The latest relief will go to borrowers enrolled in President Biden’s new income-driven repayment plan, along with earlier income-driven plans and some eligible through the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program.
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Fani Willis and judge presiding over Georgia Trump election case defeat challengers
Meanwhile, Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee, the judge who was randomly assigned to preside over the election interference case, also fended off a challenger, winning a nonpartisan election to keep his seat.
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Biden, Trump win Kentucky primaries as presidential nominating season nears its end
After Tuesday, 8 presidential nominating contests will remain: Democrats in Idaho, the District of Columbia, Guam and the Virgin Islands, and both parties in Montana, New Jersey, New Mexico and South Dakota.
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Defense rests without Trump taking witness stand in hush money trial
Jurors could begin deliberating as soon as next week to decide whether the former president is guilty of 34 felony counts of falsifying business records.
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Trump’s social media account shares campaign video with headline about ‘unified Reich’
It was shared on the former president’s Truth Social account while he was on a lunch break from his Manhattan hush money trial.
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Third candidate challenges Angus King for U.S. Senate seat
King, an independent, is now being challenged by a Democrat, a Republican and an independent.
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Gov. Mills to create commission to prepare Maine for more battering storms
Mills will sign an executive order Tuesday to create the commission in the wake of an extremely warm and stormy winter.
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Kristen Cloutier seeks 4th term in state House
The only other contender in the district is Republican Kendil Elizabeth Snow-Black. The general election is Nov. 5.
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Judge in Trump’s hush money trial threatened to throw witness out of court for behavior on stand
Donlald Trump’s lawyers also pressed the Judge to stop the case from going to the jury and throw out the charges after prosecutors concluded their presentation of evidence.
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Judge Merchan faces critical decisions as Trump’s trial nears its end
Trump and his supporters have publicly questioned the judge’s impartiality and tried to draw him deeper into the type of political maelstrom that judges typically work hard to avoid.