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☆ Biden's administration just kicked off the process to get student-loan forgiveness to millions of borrowers, vowing to 'work as quickly as possible under the law'
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-18 | by ( Ayelet Sheffey | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

The Education Department on Tuesday held its first public hearing on its new student-debt relief plan. It comes after the Supreme Court struck down Biden's first route for debt relief in June. Biden is attempting to use the Higher Education Act of 1965, which will take longer than the first plan. We will help as many borrowers as possible, and we will work as quickly as possible under the law." "Taxpayers just got sucker punched – again – by this administration," top Republican on the House education committee Virginia Foxx said after Biden announced the new plan for relief.

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☆ Is Biden's $39 billion student loan forgiveness action legal? 'Be assured it's going to stay,' says expert
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-18 | by ( Greg Iacurci | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

Demetrius Freeman/The Washington Post via Getty ImagesHow are the two loan forgiveness actions different? There are four of these plans, which aim to make loan payments more affordable for lower earners. That law gave the president power to revise student loan programs during national emergencies. The Trump administration had leveraged the Heroes Act to implement a student loan payment pause at the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic. However, Congress has already authorized loan forgiveness relative to income-driven repayment plans, dating to when it created them in the 1990s.

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☆ House Committee Targets U.C. Berkeley Program for China Ties
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-17 | by ( Ana Swanson | More About Ana Swanson | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

It also said Berkeley faculty serving at the institute had received funding from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency and other U.S. funding for the development of military applications, raising concerns about Chinese access to those experts. In October, the United States set significant limits on the type of advanced semiconductor technology that could be shared with Chinese entities, saying the activity posed a national security threat. “Berkeley’s P.R.C.-backed collaboration with Tsinghua University raises many red flags,” the letter said, referring to the People’s Republic of China. In a statement to The New York Times, U.C. Berkeley said it took concerns about national security “very seriously" and was committed to comprehensive compliance with laws governing international academic engagement.

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☆ ‘Mission: Impossible’ for Tom Cruise: Meeting Hollywood Expectations
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-16 | by ( Brooks Barnes | More About Brooks Barnes | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Gross, a film consultant who publishes a newsletter on box office numbers. “This opening is roughly average for an action thriller at this point in its series,” Mr. Gross said about the ultraexpensive “Dead Reckoning Part One,” which received sensational reviews. Early last week, he made surprise appearances in movie theaters at preview screenings in cities like Toronto, Atlanta and Miami. The blistering promotional campaign for “Dead Reckoning Part One” will be Hollywood’s last until a consortium of studios can come to terms with SAG-AFTRA, as the powerful actors’ union is known.

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☆ 5 OnlyFans creators trying make the jump to a mainstream influencer career explain how they land brand deals and navigate social platforms
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-12 | by ( Nhari Djan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

OnlyFans creator Jenna Foxx, who's been in the adult-entertainment industry since 2017, created a new social-media identity to attract potential deals and partnerships. For OnlyFans creators who want to break into the mainstream, brand deals are key. "Some creators can't turn off the adult side, so that's kind of sticky for mainstream brands." Chloe said even brands selling sex toys or lingerie can be reticent to work with OnlyFans creators. It makes it even harder for them to get the attention of mainstream brands.

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☆ Jamie Foxx spotted publicly for first time since hospitalization
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-10 | by ( Lisa Respers France | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —There finally appears to be proof that Jamie Foxx is on the mend. — Jamie Foxx (@iamjamiefoxx) July 10, 2023CNN has reached out to representatives for Foxx for comment. The actor has been recovering since April, when he experienced an undisclosed medical complication, according to his daughter, Corinne Foxx. Doing really, really good,” Turner said. He’s in really, really good shape and spirits.

