Payments for all federal student loan borrowers are currently frozen, but that pandemic relief benefit is set to end January 31. She applied for relief before President Donald Trump was sworn in, but the fate of her $180,000 student debt is still unclear. Rebekah Sanchez Norton applied for student loan debt relief nearly four years ago. Despite the judge's rejection of the settlement, she's given up hope that she'll receive any debt relief at this point. Progressive Democrats, including Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, are already pressuring Biden to go further, calling on him to cancel $50,000 in student loan debt for every borrower.

Source: CNN December 19, 2020 14:03 UTC