Americans who had expected sizable chunks of their student debt to be wiped out under President Biden'sstudent debt relief plan are now recalculating what their futures may look like.
Driving the news: Borrowers who would be eligible for relief through Biden's plan won't know for at least a few months whether as much as $20,000 in their student debt will be forgiven — or still owed — as the Supreme Court decides on its constitutionality.
Why it matters: The local legislation, which reduced maximum penalties for some violent crimes, sparked a national debate on crime and led many Democrats to side with Republicans in spite of their party’s support for D.C. home rule.
Former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort has agreed to pay $3.15 million to settle a civil case brought by the Justice Department last year over undeclared foreign bank accounts, court documents show.
The big picture: The lawsuit, filed in April 2022, alleged that Manafort failed to report over 20 foreign bank accounts, which he controlled in countries like Cyprus, the United Kingdom, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, in 2013 and 2014.
The site of a proposed Atlanta police training facility was attacked Sunday by people throwing "large rocks, bricks, Molotov cocktails, and fireworks at police officers," police said.
The big picture: Police said they had detained 35 people after the latest confrontation between police and protesters at the site of the Atlanta Police Foundation's proposed complex, which activists have dubbed "Cop City." Organizers have pushed back on the police account of the latest clashes.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) took swipes at California's governor and other Democrats during a visit to the state on Sunday ahead of an expected announcement for a 2024 presidential run.
Why it matters: His speech at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley was officially to promote his new book, but the Los Angeles Times notes it came a year out from the March 5, 2024, California GOP primary that could play a key role in deciding the Republican Party's presidential nominee.
Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg told CNN Sunday he "failed to anticipate the political fallout from the toxic train derailment" in Ohio, as he pushed back on Republican criticisms of his response to the incident.
Why it matters: The 41-year-old faces a House Republican investigation over the Biden administration's response to the Norfolk Southern train derailment and Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) has pressed President Biden to seek Buttigieg's resignation over the matter, per Axios' Andrew Solender.
President Biden made a fresh appeal for voting rights reform as he commemorated the 58th anniversary of "Bloody Sunday" in Selma, Alabama.
Driving the news: A critical day in the Civil Rights movement, "Bloody Sunday" in 1965 saw a peaceful demonstration demanding, in part, for an expansion of voting rights end with police beating demonstrators.
Former President Trump won't become the Republican Party's presidential nominee in 2024, New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu (R) predicted during an appearance on NBC's "Meet the Press" on Sunday.
Driving the news: "He's not going to be the nominee, that's just not going to happen," Sununu said, adding the GOP is looking for fresh leadership.
Driving the news: No hazardous chemicals were released from the train, officials said at a news conference Sunday. Two tankers had residual amounts of diesel exhaust fluid, and the other had residual amounts of polyacrylamide water solution.
First lady Jill Biden dismissed former U.N. ambassador Nikki Haley's call for competency tests for older politicians during an interview with CNN set to air Monday night, calling the idea "ridiculous."
Driving the news: During her presidential campaign announcement, Haley touted the idea that politicians over the age of 75 should be required to take mandatory mental competency tests.
This week's CPAC conference underscored the difficulty Republicans will have in keeping their increasingly fractured coalition together for 2024.
Why it matters: The Republican Party once was defined by its general ideological unity on three core conservative principles: free markets, a muscular foreign policy and traditional social values. Those pillars made up the Reagan revolution.
D.C. local officials criticized President Biden's announcement that he would block changes to the city's criminal code as a major setback for statehood in the nation's capital.
Why it matters: Officials say the intervention in D.C. political affairs undermines their legislative autonomy — and they fear that the congressional meddling may reach other bills in the nation's capital.
The top Democrat and Republican on the House Intelligence Committee say that last week's classified document briefing left questions still unanswered on the series of document discoveries found at the residences of President Biden, former President Trump and former Vice President Mike Pence.
Driving the news: "Let's just say that neither one of us are satisfied that we got enough information to execute our primary responsibility of making sure that sources and methods have been protected," Rep. Jim Himes (D-Conn.), a ranking member of the House Intelligence Committee, said Sunday on NBC News' "Meet the Press."
Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo criticized the Trump administration's track record on fiscal policy during an appearance on "Fox News Sunday."
Why it matters: The criticism from Pompeo — who served in the Trump administration — comes amid long-swirling speculation that he may be mulling a 2024 presidential run himself.
Former President Trump escalated his attacks on China at CPAC last night, testing his ability to move the U.S. toward a more confrontational approach on trade with the communist nation.
Why it matters: The last six years have shown that Trump’s hawkish proposals on China — initially dismissed as dangerous and impossible — have a way of becoming plausible, and even policy.
Two Republican-led House panels are about to sink their teeth into investigations of the chaotic U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan — the latest GOP probes of the Biden administration.
Why it matters: The coming months will bring intense congressional scrutiny of the August 2021 evacuation that airlifted 124,000 people out of Afghanistan — and was clouded by a suicide attack that killed 13 Americans and roughly 200 Afghans.
