Common Dreams staff

The floor debate moves the upper chamber closer to a showdown over the 60-vote filibuster rule.

The undersea volcano's eruption also sparked tsunami warnings for Fiji, Samoa, New Zealand, and the West Coast of the United States.

"This money belongs to the people and should be freed," one demonstrator insisted.

"An extension would be a good, popular decision. You should do it," the Debt Collective said in response to the news. "Then cancel student debt."

With 97% of 46,887 polling stations reporting Sunday, Gabriel Boric had 56% of the votes, compared to 44% for his opponent

Bernie Sanders: Manchin “doesn’t have the guts to stand up to powerful special interests”

President Barack Obama called it “the most precise air campaign in history”

But somehow managed to confirm Rahm Emanuel as ambassador to Japan