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Warren bill would let people erase student debt in bankruptcy
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Russian President Vladimir Putin may soon annex part of eastern Ukraine, after Ukrainian residents, sometimes held at gunpoint, were made to vote in support of joining Russia. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called the vote a “farce” — and the U.S. and Western allies have dismissed the election as illegitimate.
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