote on debt plan that ‘doesn’t even exist’

McCarthy muscles toward vote on debt plan that ‘doesn’t even exist’

[ad_1] House Republicans’ internal frustrations go beyond their long-stalled debt limit talks with President Joe Biden. The conference is near its breaking point over a contentious border bill that has exposed divisions between hardline conservatives and politically vulnerable purple-district members. Then there are the simmering tensions that no GOP lawmaker wants to talk about —…

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Lula’s Plan: A Global Battle Against Trumpism

Lula’s Plan: A Global Battle Against Trumpism

[ad_1] In Washington, the 77-year-old Brazilian leader issued a call to battle: The left needed to build its own transnational network, Lula said, to fight for its political values and take on crises like economic deprivation and climate change. Far-right leaders like Trump and Bolsonaro in the Americas had sought each other out and found…

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Yemen govt officials in Saudi Arabia to discuss 3-yr plan to end civil war

Yemen govt officials in Saudi Arabia to discuss 3-yr plan to end civil war

[ad_1] Aden: Yemen government officials have gathered in Saudi Arabia to discuss a comprehensive three-year peace plan to end the country’s prolomged civil war, a diplomat said here. “Saudi Defence Minister Khalid bin Salman held a meeting on Thursday with Rashad Al-Alimi, chairman of Yemen’s Presidential Leadership Council (PLC), and other high-ranking Yemeni government officials…

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