DIRS.INFO top alerts submit data jurnalism about API
login
Top related persons:
Top related locs:
Top related orgs:

Search resuls for: "Biden's Justice"


23 mentions found


☆ 9 million student-loan borrowers got an email in November with the wrong subject line informing them their debt relief has been approved. Corrections are coming.
  + stars: | 2022-12-03 | by ( Ayelet Sheffey | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +4 min
9 million student-loan borrowers received an email in late November with a subject line that their debt relief had been approved. It should have stated the applications had been received, not approved — an error made by an Education Department contractor. However, that subject line was incorrect, Insider has learned — it was simply supposed to inform borrowers that their applications had been received with the subject line: "Update on Student Loan Debt Relief." The department has previously indicated that 26 million student-loan borrowers had already submitted applications for debt relief. "Our student debt relief program is necessary to help 40M eligible Americans struggling under the burden of student loan debt recover from the pandemic," Education Secretary Miguel Cardona wrote on Twitter on Thursday.
☆ Biden's administration asks the Supreme Court to take on another student-loan forgiveness lawsuit, saying the lower court blocking the debt relief 'profoundly erred'
  + stars: | 2022-12-02 | by ( Ayelet Sheffey | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
The Biden administration asked the Supreme Court to pause another ruling that blocked student-debt relief. The Supreme Court decided Thursday it would hear arguments for a separate lawsuit that blocked relief. On Friday evening, Biden's Justice Department urged the Supreme Court to intervene in a lawsuit that blocked student-loan forgiveness last month. The administration also remains confident in the legal authority it has to enact broad debt relief as part of its pandemic recovery measures. "Our student debt relief program will help borrowers most at risk of delinquency or default from the pandemic get back on their feet," Education Secretary Miguel Cardona wrote on Twitter on Friday.
☆ Biden's student-loan forgiveness remains blocked after another federal court rejects the administration's attempt to revive its debt relief
  + stars: | 2022-12-01 | by ( Ayelet Sheffey | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
It was in response to Biden's appeal to the court after a Texas judge blocked the relief. Separately, the Supreme Court is expected to rule on an 8th Circuit decision also blocking relief. On Wednesday night, a three-judge panel in the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that it would not grant the Biden administration's request to pause a district court decision that blocked the implementation of student-loan forgiveness. The Supreme Court has not yet issued a decision on whether it will grant the Biden administration's request to revive debt relief for millions of borrowers. Now, the fate of student-debt relief appears to rest at the Supreme Court.
☆ The Supreme Court rejects Biden's attempt to quickly revive student-loan forgiveness — but it will take up the case early next year
  + stars: | 2022-12-01 | by ( Ayelet Sheffey | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
The Supreme Court rejected the Biden administration's attempt to revive student-debt relief. Until then, the loan forgiveness remains blocked. The Court will hear oral arguments to the case in February 2023, but until then, the debt relief remains blocked. Since the end of October, the Education Department stopped processing borrowers' debt relief because the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals placed a temporary stay on the loan forgiveness. On November 14, the 8th Circuit decided the pause will remain in place, prompting Biden's administration to take matters to the Supreme Court and ask it to revive the debt relief.
☆ Why Biden's student-loan forgiveness plan is legal and should be reinstated by the Supreme Court, according to 44 economists, legal experts, and advocates
  + stars: | 2022-11-29 | by ( Ayelet Sheffey | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +7 min
Biden's administration recently asked the Supreme Court to revive its student-debt relief plan. Biden's Justice Department quickly appealed the 8th Circuit's decision and took the issue to the Supreme Court, asking it on November 18 to revive the student-loan forgiveness plan. It's unclear when, or what, the highest court will ultimately decide, but 44 advocates, economists, legal experts, and scholars joined the Biden administration's fight by filing amicus curiae briefs before Thanksgiving supporting the revival of debt relief. As you know, it's up to the Supreme Court, and we're going to continue to fight. Here are the main arguments the experts and advocates used as to why the Supreme Court should reinstate Biden's student-debt cancellation plan.
