The new proposal would cap payments for undergraduate loans at 5% of borrowers’ discretionary pay, cutting their bills in half, and require payments only for those who earn more than about $30,000 a year.
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Romanian court upholds arrest of influencer Andrew Tate
Prosecutors are trying to tie the self-described misogynist and his brother to human trafficking, rape and organized crime.
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House Republicans to launch investigations into FBI, China
The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection at the Capitol is no more, and Republicans have no plans to revive it, vowing instead to take a closer look at the actions of law enforcement.
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Police dig through trash for clues in Massachusetts woman’s disappearance
Police combed through trash at Peabody processing facility on Monday looking for clues in the disappearance of Ana Walshe, 39.
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Trump executive Weisselberg gets 5-month jail sentence for dodging taxes
Allen Weisselberg is expected to be locked up at New York City’s notorious Rikers Island jail complex.
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How do forest lizards survive life in the city? They morph.
U.S. scientists in Puerto Rico say one species has sprouted special scales to better cling to smooth surfaces like walls and windows and grown larger limbs to sprint across open areas.
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As Starbucks unionizing slows, some strike, others skeptical
Labor organizers say Starbucks has chilled the effort with hard-nosed tactics, including firing pro-union workers and closing unionized stores.
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GOP requests intel ‘damage assessment’ of Biden documents
The top Republican on the House Intelligence Committee has requested that the U.S. intelligence community conduct a “damage assessment” of potentially classified documents found in the Washington office space of President Joe Biden’s former institute.
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California, already deluged with water and mud, braces for more rain
Thousands of residents are ordered to evacuate, and parts of U.S. and state highways were closed because of flooding, mud or rockslides, heavy snow or car spinouts and truck crashes.
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Ethics group seeks investigation of Rep. George Santos’ campaign finances
The complaint questioned where Santos got $705,000 he loaned his campaign last year, noting that when he ran for Congress in 2020, he reported only $55,000 in assets.