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“The time for half-measures is over,” the Democratic presidential candidate said. “My broad cancellation plan is a real solution to our student debt crisis.”

On Monday, Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) released a wide-ranging plan to fix the U.S. college system, with proposals including making two-year and four-year public college free and expanding the size and scope of the federal Pell

Since late last year, presidential hopefuls have been romancing donors, hiring staff and haunting the diners and senior centers of Manchester and Dubuque.

But on paper, most of the candidates spent virtually no money exploring a presidential bid until very recently. According to campaign disclosures filed with the Federal Election Commission last week, the much-promoted campaign staff

House Republicans unveiled a budget proposal Tuesday that would eliminate the federal deficit within 10 years, largely by overhauling Medicare and Medicaid and other social safety-net programs.

The proposal uses a contentious tactic designed to placate defense hawks concerned about military spending curbs and deficit hawks uneasy over waning fiscal discipline. It would boost military

The political war over the debt ceiling is back. And the drama looks poised to play out much as it has in the past: with partisan rancor and brinkmanship.

The Treasury Department on Friday began taking preliminary steps to extend the length of time before breaching the federal borrowing limit, which technically will be reached Sunday when a congressionally imposed suspension expires.