☆ Meet a Republican who would have all $10,000 of his student loans canceled under Biden's plan but thinks it's an unfair policy
  + stars: | 2022-11-27 | by ( Juliana Kaplan | Ayelet Sheffey | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +7 min
He told Insider he wasn't surprised to see court challenges and worried for people who got refunds. Since Biden announced his plan at the end of August to forgive up to $20,000 in student debt for federal borrowers, the plan has been fraught with legal challenges. I think many of the court challenges have tried to shine light on that," Matthew said. "My generation, the millennial, Gen Z generation, are facing a significant problem with student-loan debt," he said. "This radical scheme must be eviscerated entirely, and Republicans will continue to support legal challenges to achieve that end."
☆ An architect of the law Biden is using to cancel student debt tells the Supreme Court that the relief falls 'exactly' under the Education Secretary's authority and should be revived
  + stars: | 2022-11-23 | by ( Ayelet Sheffey | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +5 min
Former Rep. George Miller, who constructed the law Biden is using to cancel student debt, filed a brief with the Supreme Court supporting the plan. Miller stood with Biden's request to the court to revive the relief after lower federal courts blocked it. After Biden announced up to $20,000 in broad debt relief for federal borrowers at the end of August, a number of conservative lawsuits arose seeking to block the policy. The Supreme Court should lift the injunction put in place by the Eighth Circuit." Along with Miller, advocates, legal experts, and economists filed a series of briefs to the Supreme Court also expressing support for reviving Biden's debt relief.
☆ Biden extends the student-loan payment pause for another 6 months at most as his debt relief remains blocked in court
  + stars: | 2022-11-22 | by ( Ayelet Sheffey | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +4 min
Biden just announced an extension of the student-loan payment pause no later than June 30, 2023. It comes as the debt relief remains blocked in federal courts. Biden's administration recently asked the Supreme Court to revive the debt relief. "Student debt cancellation will change and save lives, and no eligible borrower should have to pay a dime on their student loans until they receive the up to $20,000 in student debt cancellation they were promised by President Biden." At this point, it's unclear whether the Supreme Court will decide to revive the debt relief or dismiss the administration's appeal.
☆ Millions of student-loan borrowers risk a 'financial catastrophe' if Biden doesn't 'immediately' extend the debt payment pause, 225 advocacy groups say
  + stars: | 2022-11-21 | by ( Ayelet Sheffey | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
Over 200 advocacy groups urged Biden to extend the student-loan payment pause on Monday. After two federal courts blocked the relief, they said borrowers should not have to face payments. Two conservative lawsuits have blocked indefinitely the president's plan to forgive up to $20,000 in student loans for federal borrowers. The advocacy groups argued that until borrowers receive the relief they were promised, they cannot be forced back into repayment. The administration also appealed to a lower court the federal judge in Texas' decision to block the relief two weeks ago.
☆ Biden's Education Department says it's 'examining' extending the student-loan payment pause to remedy the 'significant confusion' among borrowers after federal courts blocked debt relief
  + stars: | 2022-11-16 | by ( Ayelet Sheffey | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +4 min
The Education Department said it is "examining" extending the student-loan payment pause. This comes after two federal courts blocked the department from implementing debt relief. "Most borrowers have been told that all they need to do is submit an application to obtain one-time student loan debt relief. Now, as a result of litigation they are left to wonder when, if at all, if debt relief will be effectuated. Advocates and some Democratic lawmakers have been amplifying their calls to extend the payment pause in recent days.
☆ Student-loan borrowers who applied for Biden's debt relief shouldn't have to worry about living with 'crushing student loan debt as a result of a court challenge,' the nation's largest labor federatio
  + stars: | 2022-11-15 | by ( Juliana Kaplan | Ayelet Sheffey | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +4 min
President Biden's student loan forgiveness plan is currently paused after two court rulings. Over the past week, courts handed Biden's student-debt relief plan two major blows. That decision was in favor of the six Republican-led states who sued the debt relief, arguing it would hurt their states' tax revenues. "The AFL-CIO is extremely disappointed in the partisan legal effort to shut down the Biden administration's life-changing student loan relief. The federation's president, Liz Shuler, called on Biden to cancel student debt in the spring.
☆ Why a federal court blocked Biden's student-debt cancellation even after a major loan company undermined a key argument in the GOP-led lawsuit
  + stars: | 2022-11-15 | by ( Ayelet Sheffey | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +4 min
The 8th Circuit blocked Biden's student-debt relief in response to a lawsuit filed by six GOP-led states. It said the states' argument that the relief would hurt student-loan company MOHELA has standing. But a district judge previously dismissed that argument, and MOHELA said it wasn't involved in the case. This was in response to a lawsuit filed by Missouri and five other Republican-led states who argued the loan forgiveness would hurt the states' tax revenues, along with that of Missouri-based student-loan company MOHELA. "This unanticipated financial downturn will prevent or delay Missouri from funding higher education at its public colleges and universities."
