Congress Scrambles to Avert Shutdown; WH Starts Scrapping Student Debt Cancellation
Update: 2024-12-20
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The Congress was scrambling to avert a partial government shutdown on Friday, hours after more than three dozen Republicans rejected a demand by President-elect Donald Trump to use the measure to lift the nation's debt ceiling.
The White House is abandoning its plan to cancel student loans for more than 38 million Americans. This is the Biden administration's first step in scrapping pending regulations and unfinished rules across several agencies in its final days.
U.S. Central Command said that U.S. forces killed ISIS leader Abu Yusif. This happened in a precision airstrike on Thursday.
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