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Biden Administration Reveals Potential Start Date For Student Loan Forgiveness, But There’s A Catch

Headline from Forbes, on the newest of 4 developments

The Biden administration has revealed the earliest date that student loan forgiveness will begin under a new initiative. But those plans may be threatened by mounting legal challenges.

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  1. Is Biden’s $400 Billion Student Loan Forgiveness Legal? The Fight Goes To Court

    Headline from Forbes ·

  2. Biden administration kicks off student loan debt forgiveness process

    Headline from ABC 17 Mid-Missouri ·

  3. DOE scales back student loan forgiveness eligibility as Biden gets sued over plan

    Headline from The Week ·

  4. Newest

    Biden Administration Reveals Potential Start Date For Student Loan Forgiveness, But There’s A Catch

    Headline from Forbes ·

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29 articles, oldest first.

  1. Independent Journal Review

    CBO Estimates Staggering Price Tag for Biden's Student Loan Forgiveness Plan (opens Independent Journal Review)

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    Independent Journal Review's feed description

    The Biden administration has "lost all sense of fiscal responsibility."

  2. NPR

    Joe Biden's student loan forgiveness plan will cost $400 billion, budget office says (opens NPR)

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    NPR's feed description

    The cost of the White House student loan forgiveness plan is an estimate over a 10-year period and will add to the country's deficit, the Congressional Budget Office said in a report.

  3. Courthouse News Service

    Lawsuit takes aim at Biden student loan forgiveness plan (opens Courthouse News Service)

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    Courthouse News Service's feed description

    The Biden administration’s student debt plan would offer up to $10,000 in loan forgiveness for holders of federal student loans and up to $20,000 for Pell Grant recipients.

  4. Newsweek

    How Biden's $400 billion student loan forgiveness plan will be covered (opens Newsweek)

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    Newsweek's feed description

    The Congressional Budget Office said the plan is expected to increase federal budget deficits significantly over the next decade and beyond.

  5. Slate Magazine

    Why the New Legal Attack on Biden’s Student Loan Relief Is Already Doomed (opens Slate Magazine)

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    Slate Magazine's feed description

    The new lawsuit against Biden's student debt relief plan will fail. Here's why.

  6. RedState

    Biden's Student Loan Forgiveness Faces Its First Lawsuit (opens RedState)

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    RedState's feed description

    It's the first lawsuit against the student loan forgiveness plan, and it may not be the last.

  7. KEYT Santa Barbara

    New lawsuit attempts to block Biden's student loan forgiveness plan | News Channel 3-12 (opens KEYT Santa Barbara)

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    KEYT Santa Barbara's feed description

    New lawsuit attempts to block Biden's student loan forgiveness plan

  8. Forbes

    Is Biden’s $400 Billion Student Loan Forgiveness Legal? The Fight Goes To Court (opens Forbes)

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    Forbes's feed description

    The Pacific Legal Foundation filed suit against Biden’s scheme. Frank Garrison, charges that the “administration has created new problems for borrowers in at least six states that tax loan cancellation as income” and that he’ll “face immediate tax liability from the state of Indiana.

  9. ABC 17 Mid-Missouri

    Biden administration kicks off student loan debt forgiveness process (opens ABC 17 Mid-Missouri)

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    ABC 17 Mid-Missouri's feed description

    By Betsy Klein and MJ Lee, CNN The Biden administration on Thursday is kicking off its efforts toward forgiving student loan debt, sending updates on the process via email before the window to apply opens next month.

  10. ABC 10 Sacramento

    GOP-led states sue Biden administration over student loan forgiveness plan (opens ABC 10 Sacramento)

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    ABC 10 Sacramento's feed description

    Biden’s forgiveness program will cancel $10,000 in student loan debt for those making less than $125,000 or households with less than $250,000 in income.

  11. Forbes

    Biden Student Loan Relief Plan Challenges Again: Here’s How It Could Be Blocked (opens Forbes)

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    Forbes's feed description

    Biden’s student loan forgiveness plan is expected to cost $400 billion.

  12. Forbes

    In Stunning Reversal, Biden Administration Will Limit Eligibility For Sweeping Student Loan Forgiveness (opens Forbes)

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    Forbes's feed description

    The Biden administration abruptly changed course on Thursday and announced it will limit eligibility for a sweeping new federal student loan forgiveness program.

  13. Forbes

    Biden Walks Back Student Loan Forgiveness—Some Borrowers With Privately Held Federal Loans No Longer Eligible (opens Forbes)

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    Forbes's feed description

    The Education Department updated its website on Thursday with the changes that could impact more than four million people out of roughly 45 million borrowers.

  14. Hot Air

    Biden admin just excluded millions from student-loan forgiveness because ... (opens Hot Air)

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    Hot Air's feed description

    In a remarkable reversal that will affect the fortunes of millions of student loan borrowers, the U.S. Department of Education has quietly changed its guidance around who qualifies for President Biden...

  15. The Week

  16. Deseret News

    Opinion: President Biden forgave my student loans — I wish he hadn’t (opens Deseret News)

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    Deseret News's feed description

    Student loan forgiveness is a political bribe, and we will all end up paying for it

  17. Insider

    These student loan types qualify for up to $20,000 of forgiveness under Biden's plan (opens Insider)

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    Insider's feed description

    Only loans held by the US government qualify for student-loan forgiveness. Private loans, as well as some FFEL and Perkins loans, do not qualify.

  18. Washington Examiner

    Biden's student loan forgiveness program faces new hurdles before election (opens Washington Examiner)

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    Washington Examiner's feed description

    President Joe Biden will need to survive legal scrutiny to deliver on his student loan campaign promise ahead of the midterm elections.

  19. KEYT Santa Barbara

    Biden's student loan forgiveness application is coming soon. Here's what you need to know | News Channel 3-12 (opens KEYT Santa Barbara)

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    KEYT Santa Barbara's feed description

    Biden's student loan forgiveness application is coming soon. Here's what you need to know

  20. Forbes

    Biden Administration Reveals Potential Start Date For Student Loan Forgiveness, But There’s A Catch (opens Forbes)

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    Forbes's feed description

    The Biden administration has revealed the earliest date that student loan forgiveness will begin under a new initiative. But those plans may be threatened by mounting legal challenges.

  21. KVIA El Paso

    Biden's student loan forgiveness application is coming soon. Here's what you need to know (opens KVIA El Paso)

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    KVIA El Paso's feed description

    By Katie Lobosco, CNN The application for President Joe Biden’s student loan forgiveness plan is expected to go live as soon as this week. Announced in late August, the plan will deliver federal student loan forgiveness to millions of low- and middle-income borrowers.

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