The Biden administration announced this week that it will pause processing student loan forgiveness forms under a key program. Here’s what’s going on.
“Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler,” Albert Einstein observed. Indeed, it is a mark of intelligence to analyze a jumble of complicated information, come to a straightforward conclusion, and decide what to do. Unfortunately,...
The new lawsuit may directly impact student loan forgiveness and repayment for millions. Here’s what borrowers need to know.
Millions of borrowers are potentially at risk of having their student loan payments increase or student loan forgiveness blocked. Here are four potential scenarios.
A coalition of GOP-led states filed a lawsuit this week to block one of President Biden’s student loan forgiveness plans. If this sounds familiar, that’s because it is.
The Biden administration is notifying nearly 400,000 borrowers that they’re on track to receive student loan forgiveness within two years.
A few days ago, Bishop Douglas Deshotel, prelate of the Lafayette Diocese, excommunicated Scott Peyton, a former Catholic deacon whose son was sexually molested by a Catholic priest. The priest, Father Michael Guidry, pleaded guilty to molesting Peyton’s son and is...
Biden approved a new batch of student loan forgiveness through series of improvements to a long-troubled program for public service workers.
In 2016, I wrote a letter to Bishop Deshotel, reporting that I had been treated rudely by Monsignor Richard Mouton in the confession booth. After asking several shocking sexual questions, Monsignor Mouton refused to confess me because I was divorced. I delivered the...
President Biden issued a statement a few days ago assuring us that the economy is robust and we’re all getting richer. Here is what he said: Inflation is down two-thirds from its peak, and annual core inflation is the lowest since May 2021. Wages are rising...
200,000 borrowers were supposed to receive $6 billion in student loan forgiveness by the end of January. But that didn’t happen.
20% of borrowers have either been approved for student loan forgiveness or have no current repayment obligation.
President Biden has plans to make a key temporary student loan forgiveness benefit permanent for all borrowers.
You were given the choice between war and dishonour. You chose dishonour, and you will have war. Winston Churchill to Neville Chamberlain If Western civilization has any eternal moral commitment, it is support for the Jewish state. The United Nations recognized Israel...
As President Harry Truman observed, “It’s a recession when your neighbor loses his job; it’s a depression when you lose yours.” Similarly, subway crime was not a problem for New York Governor Kathy Hochul until recently. After all, New York’s...
The refund checks will be sent to borrowers who sought student loan forgiveness but were scammed by companies that falsely promised them relief.
A temporary Biden student loan forgiveness initiative ends in a matter of weeks. And some borrowers need to take action soon to qualify.
President Biden’s most recent wave of student loan forgiveness has particularly benefited borrowers in these three states.
Here’s what borrowers should know about Biden’s newest student loan forgiveness plan based on financial hardship.
If you watched President Biden’s State of the Union message and the post-speech commentary, you may be confused. Some pundits described Biden’s speech as “fiery, direct [and] sensible,” while critics called it “an hour-long, mumbling rant.” As it...
President Biden highlighted his student loan forgiveness achievements in his landmark State of the Union speech. And more relief may be coming.
Several key student loan forgiveness deadlines are approaching as temporary initiatives end, while new benefits might become available soon. Here are some critical dates.
Maybe you’ve heard this joke. A modern-day Job is beset by a torrent of calamities. The bank forecloses on Job’s home. Lightning strikes his barn and burns it down. His business fails and declares bankruptcy. His doctor diagnoses him with stage 4 cancer....
Millions of student loan borrowers may see a reduction in their monthly payments this summer, as the final elements of President Joe Biden’s new IDR plan go live.
The US Supreme Court released its opinion today, striking down the Colorado Supreme Court’s ruling that Donald Trump is ineligible to run for President because he participated in an insurrection. Lawsuits had been filed in more than 30 states, and plaintiffs...
In a surprise announcement last week, the Biden administration said that it would be reducing payments and pushing out a key deadline for some borrowers.
I’m shocked by food prices every time I go to the grocery store. Coffee is $11 a pound at my grocery store, two pounds of bacon cost $20, and a loaf of bread sells for five or six bucks. A jar of pickled pig lips costs $22! President Trump says food costs have...
Remember when Donald Trump boasted that he would build a wall on the nation’s southern border and make Mexico pay for it? No one believed him when he said it, but we elected him president anyway. Mr. Trump built part of a border wall, but Mexico didn’t pay...
Some borrowers have started to receive notices that their student loan forgiveness has been reversed, and their balances reinstated. Here’s what we know.
Thousands of borrowers should have already received student loan forgiveness and other debt relief under an approved settlement, but are still waiting.
Russia’s war on Ukraine enters its third year. Ukraine’s counteroffensive, launched last spring, was a failure, and Russian troops are gaining ground in the Donbas region. What to do? Here’s an idea. Let’s slap new sanctions on the Russians—that’ll teach those...
Student loan forgiveness is not the only debt relief that borrowers have been able to receive through Biden administration reforms.
Millions have been approved for student loan forgiveness under several Biden initiatives, while officials just reached a major milestone in developing a new plan.
Many borrowers are receiving student loan forgiveness emails this month, as the Biden administration implements multiple debt relief initiatives.
The Biden administration announced it has has approved $1.2 billion in student loan forgiveness for more than 150,000 borrowers. Here’s who qualifies.
The only instance of a rat swimming towards a sinking ship. Winston Churchill Paul Krugman has joined the growing crowd of sycophants who earnestly argue that President Biden has all his marbles. “As anyone who has recently spent time with Biden (and I have)...
