Tag: student debt
Trump administration resumes student loan collections, threatening millions with garnished wages...
Restarting federal loan garnishments and ending relief programs, the Trump administration advances a sweeping overhaul that critics say punishes struggling borrowers and deepens a national crisis.
Right-wing Supreme Court upholds block on Biden’s student debt relief, leaving...
The Supreme Court’s conservative majority has once again halted President Biden’s efforts to provide student debt relief, casting doubt on the future of the SAVE plan and the fate of millions of borrowers.
Activists arrested in Capitol Hill protest urging Biden to cancel student...
The Debt Collective’s protest underscores the urgent need for student debt relief and a reevaluation of U.S. military spending.
Sanders and Senate Democrats push for strengthened student loan debt relief...
This effort, lauded as “historic” by Sanders and his colleagues, aims to provide significant financial relief to millions of Americans burdened by student debt.
Biden administration announces new plan to cancel student debt
The new plan is an effort to fulfill a promise that President Biden made as a candidate in 2020.
FAA Reauthorization Act’s stealth attack on student loan forgiveness
Inside the bill lies a clause that could effectively pilot a broader campaign against the cancellation of student debts, starting with those incurred for flight training and education.
Biden announces $6 billion in student debt relief for public service...
The debt relief would forgive roughly $6 billion for 78,000 borrowers such as teachers, nurses or social workers enrolled in the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program.
Biden is forgiving another $1.2 billion in student loan debt starting...
As loan servicers process their forgiveness, they will see their debts discharged from their accounts.
Supreme Court strikes down President Biden’s plan to erase billions in...
In a 6-3 decision, the Supreme Court claimed that the Biden administration's plan lacked authority and overstepped the powers of the Education Department and instead needed to go through Congress.
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Which spiritual and political issues will be the focus of Pope Leo XIV’s visit...
The trip lands months ahead of France's presidential campaign, timing that echoes John Paul II's first visit to the country in 1980.
How lab-grown meat could bring an end to needless animal cruelty
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SEC votes to propose scrapping rule that lets shareholders force a vote
Investor advocates call the move a threat to eight decades of shareholder oversight
Biotech corporation withdraws permit for mass release of GE mosquitoes
The California Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR) announced the withdrawal of the permit that would have released billions of genetically engineered mosquitos throughout agriculture communities across the state.