Trump administration wants to block some public servants from loan forgiveness - The Washington Post

Those who work with undocumented immigrants, provide gender transition care for minors or publicly protest could be blocked from student loan forgiveness under a new rule…

https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2025/10/30/student-loan-forgiveness-changes-trump/

Trump erases hundreds of millions in debts owed to fraud victims

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ktyjH0ff4hI

 

The Truth About Trumponomics | Robert Reich

Trump will cut taxes for billionaires and stick you with the bill.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uA2b5iWsNyY

Bernie Sanders and Ro Khanna reveal bill to ‘cancel all medical debt’ | US news | The Guardian

Sanders and Khanna described the legislation as vital for many families' financial security, as millions of Americans struggle with the burden of medical debt. According to a 2022 investigation by NPR and KFF Health News, more than 100 million Americans, including 41% of adults, hold some kind of healthcare debt. A KFF analysis of the Census Bureau's survey of income and program participation suggests that Americans owe at least $220bn in medical debt.

"This is the United States of America, the richest country in the history of the world. People in our country should not be going bankrupt because they got cancer and could not afford to pay their medical bills," Sanders said in a statement...
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/may/08/bernie-sanders-ro-khanna-medical-debt-bill

Clarence Thomas sued by Republican for allegedly failing to pay income taxes: report - Raw Story

"The complaint, which was shared with Newsweek, alleges that in violation of VFATA, 'Clarence Thomas knowingly presented or caused to be presented a false and fraudulent claim (i.e., his 2005 Virginia State Income Tax Return) to the Virginia Department of Taxation on or about April 15, 2016, that failed to report income from discharge of indebtedness," the report states…

https://www.rawstory.com/clarence-thomas-2667159074/

Bernie Sanders SLAMS Republicans For Opposing Student Loan Debt Relief

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/rhu5xJGlQl8

House passes measure overturning Biden's student debt forgiveness program

"If we legislated using the logic that you bring to this issue here today, women and Black folks wouldn't have the right to vote because it would be unfair to those who never got to vote before them," Frost said. 

"See, if we legislated using your logic that because there was an injustice we can't fix it because it's unfair to those who never had it fixed — means we would never progress on any issue in this country. Why do you bring that bigoted logic to this issue as it relates to students but not any other issue?" he added…

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/house-vote-measure-block-bidens-student-debt-relief-program-rcna85974

Millions of student loan borrowers' debt unnecessarily spent years in forbearance : NPR

…Yeah, our investigation in April showed some servicers weren't keeping track of how close borrowers were to loan forgiveness. Also, some borrowers weren't getting credit for all their payments, or they were even losing months of credit when they were transferred from one servicer to another. After our reporting came out, members of Congress called for an investigation. And later that month in April, the department announced this big retroactive overhaul that's now getting started…

https://www.npr.org/2022/12/19/1144064881/millions-of-student-loan-borrowers-debt-unnecessarily-spent-years-in-forbearance

Biden to Republicans on student loan plan: ‘Who the hell do they think they are?’ | The Hill

"Ted Cruz, the great senator from Texas, he said it's for slackers — quote slackers — who don't deserve relief. Who the hell do they think they are?" 

Biden said in remarks at Delaware State University. The president specifically criticized lawmakers who have opposed his student loan forgiveness plan but who received small business loans during the COVID-19 pandemic. 

"I don't want to hear it from MAGA Republican officials who had hundreds of thousands of dollars of debts, even millions of dollars, in pandemic relief loans forgiven, who now are attacking me for helping working- and middle-class Americans," he said...

https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/3698954-biden-to-republicans-on-student-loan-plan-who-is-the-hell-do-they-think-they-are/

Businesses associated with these GOP politicians had pandemic loan program borrowings forgiven - PolitiFact

An Instagram post listed 13 Republican politicians who criticized Biden's plan to cancel student debt but took out Paycheck Protection Program loans that the government forgave. 

Businesses owned by or associated with the politicians named in the post did receive Paycheck Protection Program loans…

https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/aug/30/instagram-posts/businesses-associated-these-gop-politicians-had-pa/