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35,000 student-loan borrowers in public service are getting $1.2 billion in debt wiped out after fixes to a key relief program
The Education Department approved another batch of student-loan borrowers for debt relief through t…
Ayelet Sheffey
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Russia says it will use rubles to pay dollar bonds after the US ended a sanctions waiver
Russia is staring down an "artificial situation created by an unfriendly nation," Finance Minister …
Phil Rosen
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78,000 student-loan borrowers in public service are getting $6 billion in debt wiped out after facing 'logistical troubles and trap doors'
Biden will also email an additional 380,000 student-loan borrowers in public service to inform them…
Ayelet Sheffey
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74,000 student-loan borrowers are getting $5 billion debt wiped out in Biden's latest batch of repayment reforms
Biden announced his administration has approved another round of student-debt relief for public ser…
Ayelet Sheffey
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Russia faces a full block on dollar bond payments as a key US sanctions waiver is expected to expire — putting Moscow closer to a historic default: report
An exemption to US sanctions that allows Russian bond payments to go through expires on May 25, and…
Phil Rosen
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If you're a government or nonprofit worker who wants student-loan forgiveness, you have 5 months left to use a waiver that'll bring you closer to that relief
Biden's reforms to the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program run through October 31. Here are the…
Ayelet Sheffey
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Government and nonprofit workers with student debt have 2 more months to use a waiver that will bring them closer to loan forgiveness
The Education Department says Oct. 31 is the final day student-loan borrowers can make use of the P…
Ayelet Sheffey
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A student-loan borrower who received debt cancellation a year ago was just told it was a mistake and now his $93,000 balance is reinstated
After Okwara, 36, received student-debt relief, he bought a home and started investing. But MOHELA …
Ayelet Sheffey
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Student-loan borrowers in public service have less than one month to use a 'historic waiver' that will bring them closer to debt relief, 102 Democratic lawmakers say — and they want Biden to extend that debt relief through July
Expanded student-debt relief for public servants ends October 31, and Democrats said that "only a f…
Ayelet Sheffey
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It's about to get easier for government and nonprofit workers with student debt to get loan forgiveness even though the waiver expires in 6 days. Here's what you need to know.
Days before the PSLF waiver expires, Biden's Education Department announced permanent fixes to ease…
Ayelet Sheffey
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It doesn't look like broad student-loan forgiveness will happen under Biden's new debt relief plan
While the Education Department said some student-loan borrowers could see all their debt wiped out …
Ayelet Sheffey
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80,000 student-loan borrowers are getting $5 billion in debt cancellation they 'rightfully earned' through repayment plans, Biden's Education Department says
The Education Department announced the latest batch of student-loan borrowers getting debt relief t…
Ayelet Sheffey
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Biden's new attempt to cancel student debt 'would fall far short' of what borrowers need, Democratic lawmakers say. These are the 5 groups they think should get relief.
Seven Democrats, including Sens. Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders, think the Education Departmen…
Ayelet Sheffey
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Student-loan borrowers who combined their debt balances with a spouse are blocked from Biden's one-time debt relief
Couples may have decided years ago that combining their student-loan balances was their best bet. N…
Ayelet Sheffey
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Here's how the government’s new debt relief scheme for small business owners will work
Individuals with an annual income of ₹60,000 or less and assets worth up to ₹20,000 are elig…
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A student-loan worker who enrolled people in the first income-based debt-repayment plans says it was 'a bad program from the very beginning'
"We didn't even want to tell people about loan forgiveness ... because we knew how unlikely it woul…
Ayelet Sheffey
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Student-loan borrowers in public service have 3 more months to benefit from extra relief — and 2 Democratic lawmakers want to make that relief permanent
This PSLF bill repays "those who dedicate their lives to serve and improve our communities with stu…
Ayelet Sheffey
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The student-loan crisis is facing a shake-up — and lawmakers are worried Biden's Education Department isn't ready to handle it
Both Democratic and Republican lawmakers have expressed concerns with Biden's ability to implement …
Ayelet Sheffey
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A student-loan forgiveness program was 'run by greedy loan servicers' under Betsy DeVos, Elizabeth Warren says — and Biden can fix 'the mess' by canceling debt
"The good news: Betsy DeVos is gone," Sen. Warren said. She called on Biden to cancel $50,000 in st…
Ayelet Sheffey
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Some student-loan companies have 'derailed' debt forgiveness for public servants, a Democratic senator says — and he wants Biden's Education Department to expand the relief
Sen. Bob Menendez wants Biden to provide student-loan relief to public servants "improperly" steere…