student debt forgiveness
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PublishedApril 8, 2024
Biden promotes ‘life-changing’ student loan relief in Wisconsin as he tries to rally young voters
The plan is smaller and more targeted than Biden's original plan, which was killed by the Supreme Court last year.
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PublishedApril 5, 2024
Biden will unveil his new plan to give student loan relief to many new borrowers
The plan would expand federal student loan relief to new yet-targeted categories of borrowers through the Higher Education Act.
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PublishedFebruary 28, 2024
Why some student loan borrowers are locked out of Biden’s debt relief efforts
People are being shut out from student debt forgiveness initiatives through no fault of their own, and they are asking the Education Department for relief.
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PublishedJanuary 12, 2024
Some Americans will get their student loans canceled in February as Biden accelerates new plan
Borrowers will be eligible for cancellation if they are enrolled in the new SAVE plan if they originally borrowed $12,000 or less to attend college, and if they have made at least 10 years of payments.
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PublishedOctober 4, 2023
U.S. forgiving more federal student loans that are ‘unsustainable debt’
In total, 3.6 million borrowers will have had $127 billion in debt wiped out since Biden took office.
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PublishedJuly 14, 2023
Biden administration announces $39 billion in student loan forgiveness
The Education Department said the plan will help more than 800,000 borrowers.
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PublishedJuly 2, 2023
Americans divided over landmark Supreme Court decisions in poll
Recent rulings by the Supreme Court, including last year’s decision on abortion rights, 'signal a dangerous creep towards authoritarianism and centralization of power,' Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a Democrat from New York.
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PublishedJune 30, 2023
Biden offers new student debt relief plan, lashes out at Republicans after Supreme Court ruling
Speaking to reporters at the White House, President Biden said borrowers now angry about the court's decision should blame Republicans.
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PublishedJune 30, 2023
Without student-loan relief, U.S. consumers face another head wind
The broader impact on the economy will come this summer, when more than 40 million Americans resume student-loan payments, following a three-year pause.
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PublishedJune 30, 2023
A sharply divided Supreme Court rejects Biden’s plan to wipe away $400 billion in student loans
The 6-3 decision, with conservative justices in the majority, said the Biden administration overstepped its authority with the plan.
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