The original content of Democracy Now! Headlines appears under the Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 3.0 License (United States). For more, including their other shows and media, visit www.democracynow.org. November 21, 2022 Biden Asks Supreme Court to Allow Student Debt Relief Program to Take Effect ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Biden administration asked the Supreme Court Friday to allow its student debt relief program to go into effect as various legal challenges have put the plan on hold. On Saturday, the Education Department started notifying some 16 million applicants they've been approved for up to $20,000 each in federal loan relief. .