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National

Biden administration announces loan forgiveness for 804,000 borrowers

The plan to cancel $39 billion in debt sets out to right inaccurate counts that have caused borrowers to lose progress toward forgiveness.

House narrowly approves defense spending bill

The $866 billion legislation includes investments in precision missiles, warships and newer technologies like artificial intelligence and hypersonics, which leaders in both main political parties have identified as imperatives.

Inflation continues to decline, and Wall Street resumes its ascension

Investors have worried for months about whether the Federal Reserve’s attempts to curb inflation would lead to a soft landing. Recent data suggest such a possibility could happen.

Courts & the law

Man arrested outside Obama’s home hit with additional gun felony charges

Taylor Taranto, 37, is the third Jan. 6 defendant detained while awaiting trial after a series of threatening statements and actions in the days leading to his June 30 arrest.

Top Texas official not immune from discipline in 2020 election subversion

A disciplinary board found Republican First Assistant AG Brent Webster made six key misrepresentations in filings to the U.S. Supreme Court, including that "illegal votes" had affected the outcome of the 2020 elections.

Disney seeks to nix Florida oversight board lawsuit

The dismissal hearing marked the latest development in the war between the entertainment giant and Governor Ron DeSantis.

Fight over natural gas pipeline lands at Supreme Court

Tensions are ignited over which branch of government has the power to decide the project’s fate.

It’s the weekend!

Modelo rides demographic wave to top of US beer sales

Savvy marketing and a growing Hispanic population helped Modelo Especial overtake Bud Light as the top-selling U.S. beer in May, experts say.