#Cardona confirms student loan payments will resume this year: ‘The emergency period is over’

#Cardona confirms student loan payments will resume this year: ‘The emergency period is over’

Education Secretary Miguel Cardona confirmed this week that the Department of Education is preparing to restart student loan payments later this year. “The emergency period is over, and we’re preparing our borrowers to restart,” Cardona said at a Senate Appropriations hearing on Thursday, as the national COVID-19 public health emergency was set to expire at…

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#What to know about the pause on student debt relief

#What to know about the pause on student debt relief

What to know about the pause on student debt relief The legal challenges facing the Biden administration over its student loan forgiveness program is leaving borrowers in limbo as the White House is now forced to halt administering the program until the Supreme Court rules on the matter. Spirits among advocates were high when the…

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#Federal judge strikes down Biden student debt relief program

#Federal judge strikes down Biden student debt relief program

Federal judge strikes down Biden student debt relief program A federal judge struck down President Biden’s student loan forgiveness program on Thursday, declaring it unlawful. District Judge Mark Pittman, a Trump appointee, ruled that the program, which would have provided borrowers with up to $20,000 in student loan relief, was “an unconstitutional exercise of Congress’s…

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