☆ Another federal court just slammed the brakes on Biden's student-loan forgiveness, keeping debt relief from millions of borrowers
  + stars: | 2022-11-14 | by ( Ayelet Sheffey | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
The 8th Circuit just blocked Biden's student-loan forgiveness plan in response to a lawsuit filed by six GOP-led states. This means Biden cannot cancel any student debt while the injunction is in place, pending an appeal. It's the second court in recent days to put a block on Biden's plans to cancel up to $20,000 in debt. It also comes after a federal court in Texas struck down Biden's debt relief plan, declaring it illegal on November 10. The Education Department has not yet indicated whether that pause will be further extended, given the injunction on the relief.
☆ Why a Trump-appointed Texas judge blocked Biden's student-debt cancellation plan
  + stars: | 2022-11-14 | by ( Ayelet Sheffey | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +7 min
Trump-appointed Judge Mark Pittman struck down Biden's debt relief in Texas last week. They claimed that enacting broad student-loan forgiveness is an overreach of the authority and should require Congressional approval, while Biden has maintained one-time student-loan forgiveness is well within the administration's legal authority. The plaintiffs' standing to sueBoth of the plaintiffs who brought the Texas lawsuit hold student loans. The first plaintiff, Myra Brown, sued because her loans are commercially-held and therefore ineligible for Biden's debt relief, which requires the borrower to owe their debt directly to the federal government. Pittman said that Biden's Justice Department argument that the plaintiffs' standing does not exist is "untrue."
☆ Student-loan borrowers should not resume payments in January after federal courts have blocked the relief, advocates say
  + stars: | 2022-11-14 | by ( Ayelet Sheffey | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +4 min
Two federal courts have blocked Biden's student-loan forgiveness plan so far. Advocates say student-loan payments should not resume in January without relief. These legal challenges could delay the implementation of Biden's debt relief for months — potentially extending into next year, when student-loan payments are scheduled to resume. Alongside the August announcement of broad student-loan forgiveness, the department announced the "final" extension of the student-loan payment pause through December 31. Still, given that the department told borrowers the goal was to have their relief processed before payments resume, advocates are hoping borrowers won't be thrown into repayment too soon.
☆ 16 million student-loan borrowers have now been approved for debt cancellation, Biden says — but they won't see relief 'in the coming days' due to a GOP lawsuit
  + stars: | 2022-11-03 | by ( Ayelet Sheffey | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
The Education Department has so far approved 16 million student-loan borrowers for debt relief, Biden said. The relief is currently on pause until the 8th Circuit makes a final decision on the legality of the relief. "That's 16 million Americans, so far, who should be seeing student debt relief in the coming days," Biden wrote. Biden's debt relief plan has been hit with at least five other lawsuits seeking to block its implementation. Still, the decision from the 8th Circuit looms, and until it comes, the Education Department cannot actually give borrowers relief.
☆ Student-loan borrowers could see their debt canceled 'in the next two weeks,' Biden says — but the fate of the relief still sits in a conservative court
  + stars: | 2022-10-28 | by ( Ayelet Sheffey | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
Biden told NewsNation that student-loan borrowers could get their debt canceled within a few weeks. The relief remains paused following a ruling by the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals. Last week, the conservative 8th Circuit Court of Appeals placed a temporary stay on Biden's debt relief plan, in response to a lawsuit filed by six Republican-led states who argued the up to $20,000 debt cancellation plan would hurt their states' tax revenues. However, it would be surprising is if debt is actually discharged in two weeks, as Biden said, given that the plan is currently on pause. While the Education Department can continue processing applications for the relief as borrowers apply, student-loan companies cannot actually apply the relief to borrowers' accounts yet.
