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The second-ranked Senate Democrat isn't sure Biden's big spending bill will pass at all with Manchin sending mixed signals: 'I've been burned by this stove enough times'
Sen. Dick Durbin has all but given up on passing Biden's economic agenda, blaming Manchin and Sinem…
Joseph Zeballos-Roig
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Senate Democrats want the IRS to go above and beyond in helping the unemployed with their 2020 tax bills
The IRS requires an amended tax return for the stimulus' exemption on the first $10,200 of unemploy…
Ayelet Sheffey,Joseph Zeballo…
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Biden's Education Department promised 7 million student-loan borrowers behind on payments 'a fresh start.' Now Elizabeth Warren wants to know how it plans to 'achieve its goal.'
Sen. Warren joined 7 Democratic colleagues in requesting updates on student-loan reforms for borrow…
Ayelet Sheffey
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Biden must protect student-loan borrowers from 'swindlers and con-men' in the for-profit education industry, a top Democratic senator says
After ITT Tech shut down, "students ended up holding the bag with worthless diplomas and a mountain…
Ayelet Sheffey
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Student-loan borrowers have to clear an 'unnecessary high bar' to get rid of their debt in bankruptcy court, 27 senators say
Sens. Dick Durbin, Chuck Schumer, and Patty Murray led colleagues in urging Biden to reform the ban…
Ayelet Sheffey
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Biden made it harder for student-loan borrowers to get rid of debt when they go bankrupt
For some student-loan borrowers, declaring bankruptcy is the only way out of unaffordable debt. But…
Ayelet Sheffey
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TCS, Infosys under scanner for US visa violations
About 250 Disney employees were told in October 2014 that they would be laid off and many o…
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Nearly 7 million tax returns haven't been processed by the IRS because of stimulus changes
Lawmakers requested the IRS extend the tax filing deadline and remove the requirement to file amend…
Ayelet Sheffey
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Powerful senators fire off letter decrying 'abusive' tactics in Corizon bankruptcy
Nine senators, including Elizabeth Warren, have sent a letter calling prison health provider Corizo…
Dakin Campbell,Nicole Einbind…
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Most Democratic senators are calling for Sen. Bob Menendez to resign in the wake of his bribery indictment
So far, the Democratic senators who have called for Menendez's resignation are mostly those facing …
Bryan Metzger
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The 2nd-ranked Senate Democrat is daring Joe Manchin to sink Biden's agenda: 'It's time to put up or shut up'
Some Senate Democrats are frustrated that Manchin is dragging his feet and argue it's time to put B…
Joseph Zeballos-Roig
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Trump says criminal charges against him would unleash 'big problems' in an allusion to violence
Donald Trump is the subject of several probes related to the US Capitol attack and efforts to overt…
Camila DeChalus
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A former US attorney told congressional investigators he abruptly resigned in January because Trump was about to fire him for not backing election-fraud claims
Byung Pak, a former US attorney in Atlanta, testified to the Senate Judiciary Committee behind clos…
Mia Jankowicz
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It's a 'severe problem' that student-loan borrowers are still facing roadblocks getting rid of their debt through bankruptcy, Elizabeth Warren says
After Biden announced student-loan forgiveness, Sen. Warren called on the administration to "ensure…
Ayelet Sheffey
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Biden no longer set to nominate anti-abortion conservative to life-long federal judgeship following objection from Rand Paul
Sen. Mitch McConnell, who was suspected to be in a deal with Biden for Chad Meredith's potential ap…
Taiyler Simone Mitchell
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Kamala Harris got heated after Charlamagne tha God asked if Joe Biden or Joe Manchin was the 'real president'
"Don't start talking like a Republican," Harris said. "It's Joe Biden. And I'm Vice President, and …
Kelsey Vlamis
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Americans could exclude first $10,200 of their federal unemployment payments from 2020 income taxes under a new Democratic plan
The amount is equivalent to 17 weeks of the $600 federal unemployment benefit many jobless workers …
Joseph Zeballos-Roig
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Democrats outraged after the FBI said it got more than 4,500 tips about Brett Kavanaugh - and referred the 'relevant' ones to the Trump White House
When Kavanaugh was a Supreme Court nominee, the FBI conducted just 10 interviews after receiving th…
Kelsey Vlamis
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AOC calls for Schumer to 'force a vote' on stalled social spending bill amid Manchin opposition: 'We need to act now'
"People want to 'but Manchin' everyone to death, but learned helplessness is not a disposition that…
Bryan Metzger,Joseph Zeballos…
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After he asked Biden to help his own state of Kentucky, Rand Paul lashed out at critics who brought up his history of opposing disaster-relief bills
Paul voted against 2013 relief for those affected by Hurricane Sandy and in 2017 voted against reli…