President Joe Biden is expected to announce Wednesday afternoon a federal student loan forgiveness plan that will cancel up to $10,000 in student loans for some borrowers, and up to $20,000 in student loans for others.
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Gretchen Whitmer will provide an update Wednesday on the state’s handling of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Whitmer is scheduled to hold a news conference at 1:30 p.m. You can watch live in the stream posted above. READ: Emergency stay-in-place order issued for University of Michigan students to stop COVID-19 spreadWhitmer and Khaldun will discuss the continued efforts to slow the spread of the virus in Michigan. On Tuesday, Michigan announced 1,586 new COVID-19 cases and 22 additional deaths, bringing the state totals to 149,392 cases and 7,053 deaths. The 7-day moving average for new cases in Michigan is now 1,670 -- the highest ever.
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The White House complex was not breached and no one under Secret Service protection was in danger, said Tom Sullivan, chief of the Secret Service Uniformed Division. Trump had just begun a coronavirus briefing when a U.S. Secret Service agent escorted him from the briefing room. The White House was placed on lockdown following the incident. An internal review of the shooting by the Secret Service was underway, and the Metropolitan Police Department was also investigating, a standard protocol. At the White House, Trump praised Secret Service personnel for their work in keeping him safe.