Biden admin’s student aid website overwhelmed after relief announcement
The federal student aid website received a flood of visitors Wednesday in the aftermath of President Biden announcing he will forgive up to $10,000 of student loans for certain borrowers, causing the site to slow. The website is where borrowers can determine if they are eligible for the forgiveness measures that Biden announced. The president said in his
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Top Trump administration officials pressured the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to reauthorize the discredited COVID-19 treatment hydroxychloroquine, and to speed up the release of the first COVID-19 vaccines, according to a new report Democrats on the House select coronavirus subcommittee released Wednesday. Emails, text messages and testimony obtained by the committee show the Trump White House "exerted extreme and inappropriate pressure" on the FDA to reauthorize hydroxychloroquine even after it was shown to be ineffective and potentially dangerous. The report fou
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