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Federal Judge Temporarily Blocks Biden’s Student Loan Forgiveness Plan

A federal judge on Thursday granted a temporary restraining order to prevent President Joe Biden from discharging student loan debt for more than 25 million Americans, the latest action in the GOP-led fight against the president’s forgiveness program. The order, handed down by U.S. District Judge J. Randal Hall in Georgia, stems from a lawsuit filed earlier in the week by seven Republican-led states to stop the Biden administration’s new student loan forgiveness rule. The states, led by Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey, claim that the administration is exceeding its authority and illegally preparing to forgive loans before the rule is even in effect, arguments that resonated with Hall.


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