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The administration said that it will cancel up to $20,000 in student debt for Pell Grant recipients and up to $10,000 for individual borrowers who make less than $125,000 per year, or $250,000 per year for married couples. The GOP has labeled the policy “reckless”. Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) was one of those prominent Republicans voicing their criticism on social media. The Claim In a tweet sent on August 24, 2022, Cruz quoted an analysis that suggests the average cost of the student debt forgiveness policy to each taxpayer would be $2,100....

In a tweet, she appeared with her grandson, Robert Hunter Biden, with the caption “Fly Eagles Fly!!!,” a reference to the song sung by fans of the team. In interviews, she has previously claimed to have grown up in Philadelphia. However, a video that has resurfaced online appears to show a hostile reception to the first lady at an Eagles game. The Claim “Jill Biden appeared on the jumbotron at the Eagles game today and fans immediately started booing and chanting ‘Let’s Go Brandon’,” the Citizen Free Press wrote in a tweet on Sunday that has since been viewed more than 35,000 times....

*Born Dec. 25, 1984, in Gloucester, England. *Scored an unbeaten 104 on test debut against India at Nagpur in 2006 and made his one-day international debut against Sri Lanka in the same year. *Scored 766 runs in seven innings during the 2010-11 Ashes tour to help England to their first series win in Australia for 24 years. *Scored 294 against India in 2011, his highest test score to date, and was named as the International Cricket Council’s (ICC) Test Cricketer of the Year....

Amid all the mutual admiration, however, we still found a few factual missteps: Obama claimed Democratic voter turnout has doubled in “every single election that we’ve had so far in this [nominating] contest.” Not true. It doubled in only two. In New Hampshire the turnout increased by 30 percent. Obama misleadingly said corporate tax loopholes totaled $1 trillion. That figure is an estimate for a 10-year period and includes items such as low-income housing tax credits and tax-free bonds for state and local governments....

In a message written to fans of Fairy Tail, Koei Tecmo explains that “the development team is working extremely hard through an unprecedented time.” COVID-19 is explicitly stated to be the cause of the delay. Koei Tecmo says it and the developers at Gust Studios are appreciative of everybody’s patience as Fairy Tail’s development wraps up. RELATED: Fairy Tail Creator Gets 100% in Final Fantasy 7 Remake Fairy Tail is an action RPG wherein players take on the role of one of their favorite characters from the manga....

Falcao came on as a substitute and missed an 83rd-minute penalty in a 2-0 defeat against Atletico that ensured Monaco will finish bottom of Group A. The Colombia international scored 70 goals in 91 matches over two seasons with Atleti and was presented with a framed photograph prior to kick-off. Falcao’s contract at Monaco is due to expire at the end of next season and he hinted at a desire to return to the club where he won the Europa League in 2011-12 and the UEFA Super Cup and Copa del Rey the following season....

If they want a shot at a Wild Card spoy, the Falcons will need to avoid turnovers in the redzone. Quarterback Matt Ryan leads the league in redzone interceptions (four), with his latest being against the Vikings in a 20-10 loss last week. But after falling to a weak Colts team 25-12 last week, the Bucs need the win just as badly. MORE: Week 13 picks, straight up | Picks against the spread | Injury reports’ biggest losses...

Heartbreak House The Roundabout Theatre Company is known for mounting strong shows for discerning theatergoers, so this flashback from Theatre Studies 101 may turn out very well. Swoosie Kurtz stars in this adaptation of the George Bernard Shaw classic about love, war and disappointment. Note: Think Oscar Wilde’s “The Importance of Being Earnest,” only not so funny. ( Opens Sept. 15, American Airlines Theatre, roundabouttheatre.org ) A Chorus Line...

The Republican lawmaker was kicked off Twitter for 12 hours after she repeated her criticism of coronavirus vaccines. The suspension came after an appeal by President Joe Biden and the Surgeon General, Vivek Murthy, for tech companies to clamp down against bogus vaccine claims—calls which were met with a strongly-worded rebuttal by Facebook. But despite the dispute between the White House and Facebook, Greene said she believed there was a link to her predicament and the White House push to curb misinformation....

Lloyd Austin, 67, will need a waiver to existing law that requires the Pentagon leader to have at least a seven-year cooling off period from military service—a long-standing tradition that’s meant to ensure civilian control of the military and guarantee that the Pentagon chief is loyal to the nation’s interests and not the military’s like in authoritarian regimes. Austin, who would make history as the nation’s first Black secretary of defense, retired from the military four years ago....

