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Biden cancels another $9 billion in student loan debt days after payments restart

By Nikki Carvajal and Katie Lobosco, CNN Washington (CNN) — The Biden administration has approved debt relief for an additional 125,000 student loan borrowers, totaling $9 billion in forgiveness, the White House said Wednesday. The announcement comes just days after federal student loan payments restarted after a three-plus year pause. Though the Supreme Court struck

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Biden administration announces charges, sanctions to crack down on China-based fentanyl traffickers

By Holmes Lybrand and Sean Lyngaas, CNN (CNN) — The Biden administration announced Tuesday multiple indictments in Florida against China-based companies and Chinese nationals for allegedly manufacturing and selling fentanyl and related chemicals. Sanctions against 28 individuals and entities in China and Canada allegedly involved in selling precursor chemicals as well as labs and distributors

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Fulton County DA opens plea deal talks with several defendants, including Trump 2020 campaign official, in Georgia election interference case

By Sara Murray and Zachary Cohen, CNN (CNN) — Several defendants in the Georgia election interference case have been approached about their interest in accepting plea deals, as the Fulton County district attorney seeks to pare back the pool of defendants and pick up cooperators ahead of potential trials, according to sources familiar with the

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NATO says it is addressing an apparent cyberattack after strategy documents posted online

By Sean Lyngaas, CNN (CNN) — NATO says it is “actively addressing incidents” affecting its unclassified websites after a hacking group claimed to have stolen numerous strategic planning and research documents from the alliance. The apparent cyber intrusions raise questions about NATO’s ability to protect communication networks where the alliance shares unclassified but non-public insights

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