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Acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf Resigns, Third Cabinet Official to Quit After Pro-Trump Riot at Capitol
Wolf cited “ongoing and meritless court rulings regarding the validity of my authority as Acting Secretary” for his resignation.
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Education Secretary Betsy DeVos Resigns Over Capitol Riot, Blames Trump Rhetoric
Trump Cabinet members Betsy DeVos and Elaine Chao cited the riot at the Capitol, which aimed to stop Joe Biden’s confirmation as president, for why they quit.
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Betsy DeVos Resigns Over US Capitol Hill Riot
Education Secretary Betsy DeVos resigned Thursday in a letter to President Donald Trump. “There is no mistaking the impact your rhetoric had on the situation, and it is the inflection point for me,” DeVos said in the letter.
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Trump Cabinet Officials Condemn Capitol Riot But Avoid Criticizing the President
Members of President Donald Trump’s Cabinet issued harsh rebukes of the mayhem at the U.S. Capitol.
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Stimulus Bill Won't Extend Payment Pause for Student Loan Borrowers
In the final negotiations over the next stimulus package, a key provision to help student loan borrowers was nixed.
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New Coronavirus Stimulus Bill Does Not Include Student Loan Relief—Mandatory Payments Are Set to Resume in February 2021
If the pause is not extended, student loan borrowers will be required to resume making payments in February of 2021.
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Next Stimulus Package May Extend Student Loan Payment Pause Until May
Bipartisan legislation circulated on Wednesday calls for extending the payment pause for student loan borrowers by another three three months.
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Education Department Extends Student Loan Payment Pause for 42 Million Borrowers Amid Covid Crisis
U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos announced on Friday that the payment pause for student loan borrowers will be extended through the end of January.
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Judge Slams DeVos for Rejecting 94% of Loan Relief Claims
A federal judge is demanding answers after the U.S. Education Department rejected 94% of claims for student loan forgiveness it had agreed to process after being sued over delays.
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Feds Say US Colleges ‘Massively' Underreport Foreign Funding
A scathing report from the Trump administration on Tuesday concluded that top U.S. universities have “massively underreported” funding they accept from China, Russia and other nations described as “foreign adversaries.”
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23 AGs Sue DeVos Over Student Loan Forgiveness Policy
Democratic attorneys general in more than 20 states have sued Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, seeking to repeal her overhaul of a student loan forgiveness program.
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WH Task Force Stresses Need to Open Schools
Members of the White House Coronavirus Task Force say why schools should reopen this fall.
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Trump Pushes State, Local Leaders to Reopen Schools in Fall
President Donald Trump is launching an all-out effort to press state and local officials to reopen schools this fall
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States Sue US Department Over Virus Relief Funds for Schools
California, Michigan and three other states are suing the U.S. Department of Education over pandemic relief funds
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Trump Vetoes Bipartisan Measure Against DeVos' Loan Rules
President Donald Trump has vetoed a measure that would have overturned a policy that Education Secretary Betsy DeVos issued in 2019 making it harder for students to get their loans erased after being misled by their colleges
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ACLU Sues Betsy DeVos Over New Campus Sexual Assault Rules
The American Civil Liberties Union has filed a lawsuit against the Education Department and Secretary Betsy DeVos over revised federal guidelines on how sexual assault allegations should be handled on college and K-12 campuses, claiming that the changes would “inflict significant harm” on victims and “dramatically undermine” their civil rights, NBC News reports.
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Betsy DeVos' New Title IX Rules Will Shake Up How K-12 Schools Handle Sexual Harassment
New regulations released Wednesday by the Education Department will change how K-12 schools respond to students’ reports of sexual assault and harassment, requiring administrators to more formally investigate claims and share the evidence with accused students and their parents, NBC News reports.
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New Campus Sexual Assault Rules Bolster Rights of Accused
Education Secretary Betsy DeVos has issued final rules that will reshape the way schools and universities respond to complaints of sexual misconduct
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Senate Passes Rebuke of DeVos Over Student Loan Forgiveness
The Senate on Wednesday gave final congressional approval to a measure overturning Education Secretary Betsy DeVos’ rules making it harder for students to get loans erased after being misled by for-profit colleges
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Trump Boosts School Prayer, Faith Groups as He Rallies Base
In a bid to solidify his evangelical base, President Donald Trump took steps Thursday to give religious organizations easier access to federal programs and he reaffirmed students’ rights to pray in public schools. Under orders from Trump, nine Cabinet departments proposed rules intended to remove “regulatory burdens” on religious organizations participating in federal programs by eliminating a requirement that they…