Keya Vakil is the deputy political editor at COURIER. He previously worked as a researcher in the film industry and dabbled in the political world.
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Supreme Court Takes Student Debt Relief Away From 43 Million Americans
Nationwide, more than 45 million people owe $1.6 trillion in federal loans for college, according to government data, and as many as 43 million of them stood to benefit from the cancellation program.
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US Supreme Court Bans Consideration of Race in College Admissions
The Court’s decision reverses decades of precedent. In 1978, the Court ruled that affirmative action was lawful, which it later upheld in 2003 and 2016.
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Pennsylvania Families Face a Child Care Crisis, Sen. Bob Casey is Trying to Help.
A new analysis published last week found that unless Congress provides additional funding, an estimated 152,048 children in Pennsylvania are expected to lose their child care beginning Sept. 30, due to the projected closure of 2,848 child care programs.
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Supreme Court Strikes Down Fringe Theory That Trump Tried to Use to Overturn 2020 Election
The Court rejected the “independent state legislature theory”—an extreme reading of the Constitution that would have eroded America’s system of checks and balances and turned election laws upside down.
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Read the Full Indictment Against Donald Trump
Trump has been charged with 31 counts of violating the Espionage Act due to his “willful retention” of classified records.
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Big Pharma Company Merck Sues Biden Administration To Keep Prices High
Merck—which made $59.3 billion in revenue and $14.5 billion in profits in 2022—argued Tuesday that the Biden administration’s effort to lower exorbitant drug prices for seniors would somehow restrict its ability to invest in new cures and treatments.
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How Republicans’ Student Debt Plan Would Uniquely Hurt Public Workers
A Republican effort to reverse President Joe Biden’s student loan debt relief plan could cause more than 250,000 public workers to lose out on already-canceled loans, according to a new report.
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What Happens if America Defaults on Its Debt?
If the country defaults on its debt, millions of people would lose their jobs, retirement accounts would be decimated, Social Security payments could be delayed, Medicare and Medicaid benefits could be affected, and military members could see paychecks delayed.
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House GOP Passes Bill That Would Take Food and Healthcare From Pennsylvania Families
An estimated 519,000 Pennsylvanians could lose access to Medicaid health insurance, nearly half-a-million residents would lose access to food assistance, and Pennsylvania veterans would lose 272,600 doctors visits for issues like mental health and substance disorder treatment.
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Paranoia and Guns Mix Together in New Wave of Shootings
Knocking on a door, turning your car around in a driveway, or chasing a ball into your neighbor’s yard can get you shot now, apparently.






















