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Election 2024: News organizations urge Biden and Trump to engage in presidential debates

NEW YORK (AP) — Twelve news organizations on Sunday called on presumptive presidential candidates Joe Biden and Donald Trump to agree to debatessaying they were a “rich tradition” that had been part of every general election campaign since 1976. While Trump, who is not participating in the Republican nomination debates, has expressed a willingness to …

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Major news organizations are calling for Biden and Trump to engage in the presidential debates

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CBS News and 11 other major news organizations on Sunday issued a joint statement calling on President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump to engage in debates during campaign season 2024. In the letter, news organizations say it is too early to extend invitations to candidates for debates, but it is not too early …

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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is rallying hundreds in Iowa to try to gain access to the November election

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WEST DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) – Robert F. Kennedy Jr launched a one-day blitz Saturday to gain access to the Iowa presidential primary as an independent candidate. Whether he succeeded is an outstanding question. Kennedy tried to qualify by holding a convention with at least 500 Iowa eligible voters representing at least 25 counties. Before …

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The EPA says chemical plants must reduce emissions that are likely to cause cancer

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WASHINGTON (AP) — More than 200 chemical plants across the country will have to reduce toxic emissions that are likely to cause cancer under a new rule issued Tuesday by the Environmental Protection Agency. The rule furthers President Joe Biden’s commitment to environmental justice by providing critical protections to the health of communities burdened by …

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Biden’s new student loan forgiveness plan could help 30 million borrowers. Here’s who will qualify.

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President Joe Biden is again trying to secure widespread student debt forgiveness, with a a new plan was unveiled Monday that could help about 30 million borrowers erase some or all of their college loans. The latest attempt at broad debt relief comes less than a year after the Supreme Court blocked Biden’s previous attempt …

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Norfolk Southern agrees to pay $600 million in Ohio train derailment settlement

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Norfolk Southern has agreed to pay $600 million in a class-action lawsuit related to the February 2023 fiery train derailment in eastern Ohio. The company said the settlement, if approved by the court, would resolve all class action claims within a 20-mile radius of the derailment, and for residents who choose to participate, personal injury …

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Student loans: What you need to know about Biden’s latest bailout plan

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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is launching a new attempt at student loan cancellation, hoping to fulfill a key campaign promise he has so far failed to keep. IN visiting wisconsin on Monday, Biden unveiled a detailed proposal that would cancel at least some of the debt of more than 30 million Americans. It …

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Justice Department slams GOP effort to hold Attorney General Garland in contempt over Biden audio

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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department on Monday criticized Republican efforts to retain an attorney general Merrick Garland in contempt for his refusal to turn over unredacted material related to the special counsel’s investigation President Joe Biden’s work with classified documents. In a letter obtained by The Associated Press, the Justice Department rejected a request …

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Biden to announce details of new student loan forgiveness plan

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President Joe Biden on February 21, 2024 visiting a library in Culver City, California. Irrfan Khan | Los Angeles Times | Getty Images The news comes less than a year after the Supreme Court rejected his first attempt to cancel up to $20,000 of student debt per borrower. Conservative justices ruled that effort unconstitutional in …

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Texas lawyer admits to court that ‘maybe’ state went ‘too far’ with Senate Bill 4

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A lawyer defending a highly controversial Texas immigration law admitted to a federal appeals court on Wednesday that lawmakers may have gone “too far” when they drafted the bill, which allows state and local governments to arrest and deport migrants without documents. The admission was made at the second hearing before the three-judge U.S. 5th …

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