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No senator appears to be struggling with the trial as much as Bill Cassidy, who switched his vote Tuesday and declared the impeachment trial is constitutional. | Susan Walsh/AP Photo
DRIVING THE DAY
The Biden Administration Inches Closer To Student Debt Relief
The White House is “reviewing” what the president can do unilaterally as progressives step up their lobbying.
President Joe Biden’s administration is “reviewing” what executive actions he could take to cancel some student loan debt, his press secretary said on Thursday, the first time the White House has indicated that the president could move unilaterally on the issue.
“The President continues to support the cancelling of student debt to bring relief to students and families,” White House press secretary Jen Psaki wrote on Twitter. “Our team is reviewing whether there are any steps he can take through executive action and he would welcome the opportunity to sign a bill sent to him by Congress.”
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Sputnik International
Biden became the first Democratic presidential nominee since Bill Clinton
Recent polls show a tight race in both Georgia Senate races. Young and first-time voters are yet again poised to play a key role at the ballot box, where the Senate majority for the next two years will be decided. If Ossoff and Warnock both win, Democrats will win back control of the Senate.
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Youth voter turnout nationwide increased this year compared with the 2016 election, according to data from the Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement (CIRCLE) at Tufts University. An estimated 52 to 55 percent of eligible voters between the ages of 18 and 29 cast a ballot in the 2020 presidential election, up from about 42 to 44 percent in the 2016 elections.