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The Biden administration is pulling back on its student debt relief program amid numerous legal challenges, including six new lawsuits filed by Republican-led states. In a reversal from Biden’s original sweeping proposal in August to cancel federal student loans up to $20,000, the US Department of Education announced Thursday that it would not forgive debt from borrowers whose student loans are owned by private entities.

The Biden administration wishes you a Happy Thanksgiving. In a month, we will get together for Thanksgiving. Last year, we had to worry about COVID and getting too close to grandma. This year, our problem is a bit different. In other words, will we be able to afford "Turkey Day"? Frankly, paying for Thanksgiving may be a challenging in 2021. This is from Kim Severson: Nearly every component of the traditional American Thanksgiving dinner, from the disposable aluminum turkey roasting pan to the coffee and pie, will cost more this year, according to agricultural economists, farmers and grocery executives. Major...

Today’s Campaign Update (Because The Campaign Never Ends) Ok, that wasn’t all he said. – The full sentence he muttered in response to a question about some voters worrying about his advanced age was, “I say if they’re concerned, don’t vote for me.” But if President Donald Trump had made that exact same statement, the heading I used for this piece would have appeared above the fold on the front page of this morning’s New York Times and Washington Post. You know it’s true. Where the nation’s Unfrozen Caveman Senator is concerned, isn’t literally everyone at least a little bit...

Democratic presidential candidate Julian Castro dismissed the grievance of a woman victimized by an illegal immigrant on Thursday during a Fox News town hall. The woman described having her Social Security number stolen by an illegal immigrant. "He was caught and released on his own recognizance, and never to be heard from again," she told Castro, a former HUD secretary and former mayor of San Antonio. "My question is, would you be willing to penalize offenders taking advantage of Americans by having them not released if they're known to be illegal?" Castro’s response? “Crime happens.”

A Missouri state senator said in a now-deleted Facebook post that she hopes President Donald Trump is assassinated. Maria Chappelle-Nadal acknowledged on Thursday that she wrote a post which read: “I hope Trump is assassinated!” She made the comment in an exchange with a left-wing activist who claimed that his cousin is a Secret Service agent. A Missouri State Senator from St. Louis has now called for the assassination of @realDonaldTrump. Keep it classy @MariaChappelleN. pic.twitter.com/JTrkxk4Pkz — Mark Reardon (@MarkReardonKMOX) August 17, 2017 Chappelle-Nadal confirmed to a reporter with St. Louis TV station KMOX that she posted the comment. “I...

President Bush's son, Jeb, is looking for a maid who's a legal U.S. resident. A maid who had worked at Bush's Miami home for three years was deported back to her native Honduras last week. Bush was out jogging when immigration agents showed up so his wife, Columba, had to deal with them. "She indicated, `Yes, she works here,' brought the lady out, and the two agents showed her the deportation order,said Richard Smith, director of the INS's Miami office."

During the frenzied days of no-down-payment loans and cursory credit checks in the early 2000s, two out-of-state lenders gave more than $1 million in mortgages to a Dorchester woman who lives in public housing and barely speaks English, the Herald has learned. The loans, originated by New Jersey-based Equity One Inc. and the now-defunct Meritage Mortgage Corp., foreclosed last year, making 243-245 Washington St. and 16 Dacia St. among the 233 foreclosures to hit Dorchester in 2007, city and land records show. The foreclosures have also left the borrower, Angela M. Torres, 47, a mother of two who speaks only...

There is no question that Fox News is a mouthpiece for the Republican Party, and that is what makes the cable and broadcast television operations of Australian-born billionaire Rupert Murdoch so noxious. If Fox was an ideologically conservative network, that would be fine. In fact, we think the United States could use more ideological diversity in its broadcast networks. Most of them have replaced civic and democratic values with commercial and entertainment impulses that dumb down the discourse and discourage active citizenship. A network that offered a consistently conservative take on the news would be a lot better than the...