Federal judge hands Biden win as Republicans challenge student loan bailout

A federal judge on Wednesday set back Republican efforts to thwart President Biden's student loan bailout, allowing the government to proceed with his debt cancellation plan weeks before the November election. 

U.S. District Judge Randal Hall of Augusta removed Georgia from a lawsuit brought by seven Republican-led states against the Biden administration after he determined the Peach State lacked standing to sue over the loan forgiveness action. The judge said Georgia had failed to show...