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Elizabeth Warren is asking a major student-loan company to cancel debt for borrowers with 'decades-old predatory private' loans. Here's how.
Millions of student-loan borrowers are being transferred from Navient to MOHELA. Elizabeth Warren w…
Ayelet Sheffey
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The Fed needs to cut rates to help the struggling clean energy sector, Elizabeth Warren says
High interest rates have "completely tanked" major renewable infrastructure projects which tend to …
Aruni Soni
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Elizabeth Warren says millions of borrowers 'deserve answers' after the CEO of a major student-loan company turned down her invitation to appear before Congress
The student-loan company MOHELA asked that Sen. Warren agree to closed-door briefings instead of a …
Ayelet Sheffey
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A major student-loan company is being sued over claims it mismanaged 8 million borrowers' accounts, blocking them from lower payments and debt relief
The American Federation of Teachers filed a lawsuit against student-loan company MOHELA over claims…
Ayelet Sheffey
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A major student-loan company is 'impeding' borrowers' debt cancellation and 'mishandling' their monthly bills, Elizabeth Warren says. She wants its CEO to face Congress.
Since student-loan payments resumed, borrowers serviced by MOHELA have faced a range of repayment a…
Ayelet Sheffey
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More student-loan borrowers are getting debt cancellation through bankruptcy 2 years after Biden streamlined the process
The Justice Department announced that 98% of student-loan borrowers who requested bankruptcy relief…
Ayelet Sheffey
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Lower interest rates could be coming soon. Here's what's at stake if they aren't.
Interest rate cuts could finally come this year. Economists explained the benefits of rate cuts and…
Madison Hoff,Ayelet Sheffey
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It's time for the Fed to cut interest rates and bring relief to Americans who 'cannot afford to pay rent,' Elizabeth Warren says
Sen. Elizabeth Warren joined three of her colleagues in pushing for the Federal Reserve to "reverse…
Ayelet Sheffey
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Meet the Gen Xers and boomers retiring with 6 figures of student debt that threatens their Social Security and savings
Some Gen X and boomer student-loan borrowers are staring down a retirement crisis where their savin…
Ayelet Sheffey,Juliana Kaplan
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These student-loan borrowers qualify for debt cancellation through the government, but they're struggling to get the same relief on their private balances: 'I feel so defeated. I feel trapped.'
Biden forgave student loans for borrowers who went to schools accused of fraud. Private borrowers a…
Ayelet Sheffey
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The Fed confirms that Americans will have to wait longer for interest rate cuts
The Federal Reserve held interest rates steady on Wednesday, pushing back any hopes of an interest …
Ayelet Sheffey
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The Fed's next decision will likely mean Americans are going to wait a lot longer for any interest rate cuts
The booming jobs report and still-high inflation mean the Federal Reserve is likely to hold interes…
Ayelet Sheffey,Madison Hoff
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Some student-loan borrowers with private debt have a chance to get their balances wiped out — but they have to ask for it
Student-loan company Navient has a process for borrowers with private debt to apply for relief if t…
Ayelet Sheffey
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Student-loan borrowers should no longer be serviced by a major company that's been scrutinized for bad behavior, a group of Democratic lawmakers and advocates say: 'It's time to fire MOHELA'
The Education Department has already punished MOHELA, but Rep. Ilhan Omar said that "it is time to …
Ayelet Sheffey
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Elizabeth Warren says she's worried Biden's second attempt at broad student-loan forgiveness won't hold up in the Supreme Court
Warren is not sympathetic to student-loan companies who "cry poverty" when they can't handle all bo…
Ayelet Sheffey
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Key student-debt relief programs are at risk if Congress doesn't boost Education Department funding, 25 Democratic lawmakers say
Following a botched FAFSA rollout and rocky return to student-loan repayment, Elizabeth Warren is c…
Ayelet Sheffey
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Elizabeth Warren says lawmakers need a raise so that Congress isn't 'the plaything of multimillionaires and billionaires'
"Everyone working in government should be paid more: members of Congress and their staffs," the Mas…
Bryan Metzger
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The Fed's big decision this week could 'be devastating for our economy' and throw 'Americans out of work,' Elizabeth Warren says
Amid reports that the Federal Reserve will raise interest rates again on Wednesday, Sen. Warren tol…
Ayelet Sheffey
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More than 1 million student-loan borrowers could soon be transferred to a new company after their servicer requested a lighter load, the Education Department says
The Education Department agreed to student-loan company MOHELA's request to transfer some of its bo…
Ayelet Sheffey
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Elizabeth Warren says student-loan companies can't use lack of funding as an excuse for bad customer service — and she's 'deeply worried' they're not ready for repayment starting next week
Some student-loan borrowers "are waiting three or four hours before connecting with a representativ…