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Today, Explained

Vox

Politics, Daily News, News

4.3 • 10.3K Ratings

🗓️ 22 August 2023

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

President Biden can’t stop, won’t stop trying to forgive student debt, even as borrowers are shortly expected to resume payments. The Washington Post’s Danielle Douglas-Gabriel explains. This episode was produced by Jon Ehrens, edited by Amina Al-Sadi with help from Jolie Myers, fact-checked by Hady Mawajdeh and Amanda Lewellyn, engineered by Cristian Ayala, and hosted by Sean Rameswaram. Transcript at vox.com/todayexplained Support Today, Explained by making a financial contribution to Vox! bit.ly/givepodcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

President Jabidin tried to push the biggest student debt forgiveness plan in the United States

0:05.3

history through using his executive power alone, and he failed.

0:10.4

End of story, right?

0:11.6

Take the L and move on.

0:12.6

I think it's a lot more complicated than that.

0:16.4

Was he able to pass this massive debt forgiveness and help 40 million people know, or at least

0:22.7

not yet?

0:24.3

His signature economic policy, or at least one of his signature economic policies, was struck

0:28.7

down the Supreme Court.

0:30.4

But he's still fighting for this, and there is still another path to getting this form

0:35.3

of student relief to the people who need it.

0:38.6

Danielle Douglas Gabriel covers higher education for the Washington Post, and on today explained,

0:44.3

just as borrowers prepare to start paying back student loans again, after a three plus

0:49.7

year hiatus.

0:50.7

She's going to help us understand the president's journey on this issue, which appears to be

0:55.7

far from over.

1:00.8

Donald Trump is facing 91 felony charges across four indictments, but one charge in Georgia

1:07.5

stands out.

1:08.9

The Rico case against Donald Trump in Georgia involves 19 defendants, and when you have

1:15.5

a case involving 19 defendants and the wide range of crimes that they've been charged

1:22.1

with committing, it creates all kinds of complications.

1:26.0

The ins and outs of Rico cases, and what this could mean for 2024, this week on the weeds.

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