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December 20, 2024

Alabama Politics

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Biden abandons plan to cancel student loan debt for more than 38 million Americans

The Education Department is clearing loans for another 55,000 borrowers who reached eligibility through Public Service Loan Forgiveness.

By The Associated Press

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How would a government shutdown affect you? Here’s what stops and what doesn’t

Taxpayers won’t get calls returned, there may be longer lines at airports during one of the busiest travel weeks of the year and many national parks will close.

By Gregory Korte Bloomberg News (TNS) and Tribune Media Services

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House rejects Trump-backed plan on government shutdown, leaving next steps uncertain

The House voted 174-235 against the plan that would have kept government running for three months and suspended the debt limit for two years.

By The Associated Press

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Opinion

McClatchy CEO urges Biden to prioritize search for journalist Austin Tice in Syria: op-ed

We at McClatchy join Austin’s family in imploring President Biden to remember that Austin is not just a Syrian captive and American hostage, but a colleague, a brother and a son. Please, bring him home.

By Tony Hunter | Chairman and CEO of the McClatchy Media Company

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Speaker of the House Elon Musk? ‘Nothing’s impossible,’ prominent senator says

Choosing Musk for the leadership role would make “the collective establishment…lose their ever-lovin’ minds.”

By Brendan Rascius The Bradenton Herald (TNS) and Tribune Media Services

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Is government shutdown unavoidable? Trump says Johnson can ‘remain speaker’ if he gives in to demands

“Anybody that supports a bill that doesn’t take care of the Democrat quicksand known as the debt ceiling should be primaried."

By The Associated Press

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