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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Wednesday that President Biden can't unilaterally wipe away student loan debt, as some progressives have urged him to do, and even questioned the fairness of a debt forgiveness policy.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi contradicted prominent Democratic lawmakers on the topic of student loan cancellation, saying that President Biden doesn't have the executive authority to discharge loans. See what you can do with your loans in the meantime.

Minnesota Democrat Rep. Ilhan Omar joined calls to cancel student debt Wednesday, pointing to recent the increase in coronavirus cases as justification.

Reps. Cathy McMorris Rodgers and Jim Jordan have drafted legislation that would remove Section 230 protections from Big Tech companies and require them to report any content moderation decisions.

Rep. Maria Salazar, R-FL, calls on Biden to show leadership over Cuba’s ongoing anti-government protests, arguing he needs to ‘denounce' the Cuban regime.

The Senate may vote to advance a bipartisan infrastructure package as early as Wednesday evening, Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said, after negotiators resolving major outstanding issues on the roughly $1.2 trillion deal.

Representatives from several major companies on Tuesday declined to denounce the genocide against the Uyghur people in China when directly asked by Arkansas Republican Sen. Tom Cotton.

Lawmakers are sounding the alarm about the IRS leak of wealthy taxpayer records earlier this year and are demanding accountability.

A group of Democrats on Tuesday renewed their pressure on President Biden to use his executive authority to cancel billions of dollars in student loan debt and extend a moratorium on payments that's poised to expire in September.

A Democratic proposal to eliminate the stepped-up basis tax provision could kill nearly 1 million U.S. jobs, a new study shows.