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1 WH Student Loan Payment Pause Decision To Come As Soon As Today
President Biden could announce his decision on student loan debt forgiveness as soon as tomorrow. According to various reports, the President is expected to extend the payment pause for several months. He's also reportedly working on forgiving loans up to ten-thousand dollars for those who make under 125-grand a year. A group of top Senate Democrats including Majority Leader Chuck Schumer spoke with White House chief of staff Ron Klain to urge him to push the issue to the Biden administration. The pause on debt began March 2020 and has been extended six times since. While Biden has been working on killing debt altogether, it began under the Trump administration when student loan payments were paused due to Covid.
2 Trump Sues Over FBI's Mar-a-Lago Search
Former President Trump demands a judge appoint a third-party attorney to review the materials seized from Mar-a-Lago, the "New York Times" reports a batch of documents retrieved by the National Archives from Trump in January included more than 150 documents marked as classified. That’s in addition to the classified documents were recovered in June AND by the FBI in the search of Trump's home this month. In all, Trump it’s alleged that Trump has had more than 700 pages of classified material. With that in mind, a judge in Florida is giving Trump’s team until Friday to clarify his request for a special master to review the documents the FBI seized. Judge Aileen Cannon ordered Trump to elaborate on how the court has jurisdiction and exactly what he wants the court to order.
3 UN Security Council Looks Into Troubling Situation Around UKR Nuclear Plant
Ukraine marks her Independence Day, the UN Security Council is looking into the disturbing situation around a huge nuclear power plant in southern Ukraine. Russian troops have been camped inside the plant and firing on Ukrainian positions. Today brings concerns about more potential attacks. Speaking at the UN meeting, U.S. Deputy Ambassador Richard Mills accused Russia of using the nuclear plant as a "staging ground for war." Mills said Russia can diffuse the crisis it started, which he called a "war of choice." UN Undersecretary Rosemary DiCarlo called for military restraint and warned that a breach of the facility could have catastrophic consequences. The Russian Ambassador accused Ukraine of escalating conflicts around the nuclear plant. Ambassador Mills said the U.S. and NATO allies are keeping close track of ongoing "violations of international law" by Russia.