Biden Administration
Biden to cancel $39 billion in student debt
The Biden administration announced that it will be cancelling a total of $39 billion in student debt, affecting around 804,000 borrowers.
China
China sends warplanes and navy ships to Taiwan
The Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) deployed a large number of warplanes and navy ships towards Taiwan in the last three days.
HOUSING
Illinois to force landlords to accept illegal immigrants as tenants
A new Illinois law will require landlords to rent or sell property to undocumented migrants, adding immigration status to the list of protected classes in the Illinois Human Rights Act.
alliance
NATO leaders agree to send Ukraine an invite when ‘conditions are met’
This year’s North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) summit in Vilnius, Lithuania, ended with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy receiving more pledges of weapons and ammunition from the West in order to fight Russia’s invasion, however, no clear timeline or path for his country to join NATO was given.
AI
Elon Musk announces new AI company
Elon Musk took to Twitter to announce his new Artificial Intelligence company called xAI.
155mm
Biden says US is low on ammunition
During a recent interview with CNN’s Fareed Zakaria, President Joe Biden admitted that the United States is “low” on ammunition after sending multiple military aid packages to Ukraine.
bus
3 dead, over a dozen injured after Greyhound bus crash in Illinois
At least three people are dead and 14 injured after a Greyhound bus crashed into three other vehicles early on Wednesday morning in Illinois.
Bank of America
Bank of America fined millions for opening fake accounts and charging extra junk fees
Federal regulators found that Bank of America had deceived and harmed customers by double-dipping on fees, withholding credit card rewards and opening fake accounts.
CHICAGO
Primary suspect in 1982 Tylenol murders dead at 76
James Lewis, the prime suspect in the cyanide-laced Tylenol poisonings that killed seven people in 1982 died has on Sunday, at 76-years-old.
2024 election
Trump’s lawyers request a delay in classified documents trial
Lawyers for 45th President Donald Trump requested an indefinite delay to the criminal trial over his alleged mishandling of classified documents until after the 2024 presidential election.