Biden's SAVE plan, introduced in August 2023, offers potential relief to millions of student loan borrowers, reducing some monthly payments to $0 and preventing interest from accumulating. The plan aims to benefit low- and middle-income earners, community college students, and public service workers, with early forgiveness for those with low balances. However, opponents argue it could cost taxpayers up to $559 billion and incentivize colleges to raise tuition costs, prompting some House Republicans to seek its overturning through a Congressional Review Act (CRA) resolution.

President Biden has recently touted his economic policies as “Bidenomics” and emphasized how they helped recover the economy from the pandemic. Critics, however, worry that these policies will increase inflation and the federal debt.

President Joe Biden is pursuing an alternative plan for student loan forgiveness based on the Higher Education Act (HEA) after the Supreme Court rejected his initial proposal that was based on the Higher Education Relief Opportunities for Students (HEROES) Act. The HEA grants the US Education Department the authority to waive or release loans, but the plan is expected to face legal challenges and its scope and effectiveness remain uncertain.

During the 2022 - 2023 U.S. Supreme Court term, the Court heard many cases around constitutional rights, state sovereignty, and the United States government's powers. This term had many landmark cases that affected the rights of everyone in the country in significant and small ways. This article briefly goes over the cases and their impact.

During the 2022 - 2023 U.S. Supreme Court term, the Court heard many cases around constitutional rights, state sovereignty, and the United States government's powers. This term had many landmark cases that affected the rights of everyone in the country in significant and small ways. This article briefly goes over the significant cases and their impact from the past erm.

On March 9, 2023, the White House released the President’s Budget for Fiscal Year 2024. Healthcare, taxes, national security, and climate change were some of the biggest spending areas.

Some Republicans have spoken in favor of increasing the retirement age to maintain the solvency of Social Security and Medicare and others have opposed it, but there is no official party consensus on the policy.

Vice President Kamala Harris emphasized the importance of addressing inequities in climate change and disaster relief responses because lower-income communities and communities of color are disproportionately impacted by climate change.

President Biden recently tweeted about how Florida Senator Rick Scott’s 12-Point Rescue American Plan will put “Medicare and Social Security” on the chopping block. This is somewhat true; the Plan calls for all federal legislation to be reviewed every 5 years, with Congress deciding if the legislation should be renewed or not, including Medicare and Social Security.

While some upper-middle-class folks will receive student debt relief through President Biden’s student loan forgiveness plan, 75% of the relief will go toward middle-class and lower-income borrowers.

In July 2022, Representative Boebert posted a tweet that implied that stricter gun regulation doesn’t stop mass shootings, citing a recent mass shooting in Denmark (a country with strict gun laws) as evidence, which ignores the massive disparity in rates of gun violence between Denmark and the US.

On Aug 30, 2022, President Biden released his plan to relieve student loans for millions of borrowers, providing up to $20,000 in relief per individual.

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On Aug 16, 2022, President Biden signed the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) into law. The Act is a comprehensive bill designed to address inflation, climate change, healthcare costs, and the tax code.

Last night, Politico released an exclusive article leaking a draft opinion from U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito regarding the ongoing Mississippi Department of Health vs. Jackson Women’s Health Organization Supreme Court (SCOTUS) case. The draft opinion would overturn Roe vs Wade (1973) and Planned Parenthood vs Casey (1992), two landmark Supreme Court cases that upheld abortion rights except in limited circumstances.

The Biden Administration is funding a multimillion-dollar program with the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) to provide grants to organizations across the country at the ground level to support harm reduction programs. Part of the grant allows for the purchase and distribution of safe smoking kits - which do not include crack pipes as many have claimed.

While the American Rescue Plan Act does introduce new tax laws, including for peer-to-peer payment apps like Venmo, the “$600 Tax Rule” mainly affects small businesses, independent contractors, and individuals with side hustles who use the apps for transactions.

There is no evidence of terrorists entering the United States through refugee resettlement programs. All refugees entering the United States undergo intensive vetting.