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Emergency medical bills worry Americans — and it could affect the presidential election
Most Americans worry they won't be able to pay expensive medical bills if they experience an emerge…
Allie Kelly
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The economy's gone from strength to strength after the pandemic but no one quite knows why, or what comes next
The US economy just keeps defying doomsayers' warnings of a stock-market crash and recession. Here'…
Theron Mohamed
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Arizona Republicans call basic income payments 'unearned,' introduce a bill to ban them
Republicans in Arizona introduced a bill to ban cities from offering "unearned" payments as part of…
Kenneth Niemeyer
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These are the 12 Democrats who voted to end the official COVID-19 emergency Biden has used to extend student-debt relief
On Tuesday, 62 senators voted to end the COVID-19 emergency declaration. Biden has made clear he wi…
Ayelet Sheffey
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Biden declared the pandemic 'over.' It could jeopardize student debt relief and more cash for Covid testing.
Biden's remarks may strengthen GOP efforts to bring a lawsuit against the White House to block debt…
Joseph Zeballos-Roig,Ayelet S…
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Texas senator says the plan to give poor residents a $500 guaranteed basic income is unconstitutional
Harris County, which includes Houston, is offering $500 guaranteed basic income payments to the are…
Kenneth Niemeyer
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Opponents of Biden's student-loan forgiveness are spotlighting another way to give borrowers debt relief
It's "total speculation" Biden would consider the Higher Education Act as an alternate way to cance…
Ayelet Sheffey
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Chief Justice John Roberts said his opinion to strike down student-loan forgiveness doesn't mean the court opposes all relief. It just means Biden didn't have the authority to carry it out.
The Supreme Court thinks that Congress would be better-suited to implement student-loan relief, alt…
Juliana Kaplan,Ayelet Sheffey
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From interest rates to China's slowdown, these are the issues that will make 2024 another 'rocky year,' Harvard economist says
"Don't be surprised if 2024 turns out to be a rocky year for everyone," Kenneth Rogoff wrote for Pr…
Filip De Mott
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Pelosi scraps new coronavirus aid from government funding bill after Democrats revolt over states losing Biden stimulus cash
Democrats were forced to eject $15 billion in new coronavirus relief funding after a last-minute bl…
Joseph Zeballos-Roig
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Instagram influencer sentenced to 5 years in prison for using fraudulently obtained COVID-19 relief loans for luxury lifestyle, travel
Instagram influencer Danielle Miller was sentenced to five years in prison for fraudulently obtaini…
Rebecca Rommen
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3 reasons why a major student-loan lender thinks millions of borrowers should be thrown back into repayment, with or without debt relief
SoFi filed a lawsuit to end the student-loan payment pause, saying Biden's latest extension was "un…
Ayelet Sheffey
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99% of Americans will be financially worse-off than they were pre-pandemic by mid-2024, JPMorgan says
Within months, all but the top 1% of consumers will likely be doing worse than they were before COV…
Phil Rosen
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Even if the Supreme Court finds Biden's student-loan forgiveness was an overreach of authority, it doesn't mean the relief will get struck down. Here's why.
It all comes down to one thing: Do the cases have standing? If not, the Supreme Court can't even to…
Ayelet Sheffey
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A nonprofit just joined forces with a major student-loan lender in asking a federal court to end the payment pause, saying the relief has limited the 'financial incentive' to work in public service
The New Civil Liberties Alliance filed a lawsuit to end the current student-loan payment pause and …
Ayelet Sheffey
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Your Thanksgiving dinner still costs way more than it did before the pandemic
A 10-person classic Thanksgiving dinner at home costs an average of $61.17 this year.
Huileng Tan
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Why Biden's student-loan forgiveness ignited a debate over the fairness of debt relief, according to an ethicist
Fulfilling an obligation should be the norm, Kate Walsh, who studies the ethics of debt, said. But …
Ayelet Sheffey
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Republican lawmakers just revived a bill to end the student-loan payment pause and block debt cancellation before Biden's relief plan goes to the Supreme Court
"There is no support for the man who didn't go to college but is paying off a work truck," Sen. Cas…
Ayelet Sheffey
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Democrats are allowing jobless aid to expire just as an eviction ban lapses, which risks leaving 10 million unemployed feeling 'neglected' during the Delta surge
Calling it a "double hit," former Fed economist Claudia Sahm says it's "been so tough on the unempl…
Joseph Zeballos-Roig
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One map shows how many student-loan borrowers could have gotten Biden's debt relief before lawsuits blocked his plan
Per new White House data, 26.3 million student-loan borrowers applied or were deemed eligible to ge…