News Roundup & Comment

Below are several highlights from Jim's look at news events from this past week. Stories included:

--According to the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, President Biden's student debt forgiveness plan will cost U.S. taxpayers between 440 and 600 billion dollars over the next 10 years.

--Larry Summers, a top Democrat economist, warns that Biden's debt forgiveness plan will cause even more inflation.

--Nancy Pelosi said in 2021 that the president does not have the power of debt forgiveness. Instead, this has to be an act of Congress.

--U.S. magistrate Judge Bruce Reinhart rejected the Department of Justice's argument Monday to keep the Mar-a-Lago search warrant affidavit under wraps saying the government has the burden of proof to show why parts of the affidavit must be sealed. Today the Justice Department filed its proposed redactions to its affidavit that explains the reason for the unprecedented search of Trump's Florida estate, but it's unclear when or if parts of the affidavit will be made public.

--After filing a motion to halt the Justice Department review of items from the Mar-a-Lago raid, former President Trump fired off a statement denouncing the violation of his rights under the Fourth Amendment of the Constitution.

--WMAR TV (Baltimore's ABC affiliate) said the U.S. Postal Service facility found a tray of undelivered mail that included 26 blank ballots from 2020.

--Some 5,000 Texans who used a P.O. box as a voter registration address, will likely be able to cast a ballot in the state's mid-term election after a federal judge blocked a 2021 state election law.