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Fears of impending AI doom have burst into the mainstream. They still might not be enough for Washington to regulate AI. This episode was produced by Kelli Wessinger and Hady Mawajdeh, edited by Jolie Myers, fact checked by Danielle Hewitt and Peter Balonon-Rosen, engineered by D ...  Show more

Republicans are stoking anti-Muslim sentiment in new ways ahead of the midterms. This episode was produced by Avishay Artsy and Danielle Hewitt, edited by Amina Al-Sadi, fact-checked by Peter Balonon-Rosen and Ariana Aspuru, engineered by Bridger Dunnagan and David Tatasciore, an ...  Show more

Americans holding federal student loans will be required to resume making payments after the Supreme Court struck down President Biden’s forgiveness plan. WSJ personal-finance reporter Julia Carpenter joins host J.R. Whalen to discuss how the nation’s 40 million borrowers should ...  Show more

Millions of federal student-loan borrowers will see all or part of their student debt forgiven under a plan announced by President Biden on Wednesday. WSJ personal-finance reporter Julia Carpenter joins host J.R. Whalen to discuss forgiveness eligibility requirements, what borrow ...  Show more

Thirty-eight percent of Americans under 30 want to see student debt cancelled entirely. Despite a campaign trail promise to eliminate some debt, President Biden has yet to take any action beyond continuing Trump's pause on loan repayments. For years, an Education Department loan ...  Show more

President Biden’s announcement this week that he would cancel chunks of student loan debt stands to have a major impact for many of the 45 million Americans who owe $1.6 trillion for having gone to college.

Who will benefit from the plan, what will the cost be to the tax ...