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  Biden's new plan for student-loan forgiveness is entering its next key stage — and millions of borrowers will have a say on what the relief looks like

  Business Insider - Ayelet Sheffey

  Millions of student-loan borrowers are moving closer to President Joe Biden's new plan for debt cancellation. On Tuesday, the Education Department released its first set of draft rules for Biden's second attempt at student-debt relief after the Supreme Court struck the first plan down. The regulatory …

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  The US says it won't shoot down drones over Ukraine, despite doing the same to protect Israel

  Business Insider - Sinéad Baker

  The White House said on Monday that it would not shoot down drones for Ukraine, despite having done so for Israel over the weekend. Israel said that Iran fired more than 300 drones and missiles at it on Saturday night. The US, UK, France, and Jordan said they helped to stop the barrage, including …

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  Jon Stewart marvels at how Trump has committed 'so many crimes' he got 'bored' at his own trial

  Business Insider - Kwan Wei Kevin Tan

  The "Daily Show" host Jon Stewart said he was amused that former President Donald Trump might have dozed off on the opening day of his first criminal trial. "Imagine committing so many crimes, you get bored at your own trial," Stewart said of Trump on Monday night's episode. Stewart referenced a …

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  An accounting firm hired to vet Truth Social's financials quit after less than a year because it no longer wanted to be linked to Trump: FT

  Business Insider - Kwan Wei Kevin Tan

  The accounting firm that was first hired to audit former President Donald Trump's social media company quit just months after it was appointed, the Financial Times reported on Monday. WithumSmith+Brown was appointed to vet Trump Media & Technology Group's financials soon after it was founded in …

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  Judge bench-slaps Trump lawyer 5 times on day 1 of hush money trial

  Business Insider - Laura Italiano and Jacob Shamsian

  It took New York Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan four hours to dispense with pretrial matters before starting jury selection in Donald Trump's Manhattan hush money trial on Monday. In that time — and as an international press corps watched and took notes — Trump's lead lawyer, Todd Blanche, …

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  Joe and Jill Biden report earning $619,976 in 2023

  Business Insider - Madison Hall and Hannah Getahun

  President Joe Biden and his wife, Jill Biden, reported earning $619,976 in adjusted gross income in 2023, according to their newly released tax returns. The White House released the tax returns of the president and first lady late Monday afternoon, as well as returns for Vice President Kamala Harris …