Teacher teaching her students in art class at school. Fg Trade | E+ | Getty Images The popular Public Service Loan Forgiveness program began a partial processing pause on May 1, which will likely run through July, the U.S. Department of Education recently said. The temporary suspension comes as the Biden administration overhauls the once-troubled
Maria Korneeva | Moment | Getty Images Those changes have already led to debt cancelation for more than 930,000 people and $45 billion in relief. “The opportunity to consolidate loans will help many more borrowers to qualify for student loan forgiveness,” said higher education expert Mark Kantrowitz. Here’s what to know about the deadline. Income-driven
Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley reacts while speaking about her husband, Maj. Michael Haley, who is currently deployed with the South Carolina National Guard, during a campaign stop at the Clemson University at Greenville ONE building ahead of the Republican presidential primary election in Greenville, South Carolina,
U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) holds a press conference after the Senate passed a continuing resolution to avoid a shutdown of the federal government, in Washington, U.S., November 15, 2023. Elizabeth Frantz | Reuters Senators on Sunday voted to move forward with a $95 billion aid package to fund Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan,
Republican presidential candidate, former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley, speaks during a campaign event held at the Alpine Grove Event Center on January 18, 2024, in Hollis, New Hampshire. Joe Raedle | Getty Images Billionaire Reid Hoffman is not planning to give any more money to Nikki Haley‘s candidacy for president, according to a source familiar
Chris Tobin | Digitalvision | Getty Images Beginning in February, certain student loan borrowers who have spent a decade in repayment will get their federal student loan debt forgiven, the Biden administration recently announced. Most borrowers need to make payments for 20 years or 25 years on an income-driven repayment plan before their debt is
Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen speaks as Lai Ching-te, Taiwan’s vice president and the ruling Democratic Progressive Party’s (DPP) presidential candidate looks on during a campaign rally ahead of the elections in Taipei, Taiwan, January 11, 2024. Carlos Garcia Rawlins | Reuters China sees the DPP as a threat to its ultimate aim of “reunification” with
Jtsorrell | Istock | Getty Images A new mysterious nonprofit group backed by the crypto industry has set up a mailing address about 100 miles away from Washington, D.C., and is making movies to exert power in the nation’s capital. The Cedar Innovation Foundation, a 501(c)(4) that was incorporated in Delaware in April, has launched
U.S. President Joe Biden speaks on the student debt relief plan as Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona (R) listens in the South Court Auditorium at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on October 17, 2022 in Washington, DC. Alex Wong | Getty Images Nearly 40 million Americans would have gotten relief from Biden’s original student loan forgiveness plan.