Here are 5️⃣ things to know for October 5: 1️⃣ Ukraine annexation 2️⃣ Mar-a-Lago documents 3️⃣ Elon Musk's new Twitter proposal 4️⃣ Hurricane Ian 5️⃣ SpaceX launch
The application for President Joe Biden’s student loan forgiveness plan is expected to go live as soon as this week. But the nation is divided over the program, flooding social media platforms with praise or criticism. Additionally, ongoing legal challenges and lawsuits aiming to block the plan are creating a few hurdles for the administration. Here’s what else you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with Your Day. 1.
Three scientists win Nobel Prize for chemistry Carolyn R. Bertozzi, Morten Meldal and K. Barry Sharpless have won the Nobel Prize for chemistry, for work that has produced “an ingenious tool for building molecules.” The trio’s work has “led to a revolution in how chemists think about linking molecules together,” the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences said.
trillion That’s the amount of America’s national debt after reaching a new milestone this week amid historically high inflation. The nation’s borrowing levels have soared in the past decade, particularly at the height of the Covid-19 pandemic. The outstanding public debt was $10.6 trillion when former President Barack Obama took office in 2009; $19.9 trillion when Trump took office in 2017; and $27.8 trillion when Biden took office in 2021, according to data from the Treasury Department.
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