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Biden has quietly forgiven billions in student loans despite setbacks for his signature debt plan

WASHINGTON — Sara Diaz was feeling emotional when she checked her email Tuesday. She was among the hundreds of Neiman Marcus employees laid off last month and had just finished a stressful phone call about her health insurance.

Los Angeles Times

Speak Loudly and Carry a Big Bat: Ron DeSantis Is on Deck

Does he want to limit government, or is he just out to win at all costs?

Reason

Doyle McManus: DeSantis wants to displace Trump as the GOP's 2024 nominee. But he has hurdles to overcome

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis hasn't announced that he's running for president, but he's doing a convincing job of acting like a candidate.

Los Angeles Times

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Former White House doctor Rep Ronny Jackson calls Biden a ‘cancer’ after physical reveals president’s lesion

The White House says President Biden had cancerous legion removed and is healing well

The Independent UK

With eye toward the future, Rep. Ro Khanna takes on the heartland from Silicon Valley

Ro Khanna was first elected as a whiz kid evangelist for Silicon Valley, the heart of his congressional district and home to Apple, Cisco and Intel’s headquarters. Today, though, the Californian's stumping for a different crowd.

Tribune News Service

Stella Mikhail did guest makeup on Oprah show, affected lives with her brush

“When she looked at a client, she just kind of went into a zone and picked up a brush,” her sister said.

Chicago Sun-Times

MTG blames Joe — for deaths under Trump

"The interesting thing is, that fentanyl they took during the last administration," Biden said

Salon

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Overclassification overkill: The US government is drowning in a sea of secrets

The U.S. faces far more threats to its national security than from spy balloons or classified documents discovered in former and current presidents’ homes.

The Conversation

Francis Wilkinson: Poor voters are losing out in the culture wars

The federal government says that 38 million Americans live in poverty. In addition, tens of millions live above the poverty line but in more or less permanent financial insecurity. Who represents the interests of all these people?

Tribune News Service

AP News Digest 3 am

Here are the AP’s latest coverage plans, top stories and promotable content. All times EST. For up-to-the minute information on AP’s coverage, visit Coverage Plan.

The Independent UK

Obama praises woman behind 'Fired up' chant as she retires

Former President Barack Obama is marking the retirement of the South Carolina woman credited with popularizing the chant “Fired up, ready to go!”

The Independent UK

FBI Documents Show Leonardo DiCaprio, Kim Kardashian Grilled for 1MDB Secrets

Inside the US government’s effort to unravel a giant financial fraud, with some help from the celebrities who got paintings and bags of cash via a friendly future fugitive named Jho Low.

Businessweek

Amid controversy, Biden administration shortens visit by Cuban Border Guard officials

MIAMI — A planned visit this week by Cuban Border Guard officials to U.S. Coast Guard headquarters in Washington has been canceled after complaints from Republican members of Congress.

Miami Herald

White House calls senior Republican ‘despicable’ for wishing Biden’s dead son had been prosecuted

‘Jim Comer has a Trumpian blend of incompetence and malice,’ former Obama adviser says

The Independent UK

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What is the US national debt and how has it grown over time?

The national debt grew by more than $4 trillion in 2020 alone.

Texas Observer

‘Border Security’ Is a Financial Black Hole that Will Consume Us All

State spending on cops and tech at the Texas border has increased ninefold in a decade, now set to reach $4.6 billion over the next two years.

Tribune News Service

Powell’s debt-limit alarm echoes stealth lobbying effort in 2011

In the worst political showdown over the U.S. debt limit to date, a little-known former Treasury official in 2011 helped convince lawmakers that raising the ceiling was the only option. He’s back at it now, but from a much higher perch: chair of the Federal Reserve.

The Conversation

From Chinua Achebe to Toyin Falola – 5 essential books Nigeria's new president should read

Not many African political leaders are known to have publicly declared their love of reading. US president Barack Obama popularised the idea of a recommended reading list and he still shares his annual choice.

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Chicago Sun-Times

Obama to launch leadership training in Chicago, 2 more cities

The Change Collective will take applications through mid-April for programs here, Detroit and Jackson, Mississippi, starting in June.

Ballotpedia

Robe & Gavel: SCOTUS closes February sitting

Welcome to the Feb. 28 edition of Robe & Gavel, Ballotpedia’s newsletter about the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) and other judicial happenings around the U.S.

Tribune News Service

News briefs

Supreme Court to decide fate of Obama-era Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

The Guardian - US

Has Bernie Sanders really helped Joe Biden move further left?

The senator’s relationship with Biden has proven constructive, with an ambitious agenda – but some Sanders aides and supporters offer a mixed verdict

Salon

A history buff with a big blindside

Gov. DeSantis: You’re a history grad. Tell me when systemic racism ended

The Independent UK

Ex-Obama campaigner voted head of Italy's Democratic Party

A 37-year-old U.S.-Italian national and longtime left-wing political operative who worked on two presidential campaigns for former U.S. President Barack Obama has defied polls to become the first woman to head Italy’s opposition Democratic Party

WEKU

As Republicans start investigating Biden, the White House war room is ready to fight

House Republicans are investigating everything from the Biden administration's withdrawal from Afghanistan to the business dealings of the president's son. Here's how the White House is gearing up.

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