The U.S. Senate will consider a joint resolution to overturn President Joe Biden’s student debt relief plan. In a 51–46 vote, the chamber approved a motion to take up the resolution on May 31, opening the door to a congressional rebuke and nullification of Biden’s one-time student loan forgiveness program. The resolution, H.J. Res. 45…

Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona revealed during a recent hearing that the Biden administration is preparing to restart the payment of federal student loan debt that was paused amid the COVID-19 pandemic. During a May 11 hearing of the Senate Committee on Appropriations, Sen. Katie Britt (R-Ala.) cited remarks by White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre…

A federal judge has denied a lawsuit filed by the Pacific Legal Foundation (PLF) challenging the Biden administration’s plan to forgive student loans after the Department of Education (DoE) made some clarifications on its website. The lawsuit was filed on behalf of public interest attorney Frank Garrison, a beneficiary of the congressionally authorized Public Service…

The Biden administration announced on Friday that it has retroactively waived interest on federal student loans held by more than 47,000 current and former military service members. Under federal law, service members deployed to overseas combat zones where they’re subject to imminent danger or hostile fire can have their interest waived on loans such as…

Progressive Democrat Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) has been leading the effort to have President Joe Biden use his existing authority to cancel $50,000 in student debt, but not all her Democrat colleagues are in agreement with the idea. While many Senate Democrats agree with Biden canceling student loan debt, there are other senators who question…