Mitch McConnell shrugs off Trump’s taunts and attempts to defuse the debt ceiling crisis Ayelet Sheffey 18 nov 2021
Student-loan payments resume in 75 days, and 89% of borrowers with full-time jobs aren’t ready: ‘It’s a recipe for financial disaster’ Ayelet Sheffey 17 nov 2021
Biden says gas companies may be guilty of ‘illegal conduct’ and ripping off Americans to pump up profits Ayelet Sheffey 17 nov 2021
The student-loan payment pause didn’t help most of the 7.7 million borrowers who were behind on federal bills at the start of the pandemic. 93% of them still are. Ayelet Sheffey 16 nov 2021
Biden just released a plan to protect Americans’ retirements and savings from the 2 main financial risks of the climate crisis Ayelet Sheffey 16 nov 2021
For-profit colleges have a ‘fraudulent’ history and won’t get access to increased federal grants in Biden’s economic agenda – but 13 Democrats worry that will hurt students the most Ayelet Sheffey 15 nov 2021
Meet a therapist with $81,000 in student debt, who worked in public service for 20 years, and can’t get loan forgiveness: ‘People in the helping professions are getting totally screwed over’ Ayelet Sheffey 14 nov 2021
Meet a 62-year-old veteran with $104,000 in student debt after working in public service for 4 decades: ‘I joined the army to escape poverty. This is a different kind of poverty.’ Ayelet Sheffey 13 nov 2021
30,000 student-loan borrowers are getting $2 billion in debt wiped out, Biden’s Education Secretary says Ayelet Sheffey 12 nov 2021
8.5 million student-loan borrowers get one more year with a company Elizabeth Warren says was ‘caught lying to Congress about its atrocious record of fines and penalties’ Ayelet Sheffey 11 nov 2021
