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Trump Invokes Defense Production Act to Get Medical Supplies to Hospitals

(WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump has invoked the Defense Production Act to get needed medical supplies on the front lines of the coronavirus outbreak, mobilizing the federal government to marshal the private sector to combat the pandemic. Trump had said …

student loans - Time
9:51am PDT - March 20th, 2020

Trump: Federal student loan borrowers can suspend payments for 60 days

Borrowers would have to contact their student loan servicers to take advantage of the benefit, Trump said.

student loans - Politico
9:25am PDT - March 20th, 2020

In two weeks, the future of college has become uncertain, thanks to coronavirus

As the coronavirus spreads, colleges give up traditions like dorm life and graduation. The future is uncertain and more change is likely.

student loans - USA Today
2:00am PDT - March 20th, 2020

Senate Democrats propose bailout for student loan borrowers - The Washington Post

Senate Democrats propose bailout for student loan borrowers The Washington Post Senate Democrats propose canceling $10,000 in student debt for all borrowers amid coronavirus CNBC Senate Democrats propose canceling student loan payments during coronavirus | Th…

student loans - The Washington Post
3:42pm PDT - March 19th, 2020

As universities shut their doors, international students are left in limbo

Surprise campus closures are just the beginning of the difficulties international students face. In addition to the stress of moving and saying goodbye to friends, many of these students are scrambling to secure access to things many college students take for…

student loans - The Verge
6:00am PDT - March 18th, 2020

New York governor suspends medical, student debt owed to state

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has temporarily suspended all medical and student debt owed to the state amid the coronavirus crisis.

student loans - ABC News
12:56pm PDT - March 17th, 2020

Bored while social distancing? Do your taxes.

TL;DR: Easy-to-use TurboTax software is on sale and comes with a $10 Amazon gift card. You're quarantined in your home right now and probably scrounging for activities to keep you entertained. Well, have you done your 2019 taxes yet? If not, now is the perfec…

student loans - Mashable
7:34am PDT - March 17th, 2020

An unexpected shift of events, Biden endorses Warren's bankruptcy plan

Former Vice President Joe Biden -- a Democratic front-runner in the 2020 presidential race -- announced his endorsement of Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s bankruptcy plan.

student loans - ABC News
4:48pm PDT - March 14th, 2020

The best personal loans of 2020

Here are the best personal loans right now: Lightstream : Best personal loan for excellent credit scores, best overall SoFi : Best personal loan for those with good credit scores Wells Fargo : Best personal loan for debt consolidation Avant : Best personal lo…

student loans - Business Insider
11:34am PDT - March 11th, 2020

DeVos rebuked in bipartisan Senate vote over limiting student debt relief

Ten Republicans voted to block DeVos’ rule.

student loans - Politico
10:40am PDT - March 11th, 2020

Women With Access to Higher Education Changed America—But Now They’re Bearing the Brunt of the Student Debt Crisis

The history of higher education for American women shows how education can be an engine of individual opportunity and social innovation.

student loans - Time
10:37am PST - March 6th, 2020

I'm a financial planner, and I see clients make the same 6 mistakes with student loans over and over again

I'm a financial planner, and I see student loan borrowers making the same mistakes repeatedly in my practice. Most students don't understand their options for borrowing money for college, and they can end up taking out the wrong loans. I also see my clients b…

student loans - Business Insider
10:31am PST - March 6th, 2020

Meet 5 startups backed by the likes of Andreessen Horowitz and Mark Cuban that are using automation to help consumers chip away at debt and start saving

Rising credit card debt and student loans are a daily concern for many consumers and with outstanding debt, it can be hard for consumers to save. A wave of startups have cropped up offering their users automated ways to pay down debt and start saving. From ro…

student loans - Business Insider
5:30am PST - March 6th, 2020

When I took out my student loans, I also got life insurance to protect my parents if I die before my debt is paid off

Like many people, I had to finance my education with student loans, and my parents were cosigners. In order to protect them from being fully liable for my debt, we took out a life insurance policy when I was 18 years old that would pay off my student loans in…

student loans - Business Insider
8:55am PST - March 5th, 2020

Leap Finance raises $5.5M to democratize financing for foreign-bound Indian students

Tens of thousands of Indians move to the United States to pursue higher education each year. But like many others who have arrived from a foreign land, they can’t secure education loans or personal loans from the banks at interest rates on par with those levi…

student loans - TechCrunch
8:25am PST - March 3rd, 2020

Industry insiders reveal the 5 companies they think JPMorgan could try and acquire, including SoFi (JPM)

