You may have noticed over the last few days that the political world is in an uproar over President Biden's dispensing of student debt relief. It's not so much that Biden implemented the relief program at all; what got politicians and pundits in a tizzy was that he called out the GOP naysayers in the House by pointing out that many of them had received business loans via the pandemic-era Paycheck Protection Program, or PPP, that had never been paid back. The White House tweeted out the forgiven...
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I don’t get it and I’m hoping you can help me figure it out. Why do Republicans oppose President Biden’s efforts to cancel student debt?This Tuesday, seven states, led by Missouri’s Republican Attorney General, sued the Biden administration to stop his most recent attempt to reduce student debt. In a separate lawsuit, ten other Republican-controlled states filed a separate lawsuit to try to block the same Biden effort.The week before, somebody slipped this little gem into Maria Cantwell’s...
A total of 18 states are now suing the Biden administration over its new student debt forgiveness program, hoping to halt $1.2 billion in loan relief for more than 150,000 borrowers. The SAVE Repayment Plan, which was announced in February, allows borrowers to have their federal student debt forgiven if they took out $12,000 or less and have made payments for at least 10 years. A federal lawsuit filed Tuesday — led by Missouri and joined by Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, North Dakota, Ohio and...
The legendary radio voice of the , John Sterling, is planning to hold a news conference Friday to announce plans on his future, he told The Athletic. There is an expectation among the Yankees and WFAN officials that he will retire because of health concerns, according to people with direct knowledge of the situation. The team and the station have left it up to Sterling, leaving the possibility he could change his mind. Advertisement “We are going to have a press conference to do everything on...
Yuval RosenbergApril 11, 2024President Joe Biden’s new student debt relief plans are projected to cost $84 billion if enacted, according to the
The famously concise Bill Belichick is about to become Mr. Media. In his transition from the sidelines, Belichick, the longtime coach, will make millions with an anticipated recurring role with the Manning brothers on ESPN’s “Monday Night Football with Peyton and Eli,” a book deal, a potential inside football show and possibly a podcast, executives briefed on his plans told The Athletic. Advertisement Belichick will start his post-Patriots career on Thursday with the NFL Draft, when as an...
The Biden administration's latest plan to wipe out federal student loan debt for millions of borrowers could add up to $750 billion to the national deficit, according to a Tuesday report from the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget.So far, the White House has announced $150 billion in so-called student loan "forgiveness" programs over the last year following the Supreme Court's June decision to reject unilateral loan cancellations. The previously rejected program would have wiped out $430...
If you’re confused about President Joe Biden’s various student loan debt-cancellation schemes, who can blame you? And on Tuesday, the Biden administration unveiled its third Read More
The Department of Education just shared the first draft of the proposal’s rules, and there’s a lot to break down.