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By Kevin Liptak, CNN President Joe Biden said Thursday he’s considering ways to deal with reducing student debt burdens, but forgiving $50,000 in loans isn’t in the cards. “I am considering dealing with some debt reduction. I am not considering $50,000 debt reduction,” Biden said at the White House after unveiling new funding for Ukraine.

By Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN Oklahoma lawmakers on Thursday gave final approval to a bill modeled after the controversial Texas abortion law, which allows private citizens to take civil action against abortion providers to enforce the law. It’s one of a number of bills passed this month by Oklahoma’s legislature to restrict abortion rights and comes

By Melanie Zanona and Alex Rogers, CNN Rep. Tom Emmer of Minnesota, the chairman of the National Republican Congressional Committee, recently traveled to the Hudson Valley to raise money against his Democratic counterpart in his own backyard. And on Thursday, the Congressional Leadership Fund, a super PAC aligned with the House Republican leadership, announced a

By Kate Sullivan, Arlette Saenz, Betsy Klein and Kevin Liptak, CNN President Joe Biden on Thursday asked Congress for a $33 billion supplemental funding bill aimed at supporting Ukraine over the next several months as Russia’s brutal and unrelenting war enters a new phase. In another significant request, Biden outlined a proposal that would further

By Paula Reid, Annie Grayer, Ryan Nobles and Zachary Cohen, CNN Rudy Giuliani is expected to appear next month before the House select committee investigating the January 6, 2021, insurrection, according to sources familiar with the matter. The expected appearance comes after months of negotiations between lawmakers and the former mayor of New York, who

By Steve Contorno, CNN Coming off a showdown with Disney and a month of headlines for waging fights over hot-button social issues, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis introduced himself to Republican primary voters in Nevada during a Wednesday campaign stop for US Senate candidate Adam Laxalt. DeSantis recounted for a packed Las Vegas bar his battles

By MJ Lee and Kevin Liptak, CNN President Joe Biden will make his first trip to Asia as president next month, visiting South Korea and Japan from May 20 to May 24, White House officials told CNN, underscoring his commitment to the region even as international attention is directed toward the crisis in Ukraine. Biden,

By Jennifer Hansler, CNN Paul Whelan, a US citizen who remains imprisoned in Russia, is questioning why he was left behind in the prisoner swap that freed fellow American Trevor Reed. “Why was I left behind? While I am pleased Trevor is home with his family, I have been held on a fictitious charge of

By Kara Scannell The Trump Organization’s long-time appraiser inconsistently applied its internal quality-control practices when valuing properties for former President Donald Trump’s real estate business, a state judge said Wednesday. The finding increases the scrutiny on Trump’s long-time appraiser and raises questions about the accuracy of its work as New York Attorney General Letitia James’