Biden ignores shutdown fight in final days as he focuses on four other priorities

From Day One of my administration, I promised to make sure that higher education is a ticket to the middle class, not a barrier to opportunity,

the outgoing president said

The public servants approved for debt cancellation today include teachers, nurses, service members, law enforcement officials, and other public service workers who have dedicated their lives to giving back to their communities and who are finally earning the relief they are entitled to under the law,

Biden said in a statement