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Half the world's population doesn't have healthcare, stable income, retirement plans, or childcare. The pandemic created a crossroads to change that.
A report from the International Labor Organization looked at access to social safety net programs a…
Juliana Kaplan
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Biden vows to veto the GOP bill to raise the debt ceiling if it makes it to his desk, saying it would cost Americans 780,000 jobs while stripping them of food assistance and student-debt relief
Kevin McCarthy is holding a vote on his bill to raise the debt ceiling on Wednesday. The White Hous…
Ayelet Sheffey
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Over 27,000 student-loan borrowers are getting $4.1 million in payments in the mail after debt relief companies 'lured' them into 'fake loan forgiveness claims,' a federal consumer agency says
The FTC accused companies of using a "scheme" to trick student-loan borrowers into paying illegal f…
Ayelet Sheffey
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In the span of a week, Marco Rubio voted against hurricane relief, asked for additional hurricane relief, and praised the Biden administration's hurricane relief
The Florida senator this week demonstrated a now-familiar Republican routine around taking federal …
Taiyler Simone Mitchell
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Meet a repairman with $37,000 in student debt who's struggling to pay it off and handle medical bills. He's pleading to be included in Biden's new relief plan.
A boomer buried in student loans is also paying for his wife's medical care. It's unclear if he'll …
Ayelet Sheffey
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A $49,000 monthly student-loan bill and incomplete debt relief: Borrowers are facing confusion as repayment looms
Student-loan companies are making mistakes, and with the clock ticking toward repayment, borrowers …
Ayelet Sheffey
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NDRF personnel with specially equipped trained dog squad departs for earthquake-hit Turkey
A team of National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) personnel along with a specially trained dog squa…
ANI
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TRAI's new AI spam filters will provide relief from spam calls and messages
According to media reports, starting today, Indian telecom companies are required to incorporate AI…
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Florida Sen. Marco Rubio says he'll fight against a federal relief bill that would assist his state's recovery from Hurricane Ian if it has 'pork in it'
Rubio on Sunday told CNN he would fight against the bill if it includes spending unrelated to the h…
Pocharapon Neammanee
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Trump just cost jobless workers one week of federal unemployment assistance after he failed to sign the relief bill by midnight on Saturday
The president's push for $2,000 stimulus checks has threatened the federal unemployment benefits in…
Kelsey Vlamis,Joseph Zeballos…
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Student-loan borrowers could be waiting over a year for Biden to implement his new plan for broad debt relief
It recently took the Education Department 15 months to finish the same process it's using to implem…
Ayelet Sheffey
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260,000 student-loan borrowers who were approved for debt relief might be pushed back into repayment anyway, a legacy advocacy group says
A judge approved a settlement last year that gave 260,000 student-loan borrowers debt relief. Advoc…
Ayelet Sheffey
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Relief could be on the way for student-loan borrowers who paid one of the 52 companies suspected of 'falsely promising' them loan forgiveness, Minnesota's attorney general says
Attorney General Keith Ellison announced he opened investigations into 52 student-debt relief compa…
Ayelet Sheffey
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Central government to use ₹3,100 crore from PM-CARES for ventilators, migrants' welfare
The bulk of it, Rs 2,000 crore, will be spent to buy ventilators, while a significant Rs 1,000 c…
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With federal stimulus payments unlikely, here are the 18 states giving money to residents in relief checks to combat inflation
With no public plans for federal stimulus checks, more than a dozen states instated their own relie…
Lauren Frias
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Meet a millennial mom with $77,000 in student debt who's struggling to afford groceries while caring for her son with autism
Linda Vick has a degree in business, but can't work full time due to caretaking duties. This keeps …
Jason Lalljee
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Ex-Georgia mayor gets prison for stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars of his city's COVID-19 relief funds
The Justice Department said Jason Lary, the 60-year-old former mayor of Atlanta suburb Stonecrest, …
Jake Epstein,Lloyd Lee
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7 yoga poses to help relieve lower back pain
Living with lower back pain? These yoga poses could help you get some relief — and they might even …
Adam Barnes,Shelley Dawson
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A GOP congressional candidate used Covid relief funds meant for his employees to pay for his car and political campaign
The candidate, who owns a small business in Idaho, told his employees they would get paid if they w…
Matthew Loh
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Seventh Operation Dost flight reaches earthquake-hit Syria with over 23 tons of relief material
"7th #OperationDost flight reached Syria with over 23 tons of relief material, including gensets, s…