💵🎓President Joe Biden is expected to announce as soon as Wednesday whether to forgive $10,000 in student loan debt as the White House nears a self-imposed deadline for a final call.
The president has said he would decide by Aug. 31. Biden faces increasing pressure from progressive Democrats to cancel an even larger share of debt for Americans who took federal loans to pay for college. But some Democratic economists, including former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers, worry about the risk of debt cancelation exacerbating 40-year-high inflation.
More than 43 million people have federal student loan debt in the U.S., and the average borrower has about $37,000, according to data compiled by the Education Data Initiative. The outstanding federal loan balance is about $1.6 trillion.
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The president has said he would decide by Aug. 31. Biden faces increasing pressure from progressive Democrats to cancel an even larger share of debt for Americans who took federal loans to pay for college. But some Democratic economists, including former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers, worry about the risk of debt cancelation exacerbating 40-year-high inflation.
More than 43 million people have federal student loan debt in the U.S., and the average borrower has about $37,000, according to data compiled by the Education Data Initiative. The outstanding federal loan balance is about $1.6 trillion.
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⚖️A former police officer in Louisville, Kentucky, has begged guilty to a federal conspiracy charge concerning the killing of Breonna Taylor, the 26-year-old Black woman whose shooting death during a police raid prompted mass protests for racial justice across the United States.
Kelly Goodlett pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy on Tuesday in a federal court in Louisville, the New York Times first reported, becoming the first officer to be held criminally responsible for the raid.
Taylor, an emergency medical technician, was asleep with her boyfriend on March 13, 2020, when police conducted a no-knock raid and burst into her apartment. Taylor’s boyfriend fired once at what he said he believed were intruders. Three police officers responded with 32 shots, six of which struck Taylor, killing her.
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Kelly Goodlett pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy on Tuesday in a federal court in Louisville, the New York Times first reported, becoming the first officer to be held criminally responsible for the raid.
Taylor, an emergency medical technician, was asleep with her boyfriend on March 13, 2020, when police conducted a no-knock raid and burst into her apartment. Taylor’s boyfriend fired once at what he said he believed were intruders. Three police officers responded with 32 shots, six of which struck Taylor, killing her.
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🎥WATCH: Paul Pelosi's DUI Dashcam Video Released Hours After Guilty Plea.
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🔶The record drought in America's Southwest can be seen from 35,000 kilometers above Earth. Recently released surveillance from the National Aeronautical and Space Administration (NASA) showed areas where the historic "mega-drought" has left gigantic "bathtub rings" on the country's largest reservoirs and vast, parched areas which now can be seen from outer space.
Federal officials announced new water cuts to states that rely on the Colorado River in a suite of emergency moves to reinforce reservoirs that have hit record-low levels due to climate change and decades of drought.
The graphic images underscore the dire threat to some 40 million Americans in seven western states that an anticipated water shortage will create and were released last week by NASA from its satellites that circumnavigate the globe from 35,000 kilometers high.
"NASA satellites have been monitoring waterways in the West for years and documenting how the region is drying up," Vox reported Friday.
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Federal officials announced new water cuts to states that rely on the Colorado River in a suite of emergency moves to reinforce reservoirs that have hit record-low levels due to climate change and decades of drought.
The graphic images underscore the dire threat to some 40 million Americans in seven western states that an anticipated water shortage will create and were released last week by NASA from its satellites that circumnavigate the globe from 35,000 kilometers high.
"NASA satellites have been monitoring waterways in the West for years and documenting how the region is drying up," Vox reported Friday.
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📊A vast majority of U.S. adults want to see gun laws made stricter and think gun violence is rising nationwide, according to a new poll that finds broad public support for various gun restrictions, including many that are supported by majorities of Republicans and gun owners.
The University of Chicago Harris School of Public Policy and The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research poll show that 71% of Americans say gun laws should be stricter, including about half of Republicans, the vast majority of Democrats, and a majority of those in gun-owning households.
The poll was conducted between July 28 and Aug. 1, after a string of deadly mass shootings — from a New York grocery store to a school in Texas and a July 4 parade in Illinois — and a 2020 spike in gun killings that have increased attention on the issue of gun violence.
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The University of Chicago Harris School of Public Policy and The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research poll show that 71% of Americans say gun laws should be stricter, including about half of Republicans, the vast majority of Democrats, and a majority of those in gun-owning households.
The poll was conducted between July 28 and Aug. 1, after a string of deadly mass shootings — from a New York grocery store to a school in Texas and a July 4 parade in Illinois — and a 2020 spike in gun killings that have increased attention on the issue of gun violence.
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🦕Dinosaur tracks from around 113 million years ago have been revealed at Dinosaur Valley State Park in Texas due to severe drought conditions that dried up a river, the park said Monday in a statement.
"Most tracks that have recently been uncovered and discovered at different parts of the river in the park belong to Acrocanthosaurus. This was a dinosaur that would stand, as an adult, about 15 feet tall and (weigh) close to seven tons," park spokesperson Stephanie Salinas Garcia told CNN..
This summer's excessive drought has caused a river in the park to dry out completely in most spots, revealing the tracks -- the latest long-hidden secret recently exposed as bodies of water have dried up due to drought conditions across the globe.
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"Most tracks that have recently been uncovered and discovered at different parts of the river in the park belong to Acrocanthosaurus. This was a dinosaur that would stand, as an adult, about 15 feet tall and (weigh) close to seven tons," park spokesperson Stephanie Salinas Garcia told CNN..
This summer's excessive drought has caused a river in the park to dry out completely in most spots, revealing the tracks -- the latest long-hidden secret recently exposed as bodies of water have dried up due to drought conditions across the globe.
