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Cost of canceling student debt: Roughly $400 billion, CBO says

The estimate by the Congressional Budget Office will fuel new debate over President Biden’s student debt decision, which was cheered by advocates but assailed by Republican lawmakers as a waste of government money.

By Jeff Stein and Danielle Douglas-Gabriel

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NASA crashes spacecraft into asteroid in a mission to demonstrate a technology that might protect Earth

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War in Ukraine

A gunman opened fire at a recruitment office in Ust-Ilimsk, a small town in Russia's Irkutsk region. (@taygainfo/Reuters)

Russian military recruiter wounded by gunman; thousands flee mobilization

A recruitment officer at a military enlistment station in Irkutsk was shot and wounded by a young man as thousands continued to flee Russia's chaotic Ukraine mobilization.

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Florida braces for Ian’s possible impact as hurricane strengthens

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