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Biden administration cancels $5.8 billion in student loan debt for former Corinthian students

By Katie Lobosco, CNN The Department of Education announced Wednesday that it will cancel $5.8 billion in student loan debt for 560,000 borrowers who attended the now-defunct network of for-profit schools known as Corinthian Colleges. The cancellation amounts to the largest one-time discharge ever made by the Department of Education. Some of Corinthian’s former students

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Michigan GOP gubernatorial candidates denied spots on primary ballot after court rejects legal challenges

By Fredreka Schouten, CNN The Michigan Court of Appeals on Wednesday rejected efforts by two Republican candidates for governor to have their names placed on the August primary ballot. The candidates, businessman Perry Johnson and financial adviser Michael Markey, filed lawsuits after Michigan’s board of canvassers deadlocked last week, leaving in place a decision by

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Biden-backed Democrat defeated by progressive in Oregon primary

By Gregory Krieg, CNN Jamie McLeod-Skinner will win the Democratic nomination in Oregon’s 5th Congressional District, CNN projects, ousting seven-term Rep. Kurt Schrader in a rebuke to national Democrats, including President Joe Biden. Schrader, a moderate who has crossed Democratic leadership repeatedly — but nonetheless still won Biden’s first endorsement of the cycle, had been

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US officials looking to salvage Ukrainian grain with no good solution yet to Russia’s export blockade

By Kylie Atwood, Jennifer Hansler, Alex Marquardt and Jeremy Herb, CNN The Biden administration is working to get temporary storage containers for Ukrainian grain into the country, a stopgap measure as it seeks to mitigate a growing food crisis caused by Russia’s months-long blockade of Ukrainian ports, administration officials told CNN. These storage containers —

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FBI director blames Iran for ‘despicable’ attempted cyberattack on Boston Children’s Hospital

By Sean Lyngaas, CNN Iranian government-backed hackers were behind an attempted hack of the Boston Children’s Hospital computer network last year, FBI Director Christopher Wray alleged Wednesday, calling it “one of the most despicable cyberattacks I’ve ever seen.” The FBI was able to help thwart the hackers before they did damage to the hospital’s computer

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