President-elect Biden this week endorsed a proposal to immediately forgive up to $10,000 in student debt, with some experts arguing he could do so via executive action.
Axios Re:Cap speaks with Mike Pierce, policy director for the Student Borrower Protection Center, about Biden's plan, why it matters and what comes next.
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Thousands will descend upon Sydney, Australia on Monday to protest against Attorney General Christian Porter, a member of Prime Minister Scott Morrison's government, following an allegation that he raped a girl when he was a teenager in 1988, Reuters reports.
Why it matters: The43 protests planned across the country are likely to heap more pressure on Morrison, who has refused to consider an investigation on Porter after police closed theirs citing a lack of information. Porter has denied the allegation and said he will not step down.
Nobody said the transition to electric vehicles would be seamless, and the General Motors recall of every Chevy Bolt is the latest example of why it won't be.
Driving the news: GM's expanding Bolt recall over battery fire risks to include 2020-2022 models, and 2019 models that weren't covered by previous rounds.
The U.S. Embassy warned Americans not to go to the Kabul airport on Saturday "because of potential security threats."
The big picture: The guidance comes a day after President Biden reiterated his commitment to considering "every opportunity and every means" to get Americans and Afghan allies through Taliban checkpoints and into the airport
U.S. Marines arrived in Kabul on Saturday as part of a 3,000-troop force reinforcement to secure an airlift of U.S. Embassy personnel and Afghan allies as the Taliban nears recapturing the state, AP reports.
The big picture: The majority of the 3,000 U.S. troops — two battalions of Marines and one of Army soldiers — are set to arrive by the end of the weekend, per AP.
