July 14, 2025

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What happened to student loan forgiveness in ‘big, beautiful bill’?

Here’s what the Senate removed from Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ Here’s whats left of Donald Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill” after Senate cuts due to the “Byrd rule.” President Trump’s spending bill introduces changes to student loan programs, including new borrowing caps and repayment plans. Graduate students will have a $100,000 lifetime borrowing cap, while medical

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Investment

‘Trump Effect’ website takes credit for US investment made under Biden

Jarrett Renshaw  |  Reuters Benjamin Netanyahu nominates President Trump for Nobel Peace Prize President Donald Trump hosted Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House. July 8 (Reuters) – Within hours of taking office in January, President Donald Trump boasted about attracting $3 trillion in new corporate investments to the United States. Since then,

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Loans

Senate awaits ‘Big, Beautiful bill’ vote. How student loans may change

The winners and losers in the ‘big beautiful bill’ These are the potential winners and losers from the tax bill, which President Donald Trump has dubbed the ‘big beautiful bill’. Congress is closer than it’s been in a long time to massively reforming college financial aid. On June 10, GOP lawmakers in the U.S. Senate

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Investment

Is Buying A Home Still A Good Investment?

Is Buying A Home Still A Good Investment? getty According to a 2024 report from the Aspen Institute Financial Security Program, “Renters possess less than 3 percent of the wealth of homeowners, with a median net worth of $10,400 compared to $400,000 for homeowners.” The report, which primarily utilizes data from two separate Federal Reserve

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Banking

Senate Banking would zero out CFPB funding in reconciliation

The Senate Banking Committee would shut off the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s funding stream from the Federal Reserve to provide the vast majority of deficit reduction in reconciliation provisions released Friday. The panel posted an eight-page text that would restrict the CFPB from requesting a transfer from the Fed, according to a section-by-section explanation of

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Crypto

Donald Trump crypto dinner spurs concerns about ethics of $TRUMP

Referencing Trump’s business moves while in office, an ethics expert said, “His is one of the most blatant and appalling instances of selling access to the presidency I’ve ever seen.” Trump hosts crypto dinner for biggest $TRUMP coin buyers The president hosted top investors in his meme coin and rewarded the biggest buyers with gifts

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Mortgage

Rising Mortgage Rates Aren’t Turning Away These Homebuyers

Homebuyers in today’s market are facing a tough question: buy a house now, or wait until mortgage rates and prices maybe come down? If you buy now, you can start putting money into owning what, for most people, is their biggest asset, but you could be stuck paying a high monthly mortgage rate. On the

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Investors

5 things investors need to know about Trump’s ‘One Big, Beautiful Bill’

Bram Berkowitz  |  The Motley Fool White House claims ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ won’t raise deficit White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said the ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ won’t raise the deficit, but nonpartisan analysts say otherwise. The U.S. House of Representatives has unveiled a legislative package dubbed “One Big, Beautiful bill,” a phrase President Donald Trump

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Mortgage

My wife and I paid off my stepdaughter’s $415K mortgage in exchange for her house, but it’s now worth $310K. Should we sue?

“We are left with a home worth $310,000 — not $415,000.” (Photo subject is a model.) – Getty Images/iStockphoto My wife decided to agree to purchase a home from her daughter, my stepdaughter. As her daughter is family, a simple agreement was drawn up, not an actual real-estate contract to purchase. The agreement was for

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Investment

GA awards nearly $14 million for Community Home Investment Program to build affordable housing – WSB-TV Channel 2

ATLANTA — The Georgia Department of Community Affairs announced they’d awarded nearly $14 million to programs across the state to fund more affordable housing. According to DCA, the grants were given to 15 local communities around Georgia as part of the 2025 Community HOME Investment Program, or CHIP. Funding comes from the U.S. Department of

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