Biden unveils new student debt forgiveness plan as deadline for resuming payments kicks in

President Biden has been using existing, targeted programs to cancel student debt after the Supreme Court struck down his original plan in June. Wednesday, he announced another $9 billion in forgiveness for 125,000 borrowers and the Education Department is also making another attempt at mass relief. John Yang discussed the latest with Danielle Douglas-Gabriel.

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