Tag: Student loans

The improvement is mostly attributable to technical changes in the agency's calculations in how much the government will spend on mandatory spending programs such as Medicaid and student loans. (AP Photo)

Deficit to rise to $534 billion

Joseph Lawler · March 24, 2016 6:00 pm

The Clinton and Sanders proposals center around the problem of high tuition. (Craig Rubadoux/Florida Today via AP)

Where the Democrats clash on college

Preston Cooper · March 22, 2016 7:02 am

Senate Finance Committee member Sen. Michael Enzi, R-Wyo., wants to change the way credit programs are accounted for in the budget. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

The Republicans’ budget theory comes crashing down

Joseph Lawler · March 14, 2016 5:01 am

27% of the Federal Government’s Assets Are Student Loans

Jim Swift · February 29, 2016 5:45 pm

U.S. student debt slipped from $1.261 trillion to $1.259 trillion in the second quarter, New York Fed says. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill, File)

Beltway Confidential

Student loans aren’t racist

Ashe Schow · February 25, 2016 6:44 pm

Let Them Go Bankrupt

Ike Brannon · February 12, 2016 6:15 am

Editorial cartoons

Editorial cartoon: State college check-up

Washington Examiner · February 9, 2016 2:00 pm

How Sanders has pushed Clinton to the left

Joseph Lawler · January 30, 2016 5:01 am

But the Democratic proposals come with a staggering price tag that the GOP has so far rejected. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Senate Dems make college costs a top priority

Susan Ferrechio · January 21, 2016 9:05 pm

The federal government heavily subsidizes higher education through a complex system of grants and loans. While the programs are great for colleges -- they have enabled an astronomical increase in tuition -- they contain few measures holding the institutions accountable to their students. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

The problems free college won’t solve

Preston Cooper · January 21, 2016 5:01 am

The late President Ronald Reagan rides his horse at his 688-acre ranch located 30 miles northwest of Santa Barbara, Calif., now operated by the Young America's Foundation. (AP Photo/Pete Souza)

Washington Secrets

Millennials abandon Obama, push ‘Youth Misery Index’ to all-time high

Paul Bedard · January 21, 2016 2:14 am

"I often tell my supporters I'll be the greatest jobs president that God ever created," Trump said. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Trump’s solution to student debt: ‘Just trust me’

Gabby Morrongiello · January 16, 2016 8:14 pm