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WASHINGTON, DC ‐ August 24, 2022: US President Joe Biden delivers remarks regarding student loan debt forgiveness in the Roosevelt Room of the White House on Wednesday August 24, 2022. Education Secretary Miguel Cardona joined. (Demetrius Freeman/The Washington Post)

Today, President Biden returned to the White House from a vacation in Delaware. Before arriving, he announced nearly $3 billion in additional weapons and equipment for Ukraine to help continuing efforts to fend off a Russian invasion that began six months ago. Later Wednesday, Biden detailed news on another front: the cancellation of up to $10,000 in student debt for millions of American borrowers. Education is a ticket to a better life, Biden said, but “that ticket has become too expensive for too many Americans.”

In primaries in New York and Florida on Tuesday, Democratic voters chose established candidates for Congress and governor in several closely watched intraparty contests, advancing well-known officeholders aligned with party leadership over rivals who sought to steer the party in a different direction. Voters in Oklahoma also went to the polls for runoff elections.

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  • 10:55 a.m. Eastern time: Biden arrived at the White House from Rehoboth Beach, Del.
  • 2:15 p.m. Eastern: Biden delivered remarks from the White House.
  • 3 p.m. Eastern: White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre briefed reporters at the White House.
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10:55 a.m. Eastern time: Biden arrived at the White House from Rehoboth Beach, Del.
2:15 p.m. Eastern: Biden delivered remarks from the White House.
3 p.m. Eastern: White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre briefed reporters at the White House.

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