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FILE - President Joe Biden speaks during a meeting with Prime Minister Petr Fiala of the Czech Republic in the Oval Office at the White House, April 15, 2024. Biden&rsquo;s latest plan for student loan cancellation is moving forward as a proposed regulation, offering him a fresh chance to deliver on a campaign promise and energize young voters ahead of the November election. The Education Department on Tuesday filed paperwork for a new regulation that would deliver the cancellation the Democratic president announced last week.

Biden’s latest plan for student loan cancellation moves forward as a proposed regulation

FILE - President Joe Biden speaks during a meeting with Prime Minister Petr Fiala of the Czech Republic in the Oval Office at the White House, April 15, 2024. Biden&rsquo;s latest plan for student loan cancellation is moving forward as a proposed regulation, offering him a fresh chance to deliver on a campaign promise and energize young voters ahead of the November election. The Education Department on Tuesday filed paperwork for a new regulation that would deliver the cancellation the Democratic president announced last week.

April 16, 2024, 7:27am Latest News

President Joe Biden’s latest plan for student loan cancellation is moving forward as a proposed regulation, offering him a fresh chance to deliver on a campaign promise and energize young voters ahead of the November election. Read story

A Ukrainian serviceman from the Azov brigade, known by the call sign Yenot, smokes a cigarette in trenches around one kilometer away from Russian forces on the frontline in Kreminna direction, Donetsk region, Ukraine, Friday, April 12, 2024.

Johnson leaves uncertain plan for Israel, Ukraine aid

A Ukrainian serviceman from the Azov brigade, known by the call sign Yenot, smokes a cigarette in trenches around one kilometer away from Russian forces on the frontline in Kreminna direction, Donetsk region, Ukraine, Friday, April 12, 2024.

April 15, 2024, 3:39pm Politics

House Speaker Mike Johnson left uncertain his plan for advancing aid for Israel and Ukraine on Monday, keeping the future of the funding in doubt as lawmakers returned to Washington for a crucial week of foreign policy work. Read story

Former President Donald Trump leaves Trump Tower on his way to Manhattan criminal court, Monday, April 15, 2024, in New York. The hush money trial of former President Donald Trump begins Monday with jury selection. It's a singular moment for American history as the first criminal trial of a former U.S. commander in chief.

Trump’s historic hush-money trial gets underway; 1st day ends without any jurors being picked

Former President Donald Trump leaves Trump Tower on his way to Manhattan criminal court, Monday, April 15, 2024, in New York. The hush money trial of former President Donald Trump begins Monday with jury selection. It's a singular moment for American history as the first criminal trial of a former U.S. commander in chief.

April 15, 2024, 2:50pm Latest News

The historic hush-money trial of Donald Trump got underway Monday with the arduous process of selecting a jury to hear the case charging the former president with falsifying business records in order to stifle stories about his sex life. Read story

FILE - The logo of the Samsung Electronics Co. is seen during a media tour at Samsung Electronics&rsquo; headquarters in Suwon, South Korea, June 13, 2023. The Biden administration has reached an agreement to provide up to $6.4 billion in direct funding for Samsung Electronics to develop a computer chip manufacturing and research cluster in Texas. The funding announced Monday, April 15, 20204, by the Commerce Department is part of a total investment in the cluster that, with private money, is expected to exceed $40 billion.

Biden administration agrees to provide $6.4 billion to Samsung for making computer chips in Texas

FILE - The logo of the Samsung Electronics Co. is seen during a media tour at Samsung Electronics&rsquo; headquarters in Suwon, South Korea, June 13, 2023. The Biden administration has reached an agreement to provide up to $6.4 billion in direct funding for Samsung Electronics to develop a computer chip manufacturing and research cluster in Texas. The funding announced Monday, April 15, 20204, by the Commerce Department is part of a total investment in the cluster that, with private money, is expected to exceed $40 billion.

April 15, 2024, 8:21am Business

The Biden administration has reached an agreement to provide up to $6.4 billion in direct funding for Samsung Electronics to develop a computer chip manufacturing and research cluster in Texas. Read story

President Joe Biden pauses to respond to a question from a member of the traveling press as he boards Air Force One at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., Friday, April 12, 2024, enroute to New Castle, Del.

Biden to host Iraqi leader as Mideast tensions soar, raising more questions about US troop presence

President Joe Biden pauses to respond to a question from a member of the traveling press as he boards Air Force One at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., Friday, April 12, 2024, enroute to New Castle, Del.

April 15, 2024, 8:20am Nation & World

President Joe Biden is set to host Iraq’s leader this week for talks that come as tensions across the Middle East have soared over the war in Gaza and Iran’s unprecedented weekend attack on Israel in retaliation for an Israeli military strike against an Iranian facility in Syria. Read story

FILE - The Supreme Court of the United States is seen in Washington, March 26, 2024.

Supreme Court rejects appeal from Black Lives Matter activist over Louisiana protest lawsuit

FILE - The Supreme Court of the United States is seen in Washington, March 26, 2024.

April 15, 2024, 8:20am Politics

The Supreme Court on Monday allowed a lawsuit to go forward against a Black Lives Matter activist who led a protest in Louisiana in which a police officer was injured. Civil rights groups and free speech advocates have warned that the suit threatens the right to protest. Read story

FILE - Associate Justice Clarence Thomas joins other members of the Supreme Court as they pose for a new group portrait, at the Supreme Court building in Washington, Oct. 7, 2022. Thomas is absent from the court Monday with no explanation. The 75-year-old Thomas also is not participating remotely in arguments, as justices sometimes do when they are ill or otherwise can&rsquo;t be there in person. Chief Justice John Roberts announced Thomas&rsquo; absence, saying that his colleague would still participate in the day&rsquo;s cases, based on the briefs and the transcripts of the arguments. (AP Photo/J.

Justice Thomas misses Supreme Court session Monday with no explanation

FILE - Associate Justice Clarence Thomas joins other members of the Supreme Court as they pose for a new group portrait, at the Supreme Court building in Washington, Oct. 7, 2022. Thomas is absent from the court Monday with no explanation. The 75-year-old Thomas also is not participating remotely in arguments, as justices sometimes do when they are ill or otherwise can&rsquo;t be there in person. Chief Justice John Roberts announced Thomas&rsquo; absence, saying that his colleague would still participate in the day&rsquo;s cases, based on the briefs and the transcripts of the arguments. (AP Photo/J.

April 15, 2024, 8:17am Nation & World

Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas was absent from the court Monday with no explanation. Read story

The bombing area at Abbey Gate is pictured August 26, 2021, in Kabul, Afghanistan, before the blast. A review released Monday, April 15, 2024, says the suicide bombing at the Kabul airport that killed U.S. troops and Afghans in August 2021 was not preventable, and the &ldquo;bald man in black&rdquo; spotted by U.S. service members the morning of the attack was not the bomber. (U.S.

Review says Abbey Gate bombing wasn’t preventable, refutes claims troops sighted the would-be bomber

The bombing area at Abbey Gate is pictured August 26, 2021, in Kabul, Afghanistan, before the blast. A review released Monday, April 15, 2024, says the suicide bombing at the Kabul airport that killed U.S. troops and Afghans in August 2021 was not preventable, and the &ldquo;bald man in black&rdquo; spotted by U.S. service members the morning of the attack was not the bomber. (U.S.

April 15, 2024, 8:10am Nation & World

The suicide bombing at the Kabul airport that killed U.S. troops and Afghans in August 2021 was not preventable, and the “bald man in black” spotted by U.S. service members the morning of the attack was not the bomber, according to a new review by U.S. Central Command. Read story