Biden's administration just kicked off the process to get student-loan forgiveness to millions of borrowers, vowing to 'work as quickly as possible under the law'

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President Joe Biden delivers remarks on the Supreme Court's decision on the Administration's student debt relief program in the Roosevelt Room of the White House on Friday, June 30, 2023.

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Student-loan payments are about to restart and 'exacerbate financial distress' for millions of borrowers, Elizabeth Warren says. Here are 6 steps she wants Biden to take to soften the blow.

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Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA).

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Student-loan borrowers can tell Biden what they want from his new debt relief plan. Here's how.

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President Joe Biden.

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Blue-collar workers could save the US from recession as the tech industry withers

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Construction work on a new apartment building in Austin, Texas in February 2023.
Construction work on a new apartment building in Austin, Texas in February 2023.

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Misclassifying employees as gig workers creates 'a race to the bottom' for businesses, Biden's top labor and antitrust regulators say

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Jennifer Abruzzo, general counsel of National Labor Relations Board.

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Biden promised student-loan borrowers cheaper payments and more debt relief. The government might not have enough money for everyone to actually get those benefits.

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President Joe Biden speaks on the student-debt-relief plan in the South Court Auditorium at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on October 17, 2022, in Washington, DC. Biden gave an update on the student-debt-relief-portal beta test.
President Joe Biden speaks on the student-debt-relief plan in the South Court Auditorium at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on October 17, 2022, in Washington, DC.

The government's main budget experts confirmed that the US could risk economic catastrophe as soon as early June

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President Joe Biden.
President Joe Biden.

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JD Vance defends Trump's comments that Republicans should let the US default, saying the former president was giving 'political advice' and doing 'fundamentally the right thing'

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JD Vance and former President Donald Trump shake hands in 2022.
JD Vance and former President Donald Trump shake hands in 2022.

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Biden's Education Secretary confirms the process of resuming student-loan payments will start 'no later than June 30': 'The emergency period is over'

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Education Sec. Miguel Cardona
Education Secretary Miguel Cardona.

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A conservative group just asked a federal court to end the student-loan payment pause immediately — partly because 'some junior associates at major law firms saw their six-figure salaries increase' during the pandemic

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President Biden.

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