#The back-to-school debt blues hit hard on college campuses

#The back-to-school debt blues hit hard on college campuses

Congress, the Supreme Court and the president are still wrangling about student debt relief, continuing with their hyper-partisan and high-profile contest over debt forgiveness for student borrowers. With the fall semester starting back up this week and some 17 million U.S. college students gearing up for a new term, these high-level policy debates seem painfully distant and removed from…

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#Trump praises his appointments after Supreme Court strikes down ‘unfair’ debt relief plan

#Trump praises his appointments after Supreme Court strikes down ‘unfair’ debt relief plan

Former President Trump praised his appointments to the Supreme Court on Saturday, after the court struck down what he called President Biden’s “unfair” student debt relief plan. “Yesterday, the Supreme Court also ruled that President Biden is not allowed to wipe out hundreds and hundreds of billions, probably trillions, of dollars in student loan debt,…

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#Trump’s Supreme Court shows its seismic impact

#Trump’s Supreme Court shows its seismic impact

The impact of former President Trump’s Supreme Court on American life is becoming clearer every day. Trump nominated three of the justices on the current court, delivering a 6-3 conservative majority that can carry all before it — even on deeply contentious issues. On Thursday, the court struck a huge blow against affirmative action, finding that…

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#Student loan debt and the Supreme Court: Five takeaways

#Student loan debt and the Supreme Court: Five takeaways

The Supreme Court on Friday struck down President Biden’s student debt relief plan, with the court’s six conservatives ruling the administration did not have the power to forgive loans for more than 40 million borrowers. The decision is a major win for Republicans who declared the plan unfair and balked at the $400 billion price…

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