Warren: Cost of college should be tackled after student loan debt cancellation

BY BRAD DRESS

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Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) on Sunday said the next step is to tackle the cost of college after President Biden announced that he will forgive some student loan debt for millions of Americans.

While she praised Biden’s decision to cancel up to $20,000 in student loan debt for some borrowers, Warren told CNN’s “State of the Union” anchor Dana Bash that universities and public education have widespread problems that must be addressed.

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GOP senator says Biden’s student loan forgiveness plan ‘monumentally unfair’

BY OLAFIMIHAN OSHIN 

Sen. Roy Blunt (R-Mo.) said on Sunday that the Biden administration’s plan to forgive some student loans is “monumentally unfair” to people who didn’t attend college or have already paid back their debt and therefore wouldn’t benefit.

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Tim Ryan says he prefers tax cuts over student loan debt forgiveness

BY BRAD DRESS

Rep. Tim Ryan (D-Ohio), who is running for a U.S. Senate seat in Ohio, on Sunday said he supports a broader package of debt relief and a tax cut “for all working people” over the student loan forgiveness plan announced by President Biden.

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GOP governor on redacted Trump affidavit: ‘What’s the point?’

BY BRAD DRESS

New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu (R) on Sunday said he is “disappointed” by the heavily redacted FBI affidavit that was used to justify a raid on former President Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate, arguing that reviewing it was pointless because the document was “almost all redacted.”

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Warren says she is ‘very worried’ Fed will ‘tip this economy into a recession’

BY BRAD DRESS

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) on Sunday said she is “very worried” that the Federal Reserve will “tip this economy into a recession” after Chairman Jerome Powell announced the bank would keep raising interest rates in an effort to combat inflation.

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Sanders predicts Democrats have ‘reasonable chance’ to retain Senate control

BY OLAFIMIHAN OSHIN

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) said on Sunday that he believes the Democrats have a “reasonable chance” to retain control of the upper chamber in the midterm elections. 

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