The federal government also approved $16.2 billion in relief for nearly 572,000 borrowers with a total and permanent disability. President Joe Biden announced on Dec. 20 that the federal government has canceled an additional $4.28 billion in student debt for 55,000 public service workers across the country. In a statement, Biden said teachers, nurses, service
Washington — The Biden administration is canceling federal student loans for another 55,000 workers through an existing program known as Public Service Loan Forgiveness. The Education Department’s announcement Friday targets teachers, nurses, service members, law enforcement officials and others who’ve reached eligibility through the program, which promises to erase loans after 10 years of work
Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials in New York arrested a Mexican-born illegal immigrant who sexually abused a child after being removed from the country five times.
President-elect Donald Trump nominated the former congresswoman for the role in November. Former congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard, President-elect Donald Trump’s nomination for director of national intelligence (DNI), picked up a key endorsement from the National Border Patrol Council (NBPC). The NBPC—a labor union representing 18,000 Border Patrol agents and support personnel across the country—endorsed Gabbard in
The new commitment is made under the 2015 Paris Agreement—which President-elect Trump has said he will again withdraw the United States from, once in office. The federal government has formally submitted to the United Nations a new target for reducing U.S. greenhouse gas emissions before President Joe Biden’s term ends in January. The White House
Donald Trump’s victory in the 2024 election set in motion a race against time by President Biden to safeguard his environmental legacy in his remaining days as president. But his administration’s stepped-up pace of climate-related announcements will likely mean little once Trump is inaugurated and the Republican-led Congress is seated in January. Mr. Biden’s most
As the Biden administration enters its final days, it has announced another $4.28 billion in student loan handouts for nearly 54,900 public workers.