The Claim Questions were raised over the poll being sponsored by Jack Posobiec, a conservative commentator who has been highly critical of Biden. A tweet with more than 1,500 likes at time of writing said: “Today’s biased Rasmussen poll was sponsored by none other than Jack Posobiec, and brought to you by the letters G O and P.” Another, with more than 2,800 likes, said: “This Rasmussen Poll is sponsored by Jack Posobiec and yall take this s*** seriously?...

First approved for use in the late 1980s, ivermectin is an antiparasitic drug that is most commonly prescribed to fight against parasites like worms, lice, and scabies. In the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic, the drug became popular among anti-vaccine circles as an alternative treatment for the virus, gaining support from people like Joe Rogan, despite no definitive scientific evidence that it was safe and effective. Due to the drug’s surging demand, some began to purchase the ivermectin variant formulated for horses, leading to critics accusing proponents of using “horse dewormer” to treat COVID....

DeSantis told Fox News that the two planes sent to Martha’s Vineyard are part of his program to send “illegal migrants” to progressive states, in protest of Biden administration’s liberal immigration policies, which the Florida governor—along with other Republican leaders—insists, are incentivizing migrant crossings over the U.S.-Mexico border. This tactic, practiced by Texas Governor Greg Abbott and Arizona Governor Doug Ducey since April and May, is not only highly controversial, but also, it turns out, quite expensive....

“The blessing of homosexual unions cannot be considered licit,” the statement said, in part. Shortly after the news, Grammy award-winning and self-proclaimed “flamboyant superstar” Elton John took to Twitter to point out what he called the hypocrisy of the Vatican’s decree. The Claim “How can the Vatican refuse to bless gay marriages because they ‘are sin’, yet happily make a profit from investing millions in ‘Rocketman’ - a film which celebrates my finding happiness from my marriage to David?...

Any indictment of Trump will likely be delayed—if it even happens at all—but it remains a real prospect for the man leading the polls for the Republican Party’s 2024 presidential nomination. However, in a recent show of support, one of his former advisors has come out to claim the documents at Mar-a-Lago were Trump’s to keep. The Claim In an episode of the America First podcast with Dr. Sebastian Gorka, the former Trump advisor said the ex-president still had the same security clearances as he did while still in office....

With certain states pushing for more stringent laws and restrictive access to abortion in the wake of SCOTUS’ Roe v. Wade ruling, that conversation is getting ever more heated, with critics suggesting some changes could put lives at risk. Embedded in this debate is a claim that has been circulating for around a decade and has again resurfaced, suggesting that “fetal tissue” is, in fact, being used in commercial food production....

His seeming desire to adapt to roadblocks, including established facts, has been a cornerstone of his public persona. So, after Trump announced he would file a lawsuit against the Department of Justice over the recent FBI search of his Mar-a-Lago residence in Florida, rumors began to circulate that he would even represent himself in court. The Claim Multiple tweets, published on 22 August 2022, which have received tens of thousands of engagements, claim that (according to registered court filings attached to some of the posts) Donald Trump would be representing himself against the United States government....

Wray, a Trump appointee who has been head of the Bureau since 2017, was grilled by Missouri Senator Josh Hawley, who questioned whether it was practice for the FBI chief to have also used a government airline for his vacation, instead of a commercial flight. Hawley appeared unconvinced by Wray’s defense that it was a requirement for FBI directors to use the planes for travel, a claim that Newsweek has explored in further detail....

In a televised address from Washington’s Union Station, he took aim at former president Donald Trump and the “Big Lie, that the election of 2020 had been stolen.” Attempting to find a message of unity, the incumbent Democratic president played down the scale of what he called “MAGA Republicans”—referring to the Trump slogan “Make America Great Again”—within the GOP. But is the faction as small as he suggests? The Claim...

The second COVID-19 relief package includes $600 checks for individuals, $300 weekly supplemental unemployment insurance, small business aid through the Paycheck Protection Program, food and rental assistance, among other things. The Claim People reportedly have been receiving text messages that claim to provide access to a $1,200 coronavirus stimulus check. So is the IRS sending texts to sign up for stimulus checks? The text message allegedly states: “You have received a direct deposit of $1,200 from COVID-19 TREAS FUND....