After the Supreme Court blocked President Joe Biden's first plan to forgive student debt, his administration set out to create a more viable relief package.
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...
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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) announced that he has sued the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) over new Title IX guidelines that make discrimination against LGBTQ+ students in education […]
The Federal Trade Commission is warning about scammers targeting people with promises to cancel their student loans, and critics say President Joe Biden fueled the fire himself. Biden has been pledging to cancel student loans since the 2020 presidential campaign and has rolled out a wide range of programs and proposals toward that end. While his […]
A coalition of 25 attorneys general filed a lawsuit against the Biden administration's electric vehicle mandate Thursday.
The new Title IX rules expanded the definition of sex-based harassment. Paxton said the change distorted the original intent of the law.
Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sued the Biden administration Monday for expanding federal sex discrimination protections under Title IX to include LGBTQ+ students. Title IX is a sweeping civil rights law that prohibits sex-based discrimination at federally funded colleges and K-12 schools.
Last week, President Biden visited Madison, Wisconsin where he announced new details for his student debt cancellation plan. While this initiative promises immediate short-term financial relief, it avoids addressing the deeper systemic issues plaguing American higher education. “Starting this fall we plan to deliver up to $20,000 in interest relief to over 20 million borrowers […]
Most families take out student loans to cover the rising cost of college. A new report found that incoming freshmen may have $37,000 in debt by graduation.
People with certain federal student loans have until Tuesday to consolidate them and qualify for debt cancellation. The Department of Education is reviewing over 40 million loan accounts and issuing credit for past payments that previously didn’t count toward forgiveness. Also in this episode: a look at the latest inflation reading, Americans’ savings habits and pop-up coworking spaces.
Author: Julie Tsirkin and Monica Alba (NBC News) WASHINGTON (NBC News) – The Biden administration will take a historic step toward easing federal restrictions on cannabis, with plans to announce an interim rule soon reclassifying the drug for the first time since the Controlled Substances Act was enacted more than 50 years ago, four sources […]