Thursday on CNN’s “New Day,” Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) responded to the argument that canceling student loan debt would only drive up inflation, which is already at a record-high in the United States.
President Joe Biden faced criticism on Thursday after announcing the cancellation of $5.8 billion worth of student loan debt for those who attended Corinthian Colleges.
The Biden administration is canceling $5.8 billion in school loan debt for students who attended the for-profit Corinthian Colleges system, the U.S. Department of Education announced.
The Biden administration is reportedly crafting a plan that would see $10,000 of student debt erased, according to reports.
Far-left Democrats, including Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and Reps. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), Ro Khanna (D-CA), rallied on Wednesday to demand the cancellation of student loan debt, which President Biden signaled he is willing to do.
President Biden suggested during a private meeting with Democrats that he is open to canceling student loan debt, despite largely ignoring the issue entirely during the first year of his presidency.
Most Americans are in favor of the federal government canceling student loan debt, a Rasmussen Reports survey released Wednesday found.
President Joe Biden will reportedly extend the 90-day student loan repayment pause past May 1 under significant pressure from radical Democrats.
Far-left Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) encouraged voters this week to continue to “bully” the Biden White House into canceling student loan debt — one of the left’s key agenda items that President Biden has failed to address.
After the Build Back Better plan imploded, President Joe Biden may throw progressives a bone by extending the freeze on student loans.
Far-left Democrats on Monday took to social media to blast President Joe Biden for failing to take action on student loan debt, concluding that he “has the power” to do something but has failed to do so.
President Biden has no plans to extend student loan relief, nor has it offered any plan to forgive student loan debt — a major agenda item of the far-left Democrat caucus, which the Biden administration has ignored.
President Joe Biden on Monday declined to extend a program that suspended student loan payment during the pandemic.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) called on President Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris to cancel student debt — a priority that has seemingly fallen to the wayside in the first year of Biden’s presidency.
President Joe Biden’s administration announced Friday that they would extend the freeze on federal student loan debt until January 31, 2022. All federal student loans will continue to be frozen with a zero percent interest rate.
Older Americans represent the fastest-growing demographic for student loan debt either from their own debt or that incurred on behalf of their children, data from the U.S. Department of Education shows.
Housing and Urban Development Secretary Marcia Fudge connected student loan debt to waning black homeownership Sunday.
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) pressured President Joe Biden to forgive $50,000 of student loan debt Thursday.
Sens. Mitt Romney (R-UT) and Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ) have introduced a bill to forgive student debt.
Far-left “Squad” member Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-MA) on Monday suggested it is not possible for an individual to be “anti-racist” if they are against canceling student loan debt.
On Saturday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Velshi,” Senate Budget Committee Chair Bernie Sanders (I-VT) said that housing is “human infrastructure” and that for him, infrastructure includes having an educated workforce, which means “all of our kids should have the ability to
Sen. Schumer (D-NY) pressured President Biden to cancel $50,000 in student debt, saying a disproportionate burden falls on people of color.
The rate by which student loan debt grows has doubled since the Chinese coronavirus pandemic started, reaching record-high levels. Experian found that most of the new debt can be federal loan payment pause, a coronavirus relief measure that appears to have incentivized consumers not to pay off their existing debt while they borrow more money.
Democrat calls for President Biden to take sweeping action and cancel a large portion of student loan debt are continuing to rise, particularly as the president continues to take a series of executive action on a range of issues.
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) expressed a sense of urgency for the Biden administration to address student loan debt in a significant way by forgiving more than $10,000 per student after President Joe Biden’s failure during Tuesday’s CNN town hall to commit to doing so.
White House Press Secretary, Jen Psaki, reversed course on bailing out graduated students from debt Wednesday afternoon.
The Committee for a Responsible Budget released a report that claims Joe Biden’s plan to forgive student loan debt does more harm than good.
Dr. Eric Mason, pastor of Epiphany Fellowship Church in Philadelphia, suggested reparations including centuries’ worth of college tuition during his sermon Sunday morning.
A survey released on Wednesday indicates that 41 percent of registered voters see former Vice President Joe Biden as “more liberal” than themselves.
President Donald Trump on Friday announced that he has waived interest payments on all federal student loans to help alleviate financial strain as the United States combats the spread of the coronavirus.
Appearing Friday on CNBC, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said the Trump administration could provide temporary student loan suspensions to help Americans amid the coronavirus outbreak.
Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) was criticized on Twitter after she said that the “ethos” of the G.I. Bill that gives military personnel the option to go to college for free should be applied to everyone.
A new poll reveals that 40 percent of Americans would prefer student debt forgiveness to universal health care. Student loan debt in America topped $1.7 trillion last week.
Student loan debt in the U.S. stands at $1.7 trillion, with the average obligation at more than $29,000, and many aren’t keeping up.
The LendEDU website conducted a survey with student loan borrowers to gauge the popularity of having their debt forgiven.
The University of Phoenix announced on Tuesday that it will cancel $141 million in student loan debt. The for-profit school’s announcement is part of a deal that settles allegations that the university displayed false advertisements in 2012.
A recent study found that college students from high-income households are borrowing more money for school than students from households with lower incomes. The report added that students from wealthier families are responsible for some of the more drastic borrowing increases in recent years.
Sallie Mae sales employees were rewarded this week with a five-day, all-expenses-paid trip to Hawaii for achieving a record year of $5 billion in student loans, adding to the reported $1.6 trillion in student loan debt for Americans.
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) said Thursday after the Democrat debate that he would pay for free college by taxing Wall Street.
Rep. Andy Barr said at a House Financial Services Committee hearing that Congress created the $1.5 trillion student loan debt crisis.
