America in Brief: States Sue Over US Government’s 3rd Student Loan Plan

A coalition of states is suing the U.S. government over its third attempt at cancelling student loans, a week after the previous one was blocked by the Supreme Court. The Republican seven-state coalition has accused the Department of Education of secretly trying to “mass cancel hundreds of billions of dollars of loans,” starting Sept. 3, but possibly Sept. 7, according to the lawsuit. Missouri says they have uncovered documents stating “unlawful forgiveness of $73 billion overnight, with hundreds more billions in losses to follow.” Student loan relief has been part of U.S. President Joe Biden’s campaign promise to relieve 43 million Americans of debt and has also been a divisive issue between Republicans and Democrats....