JPMorgan said this week that it was considering deal-making in its asset and wealth management division. We spoke with a half-dozen industry insiders about firms the bank may make sense as targets. Personal finance startup SoFi, digital wealth management firm…

student loans - Business Insider
8:43am PST - February 28th, 2020

I didn't believe in saving for retirement in my 20s, but I changed my ways when I realized how much I'd have to save each month to retire by 65

Tom Werner/Getty Images I didn't do much to plan for retirement in my 20s — the idea seemed so far away, what was the point of putting money away now? But my thinking shifted when I saw my parents reach retirement age and have the resources they needed to sto…

student loans - Business Insider
12:13pm PST - February 26th, 2020

A financial counselor swamped with $350,000 of student debt explains why he's banking on loan forgiveness — and shares how he managed to pay $0 in 2019

Adam Kol, a couples financial counselor, doesn't plan on paying back his $350,000 student loan debt in full. Due to his current financial situation, it makes more sense economically for Kol to eschew payments and aim for loan forgiveness instead. In 2019, Kol…

student loans - Business Insider
5:08am PST - February 26th, 2020

Rep. Ro Khanna Wants to Create a National Apprenticeship Program

Danielle Polk used to work up to 13 hours per day, seven days a week, as a bank teller and a McDonald’s floor supervisor. She dreamed of finishing college, but thought she couldn’t afford to step away from the workforce to do it. “I was worried about the cost…

student loans - Time
9:55am PST - February 25th, 2020

The Plaid “mafia” begins with John Whitfield joining student loan fintech startup Summer

So far this year, one of the most eye-popping startup exits has been Visa’s $5.3 billion acquisition of fintech data services platform Plaid. It’s a major exit in the white-hot fintech space, and while that transaction is still going through regulatory review…

student loans - TechCrunch
6:00am PST - February 24th, 2020

Nah bro first date u suppose to pay off her student loans and buy her a new car https://t.co/yCg1ZSmpjt

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12:37pm PDT - July 13th, 2023

RT @StrikeDebt: As usual they have made it impossible to know what is in your best interest. Everyone has to guess, and guessing wrong can…

Brady lee (@BradyLeeB59)
12:37pm PDT - July 13th, 2023

RT @StrikeDebt: The Higher Education Act, which created student loans, includes provisions that these loans can be cancelled The only diff…

Clifton Kinnie (@CliftonKinnie)
12:37pm PDT - July 13th, 2023
What do you think will happen to retail sales when student loans restart in October? I suspect millions are already adjusting their spending in anticipation of the hit to their finances. Despite a lower CPI, earnings are not keeping pace w/ increased costs. https://t.co/3dZmaGMlYg

What do you think will happen to retail sales when student loans restart in October? I suspect millions are already adjusting their spending in anticipation of the hit to their finances. Despite a lower CPI, earnings are not keeping pace w/ increased costs. https://t.co/3dZmaGMlYg

Donald Woods (@DonaldW60852684)
1:06am PDT - July 13th, 2023

RT @joburglawyer: DP Mashatile repeatedly claims he receives no state capture benefits. Yet on a salary of R2.9m he lives in a R37m home in…

@BruceMc48561944 (@mM6g7cOrrioEe3B)
1:05am PDT - July 13th, 2023

RT @HorrorGorl: We were taught at a very young age to get an education. It’s nothing but a bunch of student loans now

The World 2023 is 1789 France (@cooluser51)
1:03am PDT - July 13th, 2023

RT @tobosbunny: 3% inflation? How many are struggling to buy food? How many are struggling to pay rent? How many are struggling to get any…

HavidDasseldoff_79 (@havid_79)
1:03am PDT - July 13th, 2023

RT @joburglawyer: DP Mashatile repeatedly claims he receives no state capture benefits. Yet on a salary of R2.9m he lives in a R37m home in…

grumpy_gatkrap (@boetapta)
1:00am PDT - July 13th, 2023

RT @joburglawyer: DP Mashatile repeatedly claims he receives no state capture benefits. Yet on a salary of R2.9m he lives in a R37m home in…

Desire Tablai (@DesireTablai)
1:00am PDT - July 13th, 2023

RT @joburglawyer: DP Mashatile repeatedly claims he receives no state capture benefits. Yet on a salary of R2.9m he lives in a R37m home in…

Robin (@Xitaxifambi1)
12:59am PDT - July 13th, 2023

RT @dpsrini: Is this Chinese app authorized to give loans in India . @nsitharamanoffc @sardesairajdeep @AmitShah @siddaramaiah @RBI Sorr…

Mohan K ( ಮೋಹನ್ ಕೆ ) (@heromahame)
12:59am PDT - July 13th, 2023

RT @SenTedCruz: “I am left wondering how exactly electric vehicle subsidies, forgiving college-educated Americans’ student loans, and raisi…

