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Former Education secretary Betsy DeVos says the GOP movement is not 'dependent on any one person,' without naming Trump
"Politics now are so often about people, not the policies that impact lives directly," DeVos said o…
John L. Dorman
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Biden eyes trashing Trump-era rules that advocates feared would silence sexual assault survivors on college campuses
The rules were unveiled by former Education Secretary Betsy DeVos in the final year of the Trump ad…
Connor Perrett
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Outgoing Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos urged against student loan forgiveness in letter to Congress
Biden proposed making undergraduate education free in some cases and giving student borrowers $10,0…
Lauren Frias
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Student-loan borrowers could lose more than debt cancellation if the presidential election doesn't go Biden's way
The 2024 election is approaching, and student-loan forgiveness isn't the only thing on the line. Th…
Ayelet Sheffey
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Betsy DeVos asked her Department of Education staff to become 'the resistance' when Biden takes office
Education Secretary Betsy DeVos was recorded telling Department of Education staff to become "the r…
Kelly McLaughlin
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Student loan borrowers aren't expected to make payments again until the end of January 2021
The forbearance period was set to last through September of this year, but Trump extended the deadl…
Lauren Frias
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Betsy DeVos is under investigation for potentially violating the Hatch Act when she slammed Joe Biden in a Fox News interview
"Today he's turned his back on the kids ... in favor of the teachers union ... and what they have t…
Sarah Al-Arshani
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Betsy DeVos and the Trump administration are set to deny funding to Connecticut schools over inclusive transgender athlete policies
According to The New York Times, Betsy DeVos and the Department of Education have informed a handfu…
Meredith Cash
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Education Secretary Betsy Devos says it should be 'the rule' to return students to classrooms in the fall
Devos said school should open and focus on things like hand washing and face masks "when appropriat…
Connor Perrett
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Trump quietly vetoes measure that would have made it easier for defrauded students to obtain debt relief
Trump said he was putting the "needs of students first." But his veto makes it harder for those def…
Charles Davis
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Betsy DeVos is using coronavirus relief legislation to funnel millions to private religious schools, an alleged cult, and a canine academy
After three years of trying and failing to divert more public school funding toward private institu…
Jake Lahut
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Biden's Education Department just finalized a rule allowing states to protect student-loan borrowers from 'unfair and deceptive practices,' reversing the Trump administration's efforts
Trumps' Education Secretary Betsy DeVos wanted to protect student-loan companies from state oversig…
Ayelet Sheffey
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Education Secretary Betsy DeVos is the latest Trump administration official to resign in the wake of the violent Capitol siege by the president's supporters
Former White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney and Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao are two re…
Kelsey Vlamis
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20 GOP-led states are asking the Supreme Court to halt Biden's latest student-debt cancellation for 200,000 borrowers, backing a request from 3 schools accused of defrauding their students
The Supreme Court got handed yet another case challenging student-debt relief, this time over a set…
Ayelet Sheffey
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$6 billion in student-loan forgiveness for 200,000 borrowers just cleared another hurdle — and all members involved in the years-long lawsuit can now get relief
Four years after defrauded student-loan borrowers filed a lawsuit after their relief was stalled, t…
Ayelet Sheffey
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Biden could protect student-loan borrowers from being stuck with useless degrees and a lot of debt by bringing back a rule Trump ditched, progressive lawmakers say
Trump's administration repealed the gainful employment rule, a safeguard for student-loan borrowers…
Ayelet Sheffey
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It just got easier for defrauded student-loan borrowers to apply for debt cancellation
Biden's Education Department launched a new website to help student-loan borrowers who think they w…
Ayelet Sheffey
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2 for-profit companies want to stop $6 billion in student-loan forgiveness from reaching 200,000 borrowers in an already-approved settlement
After a judge approved a settlement to wipe out student loans for thousands of borrowers, two for-p…
Ayelet Sheffey
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Student-loan borrowers defrauded by Corinthian were promised $5.8 billion in relief 'immediately.' 6 months later Biden's Education Department says it'll take 'some time.'
Kevin, a Corinthian student-loan borrower, said he has contacted administration officials over 50 t…
Ayelet Sheffey
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200,000 student-loan borrowers were just granted $6 billion in debt relief after a federal judge approved a settlement with Biden's Education Department
This student-loan forgiveness puts an end to a lawsuit filed in 2018, Sweet v. Cardona, filed by pe…