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- Republican representatives Steve Scalise and Jim Jordan confirm runs for House speaker.
- President Joe Biden says his administration has approved 9 billion dollars in student debt relief—an action he says will provide aid for 125-thousand Americans. It’s part of what is so far nearly 127-billion dollars the Biden administration has provided as it seeks to make college more affordable and to put it in reach of more people. In his remarks at the White House, Biden also took aim at what he calls MAGA extremism in Congress, opposition to Ukraine aid, and a “poisonous atmosphere” and dysfunction in Congress.
- The New York State Attorney General criticized former President Donald Trump’s comments regarding his civil fraud trial, deeming them offensive and groundless. The Attorney General also labeled Trump’s appearance in the early days of the trial as nothing more than a political stunt.
- As a major conservative policy-writing group celebrates its 50th anniversary, a coalition of pro-democracy groups held an “unbirthday” for the organization, calling out the American Legislative Exchange Council’s long record of undemocratic activity.
- Mourners gathered at San Francisco City Hall to pay their final respects to the late Democratic Senator Diane Feinstein as she lay in state.
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