Ayelet Sheffey
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The GOP is moving forward with a bill that would force student-loan borrowers into 'payments they can't afford' by blocking Biden's new repayment plan, a top Democrat says
Republicans started marking up a bill to repeal Biden's new SAVE student-loan repayment plan. Rep. Bobby Scott said it will jeopardize borrowers. → Read More
Student-loan borrowers risk losing Social Security benefits if they fall behind on payments. Democrats want to make sure that doesn't happen when repayment starts back up next month.
Student-loan payments are about to resume, and Democratic lawmakers want to ensure it doesn't strip away borrowers' Social Security benefits. → Read More
Republicans are running out of time to avoid a government shutdown so they can continue their Biden impeachment efforts
"We aren't leaving until we get government funding done," Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene said. Congress has until September 30 before money runs out. → Read More
Meet a student-loan borrower with $101,000 in debt who doesn't have 'any hope' with Biden's new plan for loan forgiveness: 'I'm never going to be able to pay it down'
Jarrett, 38, thought getting an MBA would help him land a well-paying job. It's only left him with a big student-debt load. → Read More
Over 7,100 student-loan borrowers will get $3.5 million in refunds after a debt-relief company was accused of illegally charging them up to $699 in fees to reduce their federal balances, a consumer watchdog says
The CFPB is cracking down on Timemark, a student-debt-relief company, for charging fees for loan-forgiveness services that are normally free. → Read More
13 GOP lawmakers who support blocking student-loan forgiveness represent thousands of borrowers in battleground districts. Advocates just launched a campaign against them ahead of next year's elections.
"We're going to make sure they hear from their constituents who they kept drowning in debt," group Protect Borrowers Action said in a new launch ad. → Read More
AOC says student-loan borrowers 'should not be incurring interest' for at least a year after payments resume as she calls on Biden to 'consider' altering his plan
Interest on student loans is restarting two months after the Supreme Court struck down broad debt relief. AOC doesn't want that to happen. → Read More
Student-loan borrowers who qualified for the first debt relief plan are not yet guaranteed relief under Biden's new route
The Education Department said it'll "explore policy options" to help "as many people as possible" after the Supreme Court struck down Biden's relief. → Read More
Everything student-loan borrowers need to know about what will happen when payments restart this fall without broad debt relief
The Supreme Court struck down Biden's student-loan forgiveness, but payments are still resuming in October. Here's what you should do to prepare. → Read More
Why Biden's new plan to cancel student debt is going to take a lot longer than his first proposal
The Supreme Court struck down Biden's first plan to cancel student debt. Here's why his second try will take even longer to achieve. → Read More
The Supreme Court ruled Biden used the wrong law to cancel student debt. He's trying again with a different one.
Hours after Biden's student-loan relief plan was deemed illegal, the president is trying again. He also announced a "on-ramp" to restarting payments. → Read More
Biden just took the first step to cancel student debt using a different law after the Supreme Court struck his first plan down — but it'll take 'longer' this time
The Supreme Court struck down Biden's first attempt to cancel student debt. Here's what will come next for millions of bororwers. → Read More
One map shows how many student-loan borrowers could have gotten Biden's debt relief if the Supreme Court hadn't struck it down
Months before the Supreme Court struck down the student-loan-forgiveness plan, a fact sheet showed how many people would benefit from it. → Read More
Bernie Sanders slams 'devastating blow' of striking down student-loan forgiveness, saying Supreme Court justices should run for office if they want to make policy
The Biden administration should immediately implement a "Plan B" to help borrowers, Bernie Sanders said, following the Supreme Court decision. → Read More
Biden says he will 'stop at nothing to find other ways' to get student-loan forgiveness to millions of borrowers after the Supreme Court struck down his plan
"The fight is not over," Biden said after the Supreme Court blocked his plan to cancel student debt for millions of borrowers on Friday. → Read More
A student-loan company that services millions of borrowers played a big role in defeating Biden's debt cancellation plan
The Supreme Court struck down Biden's student-loan forgiveness on Friday. It ruled that states had standing to include servicer MOHELA in their case. → Read More
Chief Justice John Roberts said his opinion to strike down student-loan forgiveness doesn't mean the court opposes all relief. It just means Biden didn't have the authority to carry it out.
The Supreme Court thinks that Congress would be better-suited to implement student-loan relief, although they've banned it before. → Read More
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez warns of 'economic crisis for millions of people' after SCOTUS threw out Biden's plan for student-debt forgiveness
"We still have the power to cancel and must use it, or we're looking at an economic crisis for millions of people," Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez tweeted. → Read More
Republicans celebrate Biden's student-loan-forgiveness plan getting struck down: 'Good riddance'
"Anyone frustrated by today's decision should direct their complaints to the White House," GOP Senator John Thune said. → Read More
Democrats vow to keep fighting for student-loan forgiveness as they slam 'cruel' Supreme Court ruling striking down Biden's plan
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer called the decision by the "the MAGA Republican-controlled" high court "disappointing and cruel." → Read More