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☆ To make the jump from OnlyFans to a mainstream influencer career, some creators have to live a double life: 'It's my Hannah Montana lifestyle'
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-10 | by ( Nhari Djan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

☆ The Supreme Court ruled Biden used the wrong law to cancel student debt. He's trying again with a different one.
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-01 | by ( Ayelet Sheffey | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

On Friday, the Supreme Court decided in a 6-3 ruling that Biden's plan to cancel up to $20,000 in student debt cannot move forward. The majority ruled that the states had standing to involve MOHELA in their case, and the law Biden used to cancel student debt demonstrated an overreach of authority. "I believe that the Court's decision to strike down our student debt relief plan is wrong," he added. "Despite this legally unsound Supreme Court decision, the President has the clear authority under the Higher Education Act of 1965 to cancel student debt. "The President has additional legal tools to cancel student debt — and he should use them.

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The Supreme Court ruled on Friday to strike down President Joe Biden's student-loan-forgiveness plan. Republicans, who had said the plan was unfair and unconstitutional, immediately celebrated. Republican lawmakers — many of whom had been outspoken critics of the plan — were happy to see it. Rep. Virginia Foxx, the GOP chair of the Education and Workforce Committee and an outspoken opponent of Biden's plan, wished "good riddance" to Biden's "illegal, economically disastrous taxpayer-funded bailout for the wealthy." Other Republicans took aim at the plan's constitutionality and claims that the relief was unfair, talking points that the GOP seized upon after Biden first introduced the plan.

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☆ Biden isn't extending the student-loan payment pause — but borrowers might not have to immediately start repayment in October
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-29 | by ( Ayelet Sheffey | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

The Education Department finalized a three-month grace period after payments resume, per Politico. The Supreme Court will issue a decision on Biden's broad debt relief plan on Friday. In addition to the grace period, Politico also reported that the Education Department will unveil its new income-driven repayment plan in the coming weeks, with implementation soon after. The Education Department did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment on its forthcoming plans. Amid the repayment debate, the most pressing issue for borrowers right now is whether the Supreme Court will uphold Biden's broad student-loan forgiveness.

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☆ Biden's Education Department is 'ill prepared' to resume student-loan payments for millions of borrowers in 3 months, 2 GOP lawmakers say — and they're demanding 'proof' of a repayment strategy
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-28 | by ( Ayelet Sheffey | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Student-loan payments are set to resume in October. GOP Rep. Foxx and Sen. Cassidy asked the Education Department for its strategy on the resumption. They said they're concerned the department is "ill prepared" to transition borrowers back into repayment. Two Republican lawmakers want to know how the Education Department is preparing for that to happen. Since March 2020, federal student-loan payments — and interest — have been on pause to provide borrowers with financial relief during the pandemic.

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☆ Online College Classes Are Making the Student Debt Crisis Worse
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-05 | by ( Ayelet Sheffey | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +18 min

She applied and was accepted to the online program in 2020. In exchange for expanding course offerings and recruiting students, OPMs receive a big chunk of the tuition revenue from the online programs, which usually cost the same as in-person schooling. While it's not always the case, many experts and grads told me that OPMs were offering online students a worse education for a sky-high price. A third-party provider to those schools, 2U signs a contract to offer services such as recruiting and technology to boost online enrollment. OPMs have helped fuel the student debt crisis, saddling may students with tens of thousands of dollars worth of debt and an uncertain future.

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☆ Online College Class Providers Screwing Over Students, Adding to Debt Crisis
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-01 | by ( Ayelet Sheffey | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +18 min

She applied and was accepted to the online program in 2020. In exchange for expanding course offerings and recruiting students, OPMs receive a big chunk of the tuition revenue from the online programs, which usually cost the same as in-person schooling. While it's not always the case, many experts and grads told me that OPMs were offering online students a worse education for a sky-high price. A third-party provider to those schools, 2U signs a contract to offer services such as recruiting and technology to boost online enrollment. But beyond scandals, the everyday business of OPMs is leaving many online students with exorbitant bills, despite how cheap it is to administer the courses.

