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        "uri": "/2023/07/10/bidens-newest-student-debt-relief-plan-will-likely-face-legal-challenges-too/",
        "title": "Biden's newest student debt relief plan will likely face legal challenges too",
        "byline": "Akayla Gardner and Madlin Mekelburg",
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        "prettyDate": "July 10, 2023",
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        "summary": "President Biden's new SAVE plan is an income-driven repayment plan that will cut borrower's monthly payments in half, but it could still face legal attacks as it relies on the Higher Education Act, which governs financial assistance.",
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        "uri": "/2023/04/13/appeals-court-abortion-pill-can-remain-available-with-restrictions-on-mailing/",
        "title": "Appeals court: Abortion pill can remain available, with restrictions on mailing",
        "byline": "Madlin Mekelburg",
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        "prettyDate": "April 13, 2023",
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        "summary": "The ruling means that unless the Supreme Court intervenes by Friday, mifepristone will no longer be approved for use after the seventh week and cannot be dispensed by mail.",
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        "uri": "/2023/04/10/access-to-abortion-pill-in-limbo-after-conflicting-federal-court-rulings/",
        "title": "Access to abortion pill in limbo, after conflicting federal court rulings",
        "byline": "Madlin Mekelburg",
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        "prettyDate": "April 10, 2023",
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        "summary": "Minutes after a Texas federal judge blocked the decades-old approval of mifepristone on Friday, a federal judge in Washington reached the opposite conclusion: The abortion pill should remain available.",
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      {
        "uri": "/2022/12/01/a-2nd-federal-appeals-court-blocks-bidens-10000-student-loan-forgiveness-program/",
        "title": "A 2nd federal appeals court blocks Biden's $10,000 student loan forgiveness program",
        "byline": "Madlin Mekelburg",
        "kicker": "News",
        "prettyDate": "December 01, 2022",
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        "summary": "The administration's student loan program, which has already approved 16 million applications since launching in October, was dealt another legal blow, likely sending a second case to the Supreme Court.",
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      {
        "uri": "/2022/10/24/bidens-10000-student-loan-forgiveness-plan-blocked-again-by-appeals-court/",
        "title": "Biden's $10,000 student loan forgiveness plan blocked (again) by appeals court",
        "byline": "Madlin Mekelburg",
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        "prettyDate": "October 24, 2022",
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        "summary": "The court temporarily halted a motion on Friday from six states filing to stop the new program, just days after people began applying for loan forgiveness and a day after the Supreme Court rejected another challenge to the program.",
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