One of the most vocal critics of President Joe Biden’s student loan forgiveness has acknowledged that it may not be so easy to challenge the policy in court. After Biden announced up to $20,000 in student loan forgiveness for federal borrowers making less than $125,000 a year last week, Republican Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas did not dispute his opinion. He accused the policy of benefiting the “apathetic barista” who was taking out student loans for a “useless degree”....

Mark Tufnell, chairman of the Country Land and Business Association (CLA), which represents around 30,000 landowners and farm businesses, said Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak had done very little to show how they would boost the rural economy and address pressing concerns such as planning, rural broadband and rural support. “I don’t think either candidate really understands what’s going on in the countryside and what the real issues are,” Tufnell said....

Kremlin-controlled energy company Gazprom PJSC said late on Friday it would suspend gas supplies to Germany via the Nord Stream gas pipeline until further notice, increasing pressure on Europe as governments scramble to avoid energy shortages this winter. .

Le mot “polémique” Sandrine Rousseau, représentante d’Europe Ecologie-Les Verts (EELV) à Paris, a participé samedi 27 août aux journées estivales de la fête, à Grenoble. Lors d’un débat sur la consommation de viande et son impact sur le climat, il a déclaré : « Nous devons changer nos mentalités pour que manger un steak cuit au barbecue ne soit plus un symbole de bravoure. » réactions en chaîne Cette “petite proposition”, spécifiquement diffusée par un journaliste du Dauphiné Libéré, a très vite provoqué des réactions de colère....

Peltola became the first Democrat elected to Congress from Alaska in decades, defeating Palin in the race for the vacant seat held by Republican Rep. Don Young until his death earlier this year. Peltola, a Yup’ik Eskimo, is also the first Alaska Native to represent the state in Congress since it officially joined the union in 1959. Palin, who was vying to return to high office after being endorsed by Donald Trump, had dominated coverage of the election....

Comment JACKSON, Miss. — Gov. Tate Reeves on Thursday deployed 600 National Guard troops to a bulk water distribution facility in Mississippi’s capital as workers scrambled to repair beleaguered facility pumps that have left many without reliable running water for weeks, with no end in sight. State officials opened seven bulk water distribution sites staffed from 9 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. by National Guard troops, complementing the city spaces operated by fire stations, churches and non-profit organizations....

Österreich stellt für den Zeitraum 2022 bis 2024 bis zu 1,5 Millionen Euro für eine mehrjährige Partnerschaft mit der Jerusalemer Holocaust-Gedenkstätte Yad Vashem bereit. Das geht aus einer Absichtserklärung hervor, die Bundeskanzler Karl Nehammer (ÖVP) und Yad Vashem-Präsident Dani Dayan bei einem Arbeitsbesuch im Bundeskanzleramt unterzeichnet haben. Die von Österreich bereitgestellten Mittel sollen unter anderem ein Programm zur Unterstützung des Archivs von Yad Vashem, Seminare und Schulungen für hohe Bundesbeamte, Verwaltungsmitarbeiter und Vollzugsbeamte ermöglichen....

“Survivor” and “The Challenge: USA” contestant Tyson Apostol thinks he could wipe the floor with the OGs of the MTV show … but show host Johnny Bananas thinks he has no idea what he’s talking about. We caught up with Johnny in New York on Tuesday … and he thinks Tyson’s claims aren’t true — adding that the reality star is a little too new to the show to be pulling his mouth....

“I can only speak to what I say,” Oz said in a radio interview this week. The new approach has shaken up the Pennsylvania contest, which Republicans argue should have happened after the Oz races. But it has also exposed the Republican to questions about personal decency, allowing Fetterman to question what kind of doctor would ridicule a stroke survivor. The crescendo of the fight came when Fetterman this week refused to attend a debate in early September, citing the effects of his stroke and how Oz’s campaign had affected his recovery....

In videos played during his trial, the 56-year-old former Marine is seen swinging a metal flagpole at D.C. Officer Noah Rathbun before breaking through police barriers at the US Capitol and confronting Rathbun, choking him with the officer’s jaw . In May, Webster was found guilty of all six charges he faced, five of which were felonies. “As soon as you arrived, Mr. Webster, all hell broke loose,” Judge Amit Mehta said of the police line that Webster broke....