☆ JetBlue posts quarterly profit as travel demand helps cover jump in costs
  + stars: | 2022-10-25 | by ( Leslie Josephs | ) www.cnbc.com   time to read: +3 min
A JetBlue Airways Corp. plane prepares for landing at LaGuardia Airport in New York, U.S., on Tuesday, April 18, 2017. JetBlue Airways eked out a $57 million profit for the third quarter as strong travel demand and higher fares helped the carrier cover more expensive fuel and other costs. The New York-based airline's revenue rose 30% during the quarter from the same period last year to $2.56 billion, in line with analysts' estimates. Larger U.S. carriers have been upbeat about travel demand and largely outperformed analysts' expectations on resilient travel demand, particularly on the return of international trips. The airline forecast fourth-quarter unit costs, excluding fuel, to be up as much as 10.5% from three years ago.
☆ Biden uses controversial Trump policy to deal with influx of Venezuelan migrants at the border even as his Justice Department fights against the policy in court: report
  + stars: | 2022-10-16 | by ( Sarah Al-Arshani | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
President Biden is using a Trump-era rule to curb Venezuelans from entering the US at the southern border. Title 42 was invoked in 2020 under Trump to send migrants back to Mexico, citing the COVID-19 pandemic. Biden's Justice Department, however, has been fighting the policy in court. According to the AP, Mexico has said it would only take in one Venezuelan migrant for each Venezuelan allowed to enter the US on humanitarian parole. Under the current policy, Venezuelan migrants who walk or swim across the border will be expelled and those who illegally enter Mexico or Panama won't be able to enter the US, DHS said.
☆ Youth activist Jerome Foster is skipping the UN's climate conference in Egypt because of the country's record on LGBTQ rights
  + stars: | 2022-09-28 | by ( Catherine Boudreau | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +4 min
Jerome Foster is protesting the UN climate conference in Egypt, citing LGBTQ abusesThe young climate activist also advises the White House on environmental justice issues. Foster spoke to Insider as part of its Climate Heroes 2022 event. Foster spoke as part of an Insider event moderated by Catherine Boudreau, senior sustainability reporter. The event was part of Insider's series Climate Heroes 2022: Working Toward Solutions, which highlighted various leaders' efforts to address the climate crisis. "We shouldn't be scared to go to a climate conference, where we're trying to fight for the right for our planet, but putting our lives at risk just because we love someone," Foster said.
☆ Justice Department's fight with JetBlue and American Airlines heads to court
  + stars: | 2022-09-27 | by ( Leslie Josephs | ) www.cnbc.com   time to read: +4 min
An American Airlines plane lands on a runway near a parked JetBlue plane at the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport on July 16, 2020 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The Justice Department heads to court in Boston on Tuesday in hopes of undoing a year-and-a-half-old pact between American Airlines and JetBlue Airways in the Northeast U.S. Last September, the Justice Department along with the attorneys general of six states and the District of Columbia sued to block the partnership, which was approved in the final days of the Trump administration. The antitrust trial will be a test for President Joe Biden's Justice Department, which has been tasked with taking a hard stance against threats to competition. Earlier this month, a federal judge denied the Justice Department's bid to block UnitedHealth's acquisition of Change Healthcare.
☆ Senator Ted Cruz says that transporting migrants is illegal, but commends GOP governors for it anyway
  + stars: | 2022-09-18 | by ( Alia Shoaib | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +4 min
Ted Cruz praised GOP governors for transporting migrants to Democratic areas. The legality of governors transporting migrants is murky, legal experts have said. Greg Abbott transporting migrants to Democratic areas such as Martha's Vineyard in Massachusetts and Washington DC. Ron DeSantis speaks during a press conference held at the Cox Science Center & Aquarium on June 08, 2022 in West Palm Beach, Florida. The law is unclear on the legality of governors' transporting migrants, The Washington Post said, with legal experts saying not enough information is known to draw conclusions.
☆ JetBlue won the battle for Spirit. Now it has to win over Biden's Justice Department
  + stars: | 2022-07-28 | by ( Leslie Josephs | ) www.cnbc.com   time to read: +4 min
JetBlue Airways finally won over Spirit Airlines with a $3.8 billion takeover deal . JetBlue Airlines and Spirit Airlines are seen on the departure board in the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport on May 16, 2022 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. President Joe Biden's Justice Department has vowed to challenge out any deals that could harm competition. The Justice Department didn't immediately respond to a request for comment but the agency's antitrust chief, Jonathan Kanter, has promised a hard stance against anti-competition. Without that, "there would be a public perception that [the Justice Department] just caved," he said.
<< prev 1 next >>
Total: 23