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Borrowers eligible for new $9 billion in student debt relief don’t have to apply to get forgiveness

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The Biden administration recently said it’s canceling another $9 billion in student debt for certain borrowers. We VERIFY what you need to do to see that relief.

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  1. Fox2 Detroit

    Biden announces more student debt relief as payments resume after pandemic pause (opens Fox2 Detroit)

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    The president has announced another $9 billion in federal student loan debt forgiveness. The relief will be provided through existing programs.

  2. CNN

    Biden cancels another $9 billion in student loan debt days after payments restart (opens CNN)

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    The Biden administration has approved debt relief for an additional 125,000 student loan borrowers, totaling $9 billion in forgiveness, the White House said Wednesday.

  3. NBC Chicago

    Biden cancels $9 billion in student debt for 125,000 borrowers (opens NBC Chicago)

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    President Joe Biden has approved $9 billion in student loan forgiveness for 125,000 Americans.

  4. KYMA Yuma

    Biden announces more student debt relief as payments resume after the coronavirus pandemic pause (opens KYMA Yuma)

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    KYMA Yuma's feed description

    President Joe Biden has announced another $9 billion in federal student loan debt forgiveness.

  5. Washington Examiner

    Biden extends $9 billion more of student debt relief to 125,000 borrowers (opens Washington Examiner)

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    Washington Examiner's feed description

    President Joe Biden announced Wednesday $9 billion in new student loan debt relief for 125,000 borrowers.

  6. NBC4 Washington

    Biden cancels student loans for 125,000 borrowers. Here's who qualifies (opens NBC4 Washington)

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    NBC4 Washington's feed description

    President Biden announced another wave of federal student loan forgiveness on Wednesday. The relief was approved for three types of borrowers.

  7. New York Times

    Biden Cancels an Additional $9 Billion in Student Loan Debt (opens New York Times)

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    New York Times's feed description

    The move comes just three days after student loan repayments resumed following a three-year pause.

  8. Insider

    Student-loan borrowers who weren't in the last round of debt cancellation can still count on relief if they 'did their end of the bargain,' Biden's Education Secretary says (opens Insider)

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    Education Sec. Miguel Cardona told Insider that student-loan borrowers who have made the required payments should "get the relief that they earned."

  9. St. Louis Post-Dispatch

    The US is forgiving more federal student loans in a bid to tackle 'unsustainable debt' for borrowers (opens St. Louis Post-Dispatch)

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    St. Louis Post-Dispatch's feed description

    President Joe Biden has outlined a new round of federal student loan forgiveness. He says it's intended to address what he calls the “unsustainable debt” that students accumulate to complete

  10. Time

    Biden Announces More Student Debt Relief as Payments Resume (opens Time)

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    Time's feed description

    The Democratic president's latest step will help 125,000 borrowers by erasing $9 billion in debt.

  11. Courthouse News Service

    Biden administration announces $9 billion in student debt relief (opens Courthouse News Service)

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    Courthouse News Service's feed description

    In all, $127 billion will go toward forgiveness for more than 3.4 million borrowers.

  12. NJ.com / Star-Ledger

    Student loan forgiveness: Biden cancels $9B in student debt for 125K borrowers (opens NJ.com / Star-Ledger)

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    NJ.com / Star-Ledger's feed description

    President Biden announced Wednesday that $9 billion in student debt would be canceled for $125,000 borrowers.

  13. The Guardian

    Biden cancels additional $9bn in student loan debt (opens The Guardian)

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    President’s latest approval brings total debt cancellation under his administration to $127bn for nearly 3.6 million people

  14. CBS News

    Biden admin is forgiving $9 billion in debt for 125,000 Americans. Here's who they are. (opens CBS News)

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    As student loan repayments restart in October, the Biden administration said 125,000 people with student loans will have their debt erased.

  15. NBC News

    Biden touts efforts to ease student debt, including $9B more in loan forgiveness (opens NBC News)

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    The announcement comes just days after federal student loan repayments began again for the first time in over three years.

  16. WSVN Miami

    The US is forgiving more federal student loans in a bid to tackle ‘unsustainable debt’ for borrowers - WSVN 7News | Miami News, Weather, Sports (opens WSVN Miami)

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    WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden outlined a new round of federal student loan forgiveness on Wednesday to address the “unsustainable debt” that borrowers accumulate

  17. Forbes

    855,000 Borrowers Will Receive Student Loan Forgiveness After Latest Group Approved (opens Forbes)

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    New data released this week indicates that hundreds of thousands of borrowers have been approved for student loan forgiveness under a temporary program.

  18. Relevant Magazine

    $9 Billion of Student Loan Debt Forgiven as Payments Resume - RELEVANT (opens Relevant Magazine)

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    Relevant Magazine's feed description

    The Biden administration made a significant announcement on Wednesday, granting financial relief to 125,000 Americans by approving $9 billion in student

  19. Inside Higher Ed

    Biden discharges another $9 billion in student loans (opens Inside Higher Ed)

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    Another 125,000 people will have their student loans forgiven, the Biden administration announced Wednesday, just days after payments resumed following a more than three-year pause due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

  20. New Hampshire Union Leader

    Biden to announce $9 billion more in student debt relief (opens New Hampshire Union Leader)

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    New Hampshire Union Leader's feed description

    President Joe Biden announced Wednesday that his administration has approved an additional $9 billion in student debt relief for 125,000 borrowers, the White House said.

  21. Newsweek

    Biden administration cancels $9 billion in student debt as payments restart (opens Newsweek)

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    Newsweek's feed description

    The administration is canceling student debt for 125,000 Americans. Federal student loan payments began again Oct. 1 following the pandemic era pause.

  22. Insider

    125,000 student-loan borrowers are getting $9 billion in debt wiped out through a series of Biden's repayment reforms (opens Insider)

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    Insider's feed description

    Biden approved student-debt relief for borrowers in public service, on income-driven plans, and those with total and permanent disability.

  23. Forbes

    Student Loans: Biden Announces Extra $9 Billion In Debt Relief For 125,000 Americans (opens Forbes)

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    Biden has been forced to rely on a mishmash of federal programs to slash student debt after the Supreme Court struck down his original plan to cancel $430 billion in student loans.

  24. Bloomberg

    As Student Loan Payments Resume, Biden Cancels $9 Billion in Debt (opens Bloomberg)

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    Bloomberg's feed description

    President Joe Biden is canceling an additional $9 billion in student-loan debt, his latest action to aid borrowers after the Supreme Court blocked his debt-relief plan and as payments resume for millions of Americans.

  25. WHDH Boston

    Biden cancels another $9 billion in student loan debt days after payments restart - Boston News, Weather, Sports (opens WHDH Boston)

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    WHDH Boston's feed description

    Washington (CNN) — The Biden administration has approved debt relief for an additional 125,000 student loan borrowers, totaling $9 billion in forgiveness, the White House said

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