The House advanced a modified version of a bill on April 12 to reauthorize Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA). With the passage of the rule governing the bill—an intermediate procedural step before final passage—the bill itself will now be teed up for a vote on the House floor later on Friday. The Biden […]
Students are lining up for debt forgiveness. President Biden’s new repayment plan called “SAVE” will lower student loan payments based on income, with 4 million people signed up so far. This is as student loan repayments are set to resume in October after a pandemic-era pause. NTD spoke with Joseph Trevisani, Senior Analyst at FXStreet, […]
In the latest challenge to President Joe Biden’s wide-ranging efforts to find ways to forgive student debt, a federal appeals court has blocked parts of an Education Department rule that sought to make it easier for student borrowers to get relief if they were the victims of fraud or were misled by colleges. In a […]
Thousands of Hollywood film and television actors voted to strike on Thursday, joining writers who walked off the job a couple months earlier. A walkout by actors would stop all production of film and scripted television shows in the United States, except for independent productions that are not covered by labor contracts with unions. The […]
After intense clashes, the House passes the annual National Defense Authorization Act budget. Included are amendments that reverse the Biden administration’s social policies in the Pentagon. The Biden administration announces a plan to cancel nearly $40 billion in student debt for hundreds of thousands of borrowers. How does that work, and how likely is it to […]
The Biden administration says over 800,000 borrowers will have $39 billion in student debt wiped away in the coming weeks—due to “administrative fixes” that will result in more people passing the existing 20- or 25-year forgiveness threshold. Illinois landlords will soon be required to rent their property to illegal immigrants who otherwise qualify, due to […]
The U.S. Supreme Court issued two major rulings on Friday morning, with one ending President Biden’s student loan forgiveness program and the other determining that a Christian web designer could refuse to create a product for a same-sex wedding. Florida Governor Ron DeSantis and other conservative leaders spoke at a Moms for Liberty event in […]
If you have student debt to the federal government, you are going to have to start paying it back again, according to the education secretary. Repayments have been paused for three years but are set to resume 60 days after June 30 at the latest. To learn more about this, NTD spoke with Jeffrey Tucker, […]
The Supreme Court is hearing arguments about President Joe Biden’s student debt relief plan. The chief economist at Tressis, Daniel Lacalle, tells NTD that it would benefit existing borrowers but disadvantage those who take out loans in the future. Furthermore, Lacalle says the relief would increase the deficit “very significantly,” which would lead to a […]
The U.S. Supreme Court hears arguments today on the Biden administration’s plan to cancel $430 billion in student debt. Conservative justices expressed some doubt over the legality of this plan. Jack Fitzhenry, a policy analyst from the Heritage Foundation, gives his take on current events.
President Joe Biden is moving ahead with a plan to lower student loan repayments, but critics warn it could cost taxpayers more than expected. The latest Twitter Files drop seems to show Pfizer board member Scott Gottlieb pressuring Twitter to censor tweets. All the tweets went against the government’s vaccination goals. A new report shows Americans […]
Former Chinese Communist Party leader Jiang Zemin is dead. Many Chinese say he should have been brought to Justice for his persecution of spiritual groups. We spoke to an expert to hear more. Title 42 is going to end in three weeks. What effect will it have on the number of illegal border crossings? Biden’s […]
Former President Donald Trump says 15 of the documents seized from Mar-a-Lago are his personal property. And the House Jan. 6 committee is subpoenaing Trump. President Joe Biden is again touting deficit reduction and student debt forgiveness. It comes as Republicans are vowing to fight excessive spending if they reclaim the majority. Florida’s surgeon general […]
A federal judge on Oct. 20 rejected a legal challenge to the Biden administration’s student debt relief program. Missouri and five other states that sued the government over the program do not have standing, U.S. District Judge Henry Edward Autrey, a George W. Bush appointee, ruled. The complaint centered in part on the alleged harms that the […]
President Joe Biden’s administration has released a preview application for people seeking up to $20,000 in student debt relief as the government moves forward with the scheme after surviving initial court challenges. The administration has published the application form, which has boxes for information such as name, social security number, and date of birth. Biden […]
President Joe Biden’s administration has been hit with the first lawsuits against a recently unveiled order that would—unless blocked—cancel thousands of dollars in debt for millions of Americans. Biden, a Democrat, and Education Secretary Miguel Cardona, a Biden appointee, announced the order in August, revealing that people with student debt could receive up to $20,000 […]
The Biden administration on Tuesday released a state-by-state estimate of how its student debt relief plan will impact borrowers in the 50 U.S. states, Washington, D.C., and Puerto Rico. According to a fact sheet from the White House, the administration expects that more than 40 million borrowers are eligible for its student debt relief plan. Of […]
Nearly 100 Republican lawmakers have demanded a response from Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) after President Joe Biden’s announcement that he would forgive hundreds of billions of dollars in student debt. The demand came in a letter from Rep. Jody Hice (R-Ga.) that was co-signed by 93 other Republicans. On Aug. 24, after months […]
