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Millions have had student loans canceled under Biden — despite the collapse of his forgiveness plan
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Despite failing to deliver broad student loan forgiveness, Biden has now overseen the cancellation of student loans for more than 5 million Americans — more than any other U.S. president.
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Despite failing to deliver broad student loan forgiveness, Biden has now overseen the cancellation of student loans for more than 5 million Americans — more than any other U.S. president.
President Joe Biden announced his administration had approved student loan relief for more than 150,000 borrowers, bringing the total number who have had their student debt cancelled under the Biden administration to over 5 million.
President Joe Biden has now overseen the cancellation of student loans for over 5 million borrowers, which is more than any other president in the nation’s history.
The latest tranche of debt forgiveness brings the total number of people benefiting from student loan cancelations to more than 5 million, the president said.
With Monday’s authorization and 27 previous ones, the Biden administration has forgiven over $180 billion in student loans, even as its larger policy vision never took root.
The Biden administration announced it is forgiving student loans for more than 150,000 borrowers, bringing the total number of individuals impacted by debt relief to more than 5 million.
WASHINGTON (AP) — More than 260,000 former students of the now-defunct for-profit Ashford University are getting their student loans erased as the Biden administration presses ahead with debt forgiveness in its final days.