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🔹While US unemployment remains low, it coincides with a significant drop in worker productivity. The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported on Aug 9 that nonfarm business productivity fell 4.6 percent in the second quarter after losing even more — 7.4 percent — in the first quarter.
That happened as US employers added 528,000 jobs in July, and the unemployment rate dropped to 3.5 percent, tying a 50-year low reached just before the coronavirus pandemic in early 2020.
Jan Hatzius, the chief economist at Goldman Sachs, has questioned those numbers, saying there is "a possibility that the current jobs numbers are too large." Whether true or not, the jobs report counts payrolls, not people working. People working two part-time jobs are counted twice, once for each job.
According to the BLS, more Americans now have two jobs, which could signify people are trying to cope with inflated prices for food and energy.
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That happened as US employers added 528,000 jobs in July, and the unemployment rate dropped to 3.5 percent, tying a 50-year low reached just before the coronavirus pandemic in early 2020.
Jan Hatzius, the chief economist at Goldman Sachs, has questioned those numbers, saying there is "a possibility that the current jobs numbers are too large." Whether true or not, the jobs report counts payrolls, not people working. People working two part-time jobs are counted twice, once for each job.
According to the BLS, more Americans now have two jobs, which could signify people are trying to cope with inflated prices for food and energy.
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❌ The US is continuing to cancel its historical figures. Fairchild Air Force Base in Washington has announced that it is renaming parts of the base named after American Civil War veteran George Wright (1803 to 1865), because he has been accused of cruelty towards Native Americans early in his career.
The base has said that Ft Wright Village and Ft Wright Oval will be renamed Lilac Village and Willow Loop respectively.
Wright received many awards throughout his career and life, and was promoted in 1844 for his performance in battle against the Seminole tribe in Florida. Some historians have described him as "a superior military officer and a product of his time"
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The base has said that Ft Wright Village and Ft Wright Oval will be renamed Lilac Village and Willow Loop respectively.
Wright received many awards throughout his career and life, and was promoted in 1844 for his performance in battle against the Seminole tribe in Florida. Some historians have described him as "a superior military officer and a product of his time"
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⚡️⚡️ Thailand's Constitutional Court reportedly tells Country's PM Prayut Chan-o-cha to step down
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⚡️ Car bomb explosion kills head of Mikhaylovka in Zaporozhye Region, authorities say
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📹 Russia's MoD has published footage of a combat operation undertaken by Mi-28 multi-purpose attack helicopter crews during the special military operation in Ukraine
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⚡️⚡️Shoigu: Slowdown of Moscow op in Ukraine's pace a conscious decision to minimize civilian casualties
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The basement of the six-story building in London which houses the Brazilian Consulate could become a sex entertainment venue (SEV) with “full nudity striptease” should it receive a license.
The consulate expressed its categorical disagreement and submitted an objection to Westminster council, saying that it would be absolutely inappropriate to allow an SEV to be established in the same place where children, the elderly, and vulnerable people gather every day
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The consulate expressed its categorical disagreement and submitted an objection to Westminster council, saying that it would be absolutely inappropriate to allow an SEV to be established in the same place where children, the elderly, and vulnerable people gather every day
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⚡️ French attempt to distort talks about Zaporozhye NPP smack of western tradition, Moscow says
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⚡️ Hungary not planning to introduce Visa restrictions for Russians
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📌Russia's MoD has issued its latest statement about the Ukraine crisis:
▪️Russian forces eliminated more than 80 Ukrainian nationalists in the Kherson region;
▪️Russian air defenses destroyed seven Ukrainian drones over the past 24 hours;
▪️Russian aviation destroyed five ammo depots belonging to the Ukrainian military, as well as a joint logistics center;
▪️Russian aviation hit seven control points, manpower and military equipment of Ukrainian troops in 212 districts during the day;
▪️Russian Aerospace Forces destroyed about 80 Ukrainian nationalists with a precision strike at the 72nd Brigade's deployment point in the DPR
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▪️Russian forces eliminated more than 80 Ukrainian nationalists in the Kherson region;
▪️Russian air defenses destroyed seven Ukrainian drones over the past 24 hours;
▪️Russian aviation destroyed five ammo depots belonging to the Ukrainian military, as well as a joint logistics center;
▪️Russian aviation hit seven control points, manpower and military equipment of Ukrainian troops in 212 districts during the day;
▪️Russian Aerospace Forces destroyed about 80 Ukrainian nationalists with a precision strike at the 72nd Brigade's deployment point in the DPR
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⚡Ukrainian national Natalia Vovk suspected of killing Daria Dugina will be put on wanted list, Russian Investigative Committee says
🇻🇦Pope Francis referred to the death of Russian journalist Daria Dugina as an example of "the madness of war" and the "innocents" who pay its price.
💬 "I think of the violence, of so many innocents who pay the price of this madness: the madness of all sides, because war is madness... I think of the poor girl who was blown up by a bomb under her car seat in Moscow," the pontiff said during the weekly general audience in the Vatican.
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💬 "I think of the violence, of so many innocents who pay the price of this madness: the madness of all sides, because war is madness... I think of the poor girl who was blown up by a bomb under her car seat in Moscow," the pontiff said during the weekly general audience in the Vatican.
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⚡⚡Biden announces $2.98 billion in new military aid for Kiev to mark nation's independence day
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⚡️ Ukrainian forces shell Kakhovka Hydroelectric Power Plant, local authorities say
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📹 “We can’t take it anymore”: A woman from the DPR tells of the devastating effects of Ukrainian shelling performed by the “crazy clowns”
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