On Aug. 10, the company spearheading the public-private partnership infrastructure project revealed cracks had been found on three concrete piers supporting elevated tracks along the new LRT line to Mill Woods. Ronald Joncas, TransEd CEO, said at the time that a total of 18 piers might “require strengthening.” On Thursday, Joncas announced in a video posted to social media by an account run by TransEd that now 21 piers were impacted....

Members of the waste service and non-teaching training roles were due to walk out next week, but talks with First Minister Nicola Sturgeon have resulted in an offer that could end the strikes. The GMB and Unite have joined Unison in suspending strike action, saying they will submit a new pay offer to members they recommend it be accepted. Wendy Dunsmore, Unite’s chief negotiator for local government, said: “Following the latest round of intensive talks, a new credible offer has finally been put on the table by [local authorities body] Cosla....

Targeted help for the most vulnerable Although people on relatively high incomes could struggle to pay their energy bills this winter, Truss has made it clear that any support payments will be aimed at helping the most vulnerable. Many such people are already in fuel poverty and struggling, and the price cap will jump by 80% in October. Truss erred on the side of universal ‘handouts’ and could focus on supporting pensioners and those on universal credit by extending the £650 given to the 8 million lowest income households and paying the £300 to a similar number of pensioners....

Comment MADISON, Wis. — Prosecutors filed voter fraud charges Thursday against a man who ordered absentee ballots in the names of two others to bolster his claims that breaking election laws is easy. Attempting to expose election fraud is likely to land conservative activist Harry Waite with two felony and two misdemeanor charges. In an interview, Waite said he stands by his decision to have ballots sent to his home in the name of the state assembly speaker and the mayor of Racine, Wis....

Danielle Dawn Ballantyne, 36, and Marvin William Felix, a 54-year-old man who used a wheelchair, were killed in a series of attacks in the early hours of August 22. Another man in his 50s was attacked and remains in a critical condition. Two 15-year-old males are charged with two counts of second-degree murder and one count of aggravated assault. The witnesses, whom the CBC has agreed not to name because of fears for their safety, live in the area of ​​Jarvis Avenue and Main Street and have a bedroom window that faces the street....

Sky Sports News had been told that four clubs – Atletico Madrid, Chelsea, Arsenal and Liverpool – were interested in signing Luiz before the transfer deadline. Arsenal also saw a £20m bid rejected by Villa earlier on Thursday. As things stand, Aston Villa are not willing to sell Luiz to Arsenal. The situation could change later on Thursday depending on the Dendoncker deal and the price could go up. Arteta wants the player and has worked with him at Manchester City....

Longhouse Specialty Forest Products sued Tyler Ginther for $675,000 based on the contents of two reviews he posted in 2017 and 2018, claiming they damaged the business’s reputation and caused it financial losses. In a ruling posted online Wednesday, the judge ruled that Ginther’s posts about a family lumber business were defamatory because they were both untrue and malicious. “The revisions say that the plaintiffs are fraudulent and fraudulent and that they defrauded Mr....

PHILADELPHIA, Sept 1 (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden accused Donald Trump’s Republican allies of undermining the country’s democracy and urged voters on Thursday to reject extremism ahead of November’s midterm elections. Biden accused lawmakers and others committed to the Make America Great Again (MAGA) agenda led by the former US president of being willing to subvert democratic elections, ignoring the Constitution and “determined to take this country backwards” to an era without rights to abortion, privacy....

Health Canada has approved the use of the country’s first variant of a targeted COVID-19 booster shot, marking what health officials are calling a “landmark” in Canada’s response to the pandemic. On Thursday, the federal health regulator announced it had given the go-ahead to Moderna’s bivalent Covid-19 vaccine targeting Omicron, for ages 18 and older. The “Spikevax Bivalent” booster is a modified version of Moderna’s original mRNA vaccine and targets both the original strain of COVID-19 and the Omicron variant....