Clinton, In Saudi Arabia, Explores Syria Crisis

Rep. Jared Moskowitz and Rep. Mike Lawler speak with CNN's Jake Tapper

(PHOENIX) — Democrats secured enough votes in the Arizona Senate on Wednesday to repeal a Civil War-era ban on abortions that the state’s highest court recently allowed to take effect. Voting wasn’t complete but the Senate had the 16 votes it needed to advance the bill. Fourteen Democrats in the Senate were joined by two Republican votes in favor of repealing the bill, which narrowly cleared the Arizona House last week and is expected to be signed by Democratic Gov.

A spokeswoman for the Colorado treasurer’s office has resigned from her job, weeks after her sexual assault allegations against a state lawmaker were found not credible by a judge. The office of Treasurer Dave Young, a Democrat, confirmed that Sheena Kadi resigned from her position, effective Tuesday. Kadi had been placed on paid administrative leave on March 21 for a personnel matter, Deputy State Treasurer Eric Rothaus said.

(WASHINGTON) — The Biden administration on Wednesday said it will cancel $6 billion in student loans for people who attended the Art Institutes, a system of for-profit colleges that closed the last of its campuses in 2023 amid accusations of fraud. Saying the chain lured students with “pervasive” lies, the Education Department is invoking its power to cancel student loans for borrowers who were misled by their colleges. [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] “This institution falsified data, knowingly misled students, and cheated borrowers into taking on mountains of debt without leading to promising career prospects at the end of their studies,” President Joe Biden said in a statement. The Education Department will automatically erase loans for 317,000 people who attended any Art Institute campus between Jan.

(CHICAGO) — For five days, the shouts of student protesters and supporters rang out from Northwestern University’s Deering Meadow as they joined demonstrations against the Israel-Hamas war unfolding on college campuses nationwide. But the meadow on the suburban Chicago campus fell silent hours after student organizers and the school announced an agreement late Monday to curb protest activity in return for the reestablishment of an advisory committee on university investments and other commitments. [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] By Tuesday, only two unoccupied tents remained, surrounded by abandoned folding chairs, cases of bottled water and other supplies. By quickly defusing the protests in Evanston and avoiding the longer standoffs that happened on other campuses, the agreement at Northwestern offered an example of successful negotiations between anti-war demonstrators and administrators.