07 Jan 2020 - The Intercept

BOSTON, MA - MAY 21: A graduate is silhouetted during the Boston College commencement at Alumni Stadium in Boston on May 21, 2018. (Photo by David L. Ryan/The Boston Globe via Getty Images)

Joe Biden’s Role in Creating the Student Debt Crisis Stretches Back to the 1970s

BOSTON, MA - MAY 21: A graduate is silhouetted during the Boston College commencement at Alumni Stadium in Boston on May 21, 2018. (Photo by David L. Ryan/The Boston Globe via Getty Images)

Joe Biden’s Role in Creating the Student Debt Crisis Stretches Back to the 1970s

BOSTON, MA - MAY 21: A graduate is silhouetted during the Boston College commencement at Alumni Stadium in Boston on May 21, 2018. (Photo by David L. Ryan/The Boston Globe via Getty Images)

Joe Biden’s Role in Creating the Student Debt Crisis Stretches Back to the 1970s

As a senator, Joe Biden supported several bills that contributed to the rise in borrowing from $1.8 billion in 1977 to $12 billion in 1989.

Seven Things You Should Know About Donald Trump and Iran

Targeting Iran

Seven Things You Should Know About Donald Trump and Iran

Targeting Iran

Seven Things You Should Know About Donald Trump and Iran

No. 1: The president didn’t have a clue who Qassim Suleimani was just a few years ago.

3237806 11/16/2017 Headquarters of Voice of America radio broadcasting network in Washington DC. Russia may recognize several media outlets as foreign agents. Alexey Agarishev/Sputnik via AP

VOA Persian Awarded Journalism Contract to Controversial Former Trump Campaign Operative

3237806 11/16/2017 Headquarters of Voice of America radio broadcasting network in Washington DC. Russia may recognize several media outlets as foreign agents. Alexey Agarishev/Sputnik via AP

Targeting Iran

VOA Persian Awarded Journalism Contract to Controversial Former Trump Campaign Operative

3237806 11/16/2017 Headquarters of Voice of America radio broadcasting network in Washington DC. Russia may recognize several media outlets as foreign agents. Alexey Agarishev/Sputnik via AP

Targeting Iran

VOA Persian Awarded Journalism Contract to Controversial Former Trump Campaign Operative

Since 2016, the U.S. government-funded news outlet has turned to “blatant propaganda” designed to promote regime change in Iran.

UNITED STATES - FEBRUARY 12: IMF--Senate Foreign Relations Chairman Jesse Helms, R-N.C., left, and Ranking Member Joseph Biden, D-Del., during a hearing on the International Monetary Fund. (Photo by Scott J. Ferrell/Congressional Quarterly/Getty Images)

Joe Biden, Five Years Before Invasion, Said the Only Way of Disarming Iraq Is “Taking Saddam Down”

UNITED STATES - FEBRUARY 12: IMF--Senate Foreign Relations Chairman Jesse Helms, R-N.C., left, and Ranking Member Joseph Biden, D-Del., during a hearing on the International Monetary Fund. (Photo by Scott J. Ferrell/Congressional Quarterly/Getty Images)

Joe Biden, Five Years Before Invasion, Said the Only Way of Disarming Iraq Is “Taking Saddam Down”

UNITED STATES - FEBRUARY 12: IMF--Senate Foreign Relations Chairman Jesse Helms, R-N.C., left, and Ranking Member Joseph Biden, D-Del., during a hearing on the International Monetary Fund. (Photo by Scott J. Ferrell/Congressional Quarterly/Getty Images)

Joe Biden, Five Years Before Invasion, Said the Only Way of Disarming Iraq Is “Taking Saddam Down”

At a 1998 Senate hearing, Biden argued that “taking this son of a — taking Saddam down" was the only way to guarantee Iraq’s disarmament.