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Feds Cancel Student Debt for 160K New Borrowers
Debt // May 22, 2024

The U.S. Department of Education is canceling student debt for another 160,000 borrowers. This latest cancellation, announced by the White House Wednesday (May 22), brings the total number of Americans who have received student debt relief from President Joe Biden’s administration to 4.75 million. “Each...

Making Sense of: How America’s CHIPS Act Fuels Domestic Innovation
Technology // April 26, 2024

American companies are outpacing European ones on innovation and technology. That’s what the head of Norway’s $1.6 trillion oil fund told the Financial Times Wednesday (April 24), and his comments came as just a day later, on Thursday (April 25), French President Emmanuel Macron urged...

Biden Offers New Debt Relief to Student Loan Borrowers
Loans // April 08, 2024

The White House has unveiled its latest effort to offer relief to student loan borrowers. The plan, President Joe Biden announced Monday (April 8), targets borrowers who owe more now than when they started repayments due to interest, those who entered repayment 20 or more years ago,...

Biden Cancels $5.6 Billion in Student Loans for Public Service Workers
Loans // March 21, 2024

The White House is canceling nearly $6 billion in student loans for public service workers. The cancellation, announced Thursday (March 21), applies to 78,000 teachers, nurses, firefighters and other public sector employees. “These public service workers have dedicated their careers to serving their communities, but because of past administrative...

Interviews & Exclusives
Merriam-Webster’s Words of the Year Reflect Growing Impact of AI

November 28, 2023
The very phrase artificial intelligence (AI) itself promises two things: intelligence and artificiality. And while it is the leverageable machine intelligence that businesses and organizations want, it is the inherent artificiality of the technical innovation’s AI productions that they have to deal with.  This, as Merriam-Webster, the dictionary publisher, reported on Monday (Nov. 27) that 2023’s most looked-up word […]

Quick Reads
White House to Nominate CFTC Commissioner Christy Goldsmith Romero to Head FDIC

June 13, 2024
President Joe Biden plans to nominate Christy Goldsmith Romero, who is currently a commissioner at the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), to become chair and member of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. (FDIC). Goldsmith Romero has been a commissioner at the CFTC since March 2022, sponsors the CFTC’s Technology Advisory Committee, and has issued reports on artificial intelligence […]

Feds Cancel Student Debt for 160K New Borrowers

May 22, 2024
The U.S. Department of Education is canceling student debt for another 160,000 borrowers. This latest cancellation, announced by the White House Wednesday (May 22), brings the total number of Americans...

Biden Offers New Debt Relief to Student Loan Borrowers

April 08, 2024
The White House has unveiled its latest effort to offer relief to student loan borrowers. The plan, President Joe Biden announced Monday (April 8), targets borrowers who owe more now than when...

Biden Cancels $5.6 Billion in Student Loans for Public Service Workers

March 21, 2024
The White House is canceling nearly $6 billion in student loans for public service workers. The cancellation, announced Thursday (March 21), applies to 78,000 teachers, nurses, firefighters and other public sector employees. “These public...