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President Joe Biden asks student-loan borrowers to ‘do their part’ in preparing for payments to resume on May 1 as pressure for broad cancellation ramps up again
Image Credit: Drew Angerer/Getty Images Biden extended a student-loan-payment pause an additional three months through May 1. He said borrowers should use this extra time to prepare for the resumption of payments. But some lawmakers and advocates said this extra time should be used to cancel student debt. Last month,…
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Elizabeth Holmes jury deadlocked on 3 charges
Former Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes leaves federal court in San Jose, Calif., Thursday, Dec. 23, 2021. (AP Photo/Nic Coury) (AP Photo/Nic Coury / AP Newsroom) The California jury on the criminal fraud case against Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes says she is stuck on 3 of the 11 charges she faces. The…
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Eldest Trump children won’t comply with subpoenas from New York attorney general
On Location: January 3, 2022Catch up on the developing stories making headlines.Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images, FILE Former President Trump’s eldest son and daughter have refused to comply with New York State Attorney General’s subpoenas while conducting a civil investigation into the valuation of their assets by the family-owned real…
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GERMAN FINANCE MINISTER PLEDGES TAX RELIEF FROM 2023
Image Credit: REUTERS/Annegret Hilse Germany’s new government will offer personal and business tax breaks worth at least 30 billion euros ($ 34.1 billion) during this legislative period, Finance Minister Christian Lindner said on Sunday. “We will relieve people and small and medium-sized businesses by significantly more than 30 billion euros,”…
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‘Serious’ talk between Joe Biden, Putin sets stage for diplomacy
U.S. President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin exchanged warnings about Ukraine on Thursday but were optimistic that diplomatic talks in January could ease rising tensions. In a 50-minute call, their second conversation this month, Biden said he had to see Russia downsize its military near Ukraine, while Putin…
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Truck driver’s 110-year sentence reduced after US outcry
A truck driver, Rogel Aguilera Mederos, whose 110-year prison term caused outrage over a fatal accident, had his sentence reduced to 10 years on Thursday. More than 4.5 million people, including reality TV star Kim Kardashian, called for a reduction in Rogel Aguilera Mederos’s sentence. Aguilera Mederos, a Cuban immigrant,…
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