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12:59am PDT - July 13th, 2023

RT @SenTedCruz: “I am left wondering how exactly electric vehicle subsidies, forgiving college-educated Americans’ student loans, and raisi…

jenny (@Jenny51744154)
12:59am PDT - July 13th, 2023

RT @joburglawyer: DP Mashatile repeatedly claims he receives no state capture benefits. Yet on a salary of R2.9m he lives in a R37m home in…

Leon Uys (@leonuys)
12:56am PDT - July 13th, 2023

RT @The_Acumen: Fuck boy shoulda cancelled our student loans!

Light~Angel | @Light_Angel_12@spore.social (@Light_Angel_12)
12:54am PDT - July 13th, 2023

RT @joburglawyer: DP Mashatile repeatedly claims he receives no state capture benefits. Yet on a salary of R2.9m he lives in a R37m home in…

LucidualLady (@LucidualLady)
12:54am PDT - July 13th, 2023

RT @jearysylves: Don’t pay them student loans back.

Raymond (@jrcamachobass)
12:53am PDT - July 13th, 2023

RT @BoobieMiles93: @BleuCapone Man some of dez folks be 400k in the hole with student loans

Kamala Harris Stan Account (@All_aMIRRican)
12:52am PDT - July 13th, 2023

RT @joburglawyer: DP Mashatile repeatedly claims he receives no state capture benefits. Yet on a salary of R2.9m he lives in a R37m home in…

Francois Scholtz (@FransScholtz)
12:52am PDT - July 13th, 2023

RT @joburglawyer: DP Mashatile repeatedly claims he receives no state capture benefits. Yet on a salary of R2.9m he lives in a R37m home in…

King Mo (@Morena_K)
12:51am PDT - July 13th, 2023

RT @BanquoDyar: Young people would have a lot more money to spend on student loans and PlayStations if Bernie Sanders didn't con them into…

(@ICCWarrior)
12:50am PDT - July 13th, 2023

RT @joburglawyer: DP Mashatile repeatedly claims he receives no state capture benefits. Yet on a salary of R2.9m he lives in a R37m home in…

@jay16selomo (@jay16selom3497)
12:50am PDT - July 13th, 2023

Low inflation, booming economy, yet Biden's approval tied with Trump. DNC centrism keeps Trump in race. Progressive win (Student Loans, CTC, PFMLA, Public Option Healthcare) = easy reelection. Center Dems are losing to Trump, refuse to shift left. Manchin Dems pave way for Trump.

Darth Jay Harkonnen (@MatthewsJay)
11:34am PDT - July 12th, 2023

RT @bw71961: ~ Pres Biden had no choice but to let the student loan debt play out in the Court ~ It will take some time but the Biden Admin…

Patrick Schumann (@Patrick56741080)
11:34am PDT - July 12th, 2023

RT @jearysylves: Don’t pay them student loans back.

esaelito (@esaelRC)
11:34am PDT - July 12th, 2023

RT @intellegint: Tom Segura and Rogan saying student loans shouldn’t be forgiven while being just stand up comedians/podcasters is so aweso…

Danda (@Dandastur)
11:33am PDT - July 12th, 2023

RT @MukasaMulya: Government of Uganda (GOU) through the Higher Education Financing Board (HEFB) will not issue new student loans this acade…

KHING (@1KhingJah)
11:33am PDT - July 12th, 2023

RT @bw71961: ~ There's a method behind the madness of the Repubs and SC not allowing Student Loan Debt Relief ~ They know that Billions wil…

Patrick Schumann (@Patrick56741080)
11:31am PDT - July 12th, 2023

RT @Meatfighterr: Ain’t nobody paying your student loans

Kate Bush is like White Björk|| Laurdecai (@punch_it_ensign)
11:31am PDT - July 12th, 2023

RT @bw71961: ~ The Repubs and SC are making sure to obstruct Pres Biden's agenda ~ In 2024 give him more Dems in the House and Senate and B…

Patrick Schumann (@Patrick56741080)
11:31am PDT - July 12th, 2023

RT @thereidout: Biden moves quickly in effort to reassure young voters on student loans https://t.co/NModuWKCsr via @nbcnews

G. Dixon (@CnnWhisperer)
11:31am PDT - July 12th, 2023

Can we adjust this trend to talk about the nearly 80% of millennial women who do in fact have children are eating these costs on top of student loans and sky high rents https://t.co/SJd9kiG0G4

Send the rich to sea (@Milkvamp)
11:30am PDT - July 12th, 2023