U.S. President Joe Biden plans to announce on Wednesday that his administration has approved an additional $9 billion in student debt relief for 125,000 borrowers, the White House said.

Biden has said he will pursue new measures to provide student loan relief to Americans after the Supreme Court blocked his plan to cancel hundreds of billions of dollars in debt.

The president’s announcement, planned for 1 p.m. EDT at the White House, will bring the total approved debt cancellation by the Biden administration to $127 billion for nearly 3.6 million Americans, the White House said.

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    9 months ago

    You’d be a lot better off voting for majority party candidates that want to enact ranked-choice voting.

    Until that happens, unfortunately the reality is that third parties are going to remain on the margins in the US.

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      9 months ago

      Political parties never change in the US. That’s why I’m still voting for the Whig party.

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        And it’s always settled to two major parties, in spite of that. The fact that we’ve had several parties over the country’s history but it almost always comes down to two major parties should tell you something.

        Fortunately, there may be an opening soon, with Republicans in disarray.