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☆ These are the 2 House Democrats who voted with Republicans to overturn Biden's student-loan forgiveness
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-25 | by ( Ayelet Sheffey | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

The House passed a bill on Wednesday to overturn Biden's student-debt relief plans. The measure passed by a vote of 218-203 — but it wasn't just Republicans who voted in favor of the legislation. Democratic Reps. Jared Golden of Maine and Marie Gluesenkamp Perez of Washington joined Republicans in voting in favor of overturning Biden's student-debt relief policies. The bill to overturn student-debt relief now heads to the closely divided Senate, where it faces an uncertain path ahead. "House Republicans just voted to throw 260K public servants back into debt & force 36 million Americans to immediately pay back months of paused student loans," Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren wrote on Twitter on Wednesday.

☆ The House just passed a bill to block student-loan forgiveness and end the payment pause immediately
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-24 | by ( Ayelet Sheffey | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

A bill to overturn Biden's student-debt relief passed the House by a vote of 218-203. Along with blocking broad debt relief, the bill would also end the payment pause. The bill would overturn President Joe Biden's plan to cancel up to $20,000 in student debt for federal borrowers, along with immediately ending the ongoing student-loan payment pause, throwing borrowers back into repayment earlier than expected. Pierce said that means the bill will "unwind debt relief already delivered to hundreds of thousands of public service workers across the country. This will happen because the seventh and eighth payment pauses also give credit towards Public Service Loan Forgiveness for each paused month covered by these executive actions,."

☆ The GOP's bill to permanently block Biden's student-debt relief could cause public servants' loan balances to unexpectedly balloon if it passes, advocacy groups say
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-23 | by ( Ayelet Sheffey | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

The SBPC and AFT released a report analyzing the impacts of a GOP bill to overturn student-debt relief. GOP Rep. Virginia Foxx rejected that idea during a hearing last week as Democrats said loans would be reinstated under the bill. However, the text of the CRA statute could suggest the GOP bill might do far more than block Biden's broad debt relief and the student-loan payment pauses. "This resolution will unwind debt relief already delivered to hundreds of thousands of public service workers across the country. The report also estimates that two million public servants making progress toward payments in PSLF could lose "at least some progress toward relief."

☆ House Republicans are planning to vote on a bill this week to deprive over '40 million hard-working' student-loan borrowers of debt cancellation, the White House says — and if passed, Biden will veto
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-22 | by ( Ayelet Sheffey | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Republicans are planning to bring a bill overturning student-debt relief to the House floor for a vote this week. The White House said in a Monday statement that Biden will veto the bill if it makes it to his desk. "This resolution is an unprecedented attempt to undercut our historic economic recovery and would deprive more than 40 million hard-working Americans of much-needed student debt relief," the OMB said. Biden's broad debt relief plan has been blocked since November due to two conservative-backed lawsuits that paused the implementation of the plan. While the resolution could pass the House given the Republican majority, if faces a much trickier path in the Democratic-controlled Senate and White House.

☆ Student-loan borrowers need more 'individual responsibility,' a top GOP lawmaker says as the House advances a bill to block Biden's debt cancellation
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-10 | by ( Ayelet Sheffey | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

A GOP resolution to block student-debt cancellation advanced out of the House education committee on Wednesday. The bill heads to a full House vote, but it's unlikely to pass a Democratic-controlled Senate. 45 is the first step in restoring individual responsibility and solving the root challenges of the student loan system." Republicans have expressed similar sentiments since the lead up to Biden's announcement of broad debt relief. "Let's be clear: this resolution to eliminate student debt relief would hurt millions of student borrowers and their families," he added.

☆ Millions of student-loan borrowers would be forced into 'abrupt and unplanned repayment' if Republicans' plan to overturn Biden's debt cancellation gets passed, 261 advocacy groups tell Congress
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-08 | by ( Ayelet Sheffey | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

The House could likely take a first vote this week on a bill that would overturn student-debt relief. 261 advocacy groups urged congressional leaders on Monday to ensure that doesn't happen. They said the bill could force borrowers into an "abrupt" return to repayment and block targeted relief. "It will also force the Department of Education to unwind loans forgiven under Public Service Loan Forgiveness for first responders, nurses, educators, servicemembers, and hundreds of thousands of other public service workers across the country," they continued. Along with the CRA, McCarthy's bill to raise the debt ceiling — which passed the House two weeks ago — had spending cuts attached that included banning student-loan forgiveness.

