Student loan interest starts again Sept. 1. Here’s what to know
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Interest will begin accruing on federal on Friday, causing balances to balloon again for the first time in more than three years. than $1 trillion in student loans, and the impact of the impending payment resumption on borrowers' finances ..read more
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Top Georgia Republicans shut down GOP attack on Trump prosecutor
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Breaking with fellow elected Republicans, two top officials in Georgia are defying calls to go after the prosecutor who indicted Georgia was at the center of Trump's efforts to alter the 2020 election results, including his call where he asked Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger to "find 11,780 votes ..read more
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Yang urges Biden to break precedent and debate RFK Jr.
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"The problem is that the DNC and Joe do not want Joe debating RFK Jr. or anyone else, and it's a real problem," he told Axios during an interview ..read more
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Americans are saving and earning less. But they won't stop spending.
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that slowed to a crawl in July, but their spending rate decidedly did not. Americans are saving less to continue spending robustly, even as income growth slows — telling us something important about the economic currents that will shape the next year ..read more
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Trump will skip arraignment in Georgia and pleads not guilty to charges
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will not attend his next week in Fulton County, Georgia, and pleaded not guilty to all charges in the state's election subversion case against him, according to a court filing on Thursday. It's a change for the former president, who has on his court appearances to fundraise and galvanize his base ..read more
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New advanced computer modeling helped predict Idalia's intensity spike
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The storm illustrates how the National Hurricane Center's forecast capabilities are largely keeping pace despite ..read more
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States look to see if 14th Amendment can be used to disqualify Trump — but it has risks
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State election officials are raising questions about whether the can be used to stop As Trump remains the GOP presidential frontruner after four indictments in four months, questions loom on whether his alleged efforts to and his role in the Capitol riot are enough to disqualify him through the Civil War-era amendment ..read more
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Ex-Proud Boys leader gets one of the longest Capitol riot sentences
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Two former leaders of the were sentenced Thursday for seditious conspiracy and other charges related to the Capitol riot. Joseph Biggs was sentenced to 17 years in prison while Zachary Rehl was sentenced to 15 years in prison, per the ..read more
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White man who shot Black teen who rang wrong doorbell to stand trial
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The 84-year-old white homeowner who shot Black teenager after he mistakenly rang the doorbell at the wrong house must stand trial, a Missouri judge Andrew Lester's arraignment was scheduled for Sept. 20 following the preliminary hearing on the April 13 shooting in Kansas City, which sparked protests after it left Yarl hospitalized with injuries to his head and arm. Prosecutors allege there's a "racial component to the case ..read more
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AG denounces election worker threats as DOJ charges over a dozen people
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on Thursday spoke out against rising threats against election workers as the Department of Justice's specialized task force announced a ninth conviction as it seeks to combat the problem. The DOJ announced Thursday that two men in two separate cases in Arizona and Georgia had pleaded guilty to threatening election officials in Arizona and Georgia in separate cases, brought by the the Justice Department's Election Threats Task Force — which has now brought charges in 14 cases ..read more
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