Student Debt

• Biden to abandon student debt cancellation ahead of Trump taking office

  The White House expects to pull back unfinished rules across several agencies if there isn’t enough time to finalize them before Donald Trump takes office.

  U.S. News

  Dec 20, 2024
  
• Biden announces new student debt relief plans that would benefit at least 23M

  The plans, which the president detailed in Madison, Wisconsin, include canceling up to US$20,000 of accrued and capitalized interest for borrowers, regardless of income.

  U.S. News

  Apr 8, 2024
  
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• U.S. student debt automatically cancelled for 153K borrowers, Biden says

  The Biden administration has now canceled some US$138 billion in student debt for nearly 3.9 million people through executive actions, the White House said.

  U.S. News

  Feb 21, 2024
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• The push for U.S. student debt relief is sputtering. Now what?

  A looming end to a freeze on loan repayments and a Supreme Court ruling on President Joe Biden's debt relief program has young borrowers feeling anxious, advocates say.

  U.S. News

  Jun 12, 2023
• Nearly 22M have applied for U.S. student debt relief, Biden says as court halts program

  A federal appeals court on Friday issued a stay temporarily blocking the program while it considers a motion from six Republican-led states seeking to stop it entirely.

  Politics

  Oct 21, 2022
• Biden says U.S. will forgive $10k in student loans for millions of Americans

  President Joe Biden said on Wednesday that the U.S. government will forgive $10,000 in student loans for many debt-saddled college-goers.

  World

  Aug 24, 2022
• Singh pledges to ‘permanently’ eliminate interest on student loans, forgive debt

  Singh spoke Saturday at a campaign stop outside of Laurentian University in Sudbury, Ont., ahead of the Sept. 20 federal election.

  Canada

  Aug 28, 2021
• The NDP wants a wealth tax. Would it work?

  "To put it bluntly, no other party can make any commitment to invest in people without either cutting existing services or putting the burden back on people," Singh claimed.

  Canada

  Aug 13, 2021
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• NDP announces plan to cancel up to $20K in student loan debt per Canadian

  Jagmeet Singh says the plan, which includes a five-year head start for new graduates to pay their debt, would help Canadians struggling financially during the COVID-19 pandemic.

  Politics

  Mar 20, 2021
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• Graduates call for extension to freeze on federal student loan payments

  Students and organizations say it's too soon to end the grace period.

  Health

  Sep 18, 2020