☆ Jamie Foxx’s friends and family aren’t sharing his medical diagnosis. Here’s why
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-08 | by ( Lisa Respers France | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —Jamie Foxx was hospitalized weeks ago but there’s still not much publicly known. Anyone who has followed Jamie Foxx’s career closely, however, shouldn’t be surprised by that. There has been practically no information released other than his family initially asking for privacy and a post last week on Foxx’s verified social media account. Foxx and Holmes reportedly split in 2019. So the silence surrounding Foxx’s “medical complication,” to use his family’s words initially, seems in keeping with how the performer conducts himself.

☆ House Republicans are planning the first vote to overturn Biden's student-loan forgiveness next week
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-05 | by ( Ayelet Sheffey | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

In March, Republican lawmakers introduced a resolution to overturn Biden's student-debt relief. The House education committee is planning to vote on the bill next week, a spokesperson confirmed to Insider. Even if the resolution passes the House, it likely won't progress in a Democratic-controlled Senate. That hasn't stopped Republicans from coming up with their own plans to block debt relief from happening. Along with the CRA, Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy's bill to raise the debt ceiling — which passed the House last week — including banning Biden's student-loan forgiveness and blocking any future relief.

☆ Jamie Foxx thanks his followers 'for all the love' as he recovers from 'medical complication'
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-03 | by ( Alli Rosenbloom | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

The “Ray” actor’s message follows an announcement from FOX network, also shared on Wednesday, that Nick Cannon will be filling in as guest host on “Beat Shazam,” a music-related game show that Foxx hosts with his daughter Corinne. The network also announced that Kelly Osbourne will be filling in as guest DJ on the show. “Everyone at FOX Entertainment wishes Jamie well as he continues his recovery, and we greatly appreciate Nick’s willingness to jump in and help this summer,” the statement read. Foxx had been in Atlanta filming the Netflix movie “Back in Action” with Cameron Diaz when he experienced the medical emergency resulting in his hospitalization. A source previously told CNN that the incident did not happen on set, and indicated that filming was expected to wrap in April.

CNN —Oscar-winning actor Jamie Foxx is hospitalized in Georgia and under observation, a source with knowledge of the situation tells CNN. His daughter Corinne Foxx shared on Instagram Wednesday night that her father had experienced a “medical complication,” adding that he is “on his way to recovery.”She did not specify what happened medically. The exact nature of Foxx’s medical scare has not been disclosed. Alan Nierob, a spokesman for Jamie Foxx, declined to share anything beyond Corinne Foxx’s Instagram post. The movie “Back in Action,” which includes Jamie Foxx, had recently been filming in Georgia.

☆ Actor Jamie Foxx recovering after 'medical complication'
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-13 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

April 13 (Reuters) - U.S. actor Jamie Foxx is recovering following "a medical complication", his daughter Corinne Foxx has said. The Oscar winner was hospitalised in Atlanta, where he was filming a new comedy with actress Cameron Diaz, according to Hollywood industry publication Variety. "We wanted to share that my father, Jamie Foxx, experienced a medical complication yesterday. Luckily, due to quick action and great care, he is already on his way to recovery," Corinne Foxx said in statement on behalf of the Foxx family shared on Instagram late on Wednesday. Foxx, 55, is known for films such as "Ray", "Collateral" and "Django Unchained".

☆ Who is Alvin Bragg? What to know about the Manhattan district attorney investigating Trump.
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-23 | by ( Michelle Mark | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg is leading the Trump investigation into Stormy Daniels' hush money payoff. He led the New York attorney general's successful 2018 lawsuit against the Donald J. Trump Foundation, which paid $2 million in court-ordered damages for illegally misusing charitable funds. Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg speaks at a press conference after the sentencing hearing of the Trump Organization at the New York Supreme Court in New York City. Bragg is highly controversial for his approach to crimeBeyond the ongoing Trump investigation, Bragg has been harshly criticized for being too lenient while the city struggles with rising crime. Bragg's stance provoked instant blowback in New York City and in conservative media.

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