palestinian prisoners. but even if a deal is reached, israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu insists there will be a fresh military offensive in rafah. there has been widespread international concern that an israeli ground operation could endanger more than one million palestinians sheltering there. our correspondent anna foster injerusalem has the latest on where negotiations stand. we are at that point in proceedings where, through the afternoon, i have been watching in the regional media, various briefings saying we re on the verge of an agreement, the framework of an everything through to israel saying no they won t agree to a ceasefire to end the war permanently. the key thing at this point in time is this is the moment would be here these briefings and hear different things from different sides but until we get some sort of official word, potentially from the egyptian mediators, in charge of the talks in cairo, really all of thatis talks in cairo, really all of that
Point/counterpoint: Student debt - Repaying debt difficult, but right thing to do
Neal McCluskey
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If you lent someone money to start a business that made big bucks, you would expect to be repaid, right? You took a risk and the borrower profited. Federal student lending is kind of like that, only you did not choose to lend, and now there is a movement to let the borrower just keep the money through presidential decree, no less.
Sens. Chuck Schumer and Elizabeth Warren are leading a call for the incoming Joe Biden administration to cancel huge amounts of federal student debt, which is close to all student debt since the federal government read: the taxpayer is by far the biggest supplier of student loans. Schumer and Warren have sponsored a resolution calling for up to $50,000 in loan cancellation for an open-ended number of federal student debtors, though Schumer has subsequently mentioned capping eligibility at income of $125,000, which would exclude onl