Bernie Unveils Plan To Ax Student Debt

Sen. Bernie Sanders proposes sweeping college affordability legislation. No Images? Click here   By Hayley Miller     Monday, June 24 BERNIE UNVEILS PLAN TO CANCEL ALL STUDENT DEBT Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), a 2020 Democratic presidential candidate, announced a signature policy proposal: a sweeping college affordability plan that would wipe out all existing student debt. [HuffPost] [Tweet] [Share on Facebook] MEDICAL GROUPS WARN ON CLIMATE CHANGE Nearly 75 medical and public health groups, including the American Medical Association and the American Heart Association, are calling for a series of consensus commitments to combat climate change, saying the phenomenon is a “health emergency.” [AP] TRUMP DEFENDS ‘BIG BUYER’ SAUDI ARABIA President Donald Trump shrugged off his own government’s report that Saudi Arabian leadership ordered the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, stressing that the Middle Eastern kingdom is a “big buyer” of U.S. products. 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