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Judges halt Biden rule offering student debt relief for those alleging colleges misled them

Headline from Omaha World-Herald

A federal appeals court has put on hold a rule from President Joe Biden’s administration that makes it easier to obtain student loan debt relief for some borrowers.

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  1. Insider

    Biden's efforts to make it easier for defrauded student-loan borrowers to get debt relief were blocked by a conservative court (opens Insider)

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    The Fifth Circuit ruled in favor of a for-profit college group to block Biden's new borrower defense rules.

  2. New Hampshire Union Leader

    US court blocks Biden debt relief rule benefiting defrauded students (opens New Hampshire Union Leader)

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    New Hampshire Union Leader's feed description

    A federal appeals court on Monday blocked the Biden administration from proceeding with another piece of its student debt relief agenda, an effort to make it easier for people who

  3. FOX Business

    Biden student loan cancellation plan for borrowers who were misled blocked by federal appeals court (opens FOX Business)

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    President Biden's student loan relief efforts hit another roadblock Monday when a circuit court blocked Department of Education rule changes from taking effect.

  4. Washington Examiner

    Biden's new student debt relief policy blocked by appeals court (opens Washington Examiner)

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    A federal appeals court granted an injunction to block President Joe Biden's new rules that intend to make it easier for student borrowers to have their debts relieved if they were misled or defrauded by a university.

  5. Insider

    The lawsuits to block student-loan forgiveness keep coming — and the latest would keep borrowers who 'have earned the forgiveness' in debt, Biden's Education Department says (opens Insider)

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    Conservative groups recently sued Biden over his latest effort to cancel $39 billion in student debt for over 800,000 student-loan borrowers.

  6. Omaha World-Herald

    Judges halt Biden rule offering student debt relief for those alleging colleges misled them (opens Omaha World-Herald)

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    Omaha World-Herald's feed description

    A federal appeals court has put on hold a rule from President Joe Biden’s administration that makes it easier to obtain student loan debt relief for some borrowers.

  7. CNN

    Biden's student loan policies continue to face legal challenges (opens CNN)

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    Legal challenges are continuing to target some of President Joe Biden’s student loan policies. While his major student loan forgiveness program was blocked by the Supreme Court, the Biden administration is also facing lawsuits over some of its other policy changes aimed at making it easier for borro…

  8. Newsweek

    Biden's new student loan forgiveness plan blocked by court (opens Newsweek)

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    The Department of Education allegedly "stacked the deck in favor of borrowers and against schools," the complaint read.

  9. WWL New Orleans

    Federal judges in N.O. halt a Biden rule offering student debt relief (opens WWL New Orleans)

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    WWL New Orleans's feed description

    The rule covers borrowers who say they were victims of fraud or misleading information when they were recruited by colleges and universities.

  10. MyNorthwest

    Judges halt a Biden rule offering student debt relief for those alleging colleges misled them (opens MyNorthwest)

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    NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A federal appeals court on Monday halted a rule from President Joe Biden's administration that could make it easier to obtain student

  11. Just the News

    Appeals court blocks Biden debt relief rule for borrowers who claim schools misled them (opens Just the News)

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    Just the News's feed description

    The court granted the injunction after a Texas judge previously declined to do so.

  12. Voice of America

    Judges Halt Rule Offering Student Debt Relief for Those Alleging Colleges Misled Them (opens Voice of America)

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    Voice of America's feed description

    Rule covers borrowers who say they were victims of fraud or misleading information when they were recruited by colleges and universities

  13. Forbes

    Court Blocks New Student Loan Forgiveness Rules In Latest Setback For Biden (opens Forbes)

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    A federal appeals court has halted new regulations designed to make it easier for borrowers defrauded by their school to receive student loan forgiveness.

  14. Anchorage Daily News

    Appeals court halts new Biden rules on debt relief for defrauded students (opens Anchorage Daily News)

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    Anchorage Daily News's feed description

    The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit granted a Career Colleges and Schools of Texas request that the court table the new regulation to ease the path to loan forgiveness for defrauded borrowers amid its ongoing litigation.

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