Public Education
Trump admin agrees to resume student loan forgiveness, payment plans(Daily Caller News Foundation) – The Trump administration has agreed to continue some forms of student loan forgiveness and payment plans in a court settlement reached with one of the largest… Read More
Government
Trump admin reportedly floats selling parts of $1.6 trillion federal student loan portfolio(Daily Caller News Foundation) – The Trump administration is considering selling off parts of the federal government’s $1.6 trillion student loan portfolio to the private market, according to Politico. The… Read More
Opinion
Why the House’s new education plan is a win for students and taxpayers(The Daily Signal) – In response to a directive to cut $330 billion in mandatory federal education spending over the next decade, the House Education and Workforce… Read More
Government
Student loan delinquencies mount as Congress considers reformsThe financial party has ended for those who owe student loans but the fallout is just beginning. After a nearly five-year hiatus, borrowers were required to resume loan payments in… Read More
Opinion
Student loan forgiveness’ unintended consequences for recipients(The Daily Signal) – Instead of alleviating rising debt burdens, Joe Biden’s student loan debt “forgiveness” has caused recipients to take on additional non-student loan debts, a new economic analysis shows. Read More
Government
Amid legal questions, Biden-Harris admin has wiped out $74B in student loans for government, public service workers(Daily Caller News Foundation) – The Biden-Harris administration boasted Thursday that $74 billion in student loans had been forgiven for government and public service employees. The administration announced an additional… Read More
Courts
Federal judge blocks Biden-Harris student loan forgiveness againLess than 24 hours after a federal judge in Georgia ruled the Biden-Harris student loan forgiveness program could move forward, a federal judge in Missouri blocked it again. U.S. District… Read More
Courts
Supreme Court declines to hear challenge to student loan forgiveness block(The Center Square) – The U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear a request from the Biden administration over a block of a student-loan forgiveness plan. Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey… Read More
Politics
Report: White House seeking votes with student loan leniency(The Center Square) – Only 40% of student loan borrowers make payments, and congressional committee leaders from North Carolina and Louisiana said Wednesday the federal report confirms the White House’s… Read More
Culture
Biden wipes out another $1.2B in student debt as he fights to stay in 2024 race(Daily Caller News Foundation) – The Biden administration announced Thursday it would forgive $1.2 billion in student debt held by 35,000 public service workers. President Joe Biden will have forgiven… Read More
Government
FAFSA debacle sparks Congressional action(The Center Square) – Congressional Republicans are pushing new legislation this week in the House and Senate to force the Biden administration to fix the FAFSA process after ongoing criticism… Read More
Public Education
Foreign aid, student loan forgiveness behind massive increase in deficit estimate, CBO says(Daily Caller News Foundation) – America’s debt is growing faster than previously expected, largely due to actions taken by the Biden administration and recent legislation, according to the Congressional Budget… Read More
Culture
Women have more student loan debt than men, and it’s not because of the gender wage gapCollege student loan debt in the U.S. is nearing $1.8 trillion dollars. While the Biden administration is controversially trying to take care of this mountain of debt… Read More
Culture
Biden swings at student debt cancelation a third timeThe Biden administration has unveiled a new plan to pursue the president’s long-touted goal to “cancel” student debt for the millions of Americans who once promised… Read More
Opinion
Missouri, Kansas lawsuits remind Biden that student loans remain Congress’ prerogative(The Daily Signal) – In a lawsuit filed on Monday, Missouri invites the federal courts to recognize that President Joe Biden’s preoccupation with canceling student loans is part of a pattern. Read More
Courts
Red state AGs sue Biden admin over new student loan forgiveness plan(Daily Caller News Foundation) – Seven Republican attorneys general filed a lawsuit Tuesday against President Joe Biden’s administration over a new student loan forgiveness plan rolled out this week. Biden … Read More
Public Education
Senator calls on watchdog to investigate FAFSA mess as critics want ouster of agency headA powerful U.S. senator has called on the federal Government Accountability Office to investigate the Department of Education’s handling of its new Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA). U.S. Read More
Culture
Texans pass billions of dollars worth of bond debt, paid for by property tax hikes(The Center Square) – Texans statewide passed billions of dollars’ worth of bonds on Tuesday, according to unofficial results. All bond proposition ballot language explicitly states, “This is a property… Read More
Public Education
Biden admin plans to wipe $39 billion in student debt for thousands of borrowers despite SCOTUS ruling(Daily Caller News Foundation) – The Department of Education (DOE) announced Friday that it will automatically forgive $39 billion of student loan debt for more than 804,000 borrowers, following a… Read More
Courts
‘Unlawful pause’ on student loans cost taxpayers $150 billion(The Center Square) –A new lawsuit challenges the U.S. Department of Education’s “unlawful pause” on federal student loan payments that have cost taxpayers $150 billion from lost interest. The lawsuit,… Read More
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