GOP Senator Implies Those Who Aren’t Millionaires Waste Money On ‘Booze, Women’

In an astonishing defense of dropping “death taxes” for individual estates worth more than $5.5 million, GOP Iowa Sen. Chuck Grassley implied that people not currently affected by that tax are “spending every darn...

Senate Passes Massive Tax Cuts For The Rich In Middle Of The Night

Wasn’t this supposed to be for the middle class? When Donald Trump was elected president last year, a sweeping rewrite of the tax code was one of his top priorities. Throughout the campaign, Trump said he...

How to find a college that will get you the best salary

Here are ways to run the numbers to find the best fit Choosing a college means balancing a lot of priorities and figuring out which matters most. Does a good location matter more than a...

A new way to pay: the shopping loan

Tempting loans could lead consumers to overspend “Will that be cash, credit card or personal loan?” The next time you shop online, you may be offered a new way to pay — a personal loan with...

President threatens ‘bad actors’ as he declares opioid emergency

This column provides a daily update on key presidential actions as well as comments, whether spoken aloud or on Twitter, by President Trump. Like the stock market, the deadline for Trump Today action is...

Three big things Americans get wrong about student loans

More than 44 million Americanshave taken out student loans to pay for school, but, according to a new survey, they don't know much about the nuances of those loans. Millennial Personal Finance polled 500 Americans...

Why student loan companies are in danger of becoming like airlines

A new merger brings the number of major companies servicing government student loans down from 4 to 3 Two major student loan firms are planning to join forces. Nelnet NNI, +10.19% , a Lincoln, Nebraska-based student...

High school grads missed out on $2.3 billion in free money

Thousands could have gotten college Pell grants The high school class of 2017 left as much as $2.3 billion in free federal grant money for college on the table, according to a new analysis by...

Trump Asks Congress For Billion Of Dollars Loan To Puerto Rico

The territory, whose 3.4 million residents are American citizens, declared bankruptcy in May. U.S. President Donald Trump asked Congress on Tuesday for a $4.9 billion loan to help the cash-strapped Puerto Rican government pay its...

Student Loan Defaults Rise – What To Do Now

After five years of declines in student loan default rates, data released by the U.S. Department of Education shows that borrowers not making payments on their federal student loans within three years of graduating...

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