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The White House said that President Biden is deliberating whether to extend the pause on federal student loan payments beyond Aug. 31 and forgive a portion of student debt per borrower.

Biden spoke publicly Wednesday to a round of applause, telling Americans that “COVID isn't gone” but that serious illness can be avoided with vaccines, booster shoots and treatments.

Former President Donald Trump will return to Washington on Tuesday for the first time since leaving office, delivering a speech on crime before an allied think tank that has been crafting an agenda for a possible second term.

The Department of Justice is reportedly investigating the actions and correspondence of former President Trump in its investigation of his inner circle’s alleged efforts to overturn the 2020 election. 

Officials emphasized that Biden's symptoms are mild because he received four vaccine doses and started taking the antiviral drug Paxlovid after becoming infected.

The BA.5 COVID-19 strain is an offshoot of the omicron strain and is spreading rapidly right now through the United States.

Steve Bannon, a longtime ally of former President Donald Trump, has been convicted of contempt charges for defying a congressional subpoena from the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.

The House Jan. 6 committee closed out its set of summer hearings with its most detailed focus yet on the investigation’s main target: former President Donald Trump.

Elon Musk said Tesla's high prices are 'embarrassing.'

The president has “very mild” symptoms and is taking Paxlovid, the drug used to treat COVID-19, according to the White House.

The president's new proposal includes hiring more officers and creating a support program to stop violent crime.

Complaints about poor living conditions for Operation Lone Star got the attention of state lawmakers. They heard on Wednesday what's being done about it.

“Let me be clear,” Biden said. "Climate change is an emergency, and in the coming weeks I’m going to use the power I have as president to turn these words into formal, official government actions.

Musk pledged to pay $54.20 a share for Twitter in April.

Biden's executive order comes as the ongoing detention in Russia of WNBA star Brittney Griner has brought increased attention to the population of Americans who are jailed abroad and designated by the U.S. as wrongfully detained.

"Mars may be a fixer upper of a planet, but it has great potential," SpaceX founder Elon Musk said.