Biden’s New Student Debt Relief Plan Paused by Federal Court (1)

President Joe Biden’s latest plan to pare down student debt burdens was temporarily blocked by a federal district court in Georgia on Thursday, the most recent in a series of court setbacks to the president’s 2020 campaign pledge.

A coalition of seven Republican-led states was granted a temporary restraining order against an Education Department plan that could grant relief to millions.

The states—including Missouri, Georgia, and Alabama— showed a likelihood of prevailing in their argument that the rule lacks statutory authority and hasn’t been implemented through proper procedures, said Judge James Randal Hall of the US District Court for ...