Top Democrats are increasing pressure on the president to change the policy on Israel. The Biden administration insists that the reopening of the Erez crossing must result in the rapid delivery of aid.
According to the Wall Street Journal, the Biden administration will make another attempt to implement a large-scale plan for student debt relief, a year after the previous attempt was blocked by the conservative justices of the Supreme Court.
Joe Biden will announce the plan during a visit to Wisconsin, a swing state, as he faces challenges in maintaining support among younger voters ahead of the expected November election rematch against Donald Trump.
The president’s advisers are aiming to start canceling waves of student debt before the November election, but the timing will depend on how quickly the administration can finalize the regulations. The debt forgiveness push could give Biden a political boost, especially among young people, amid polls showing him trailing Trump in key states. However, the proposal is likely to face legal action from Republican attorneys general once completed.
After the Supreme Court killed his first student loan forgiveness plan, Biden pledged to try again using different legal authority. This initiated a lengthy process led by the Education Department to craft regulations based on the Higher Education Act of 1965.