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While having a strong credit score is important, the subject of credit scores can be an overwhelming, confusing and stressful thought for many Americans.

Applications are still open for the student loan forgiveness program despite legal challenges leading a court of appeals to temporarily freeze the initiative.

Biden said over 20 million people have applied for his Student Debt Relief Plan since it launched Monday.

A majority of Americans are living paycheck to paycheck, but there are steps you can take to gain control of your finances

Mumsnet commenters were outraged that the woman was expected to welcome 30 guests so close to her due date.

"We have tried helping her with a budget, tracking expenses, etc. But, nothing seems to work for long."

"I didn't hear the Republicans worry about the deficit when they provided a trillion dollars in tax breaks to the 1%, large corporations," Bernie Sanders said.

A father has asked if he is being unreasonable for making his daughter think she has to pay back the $62,000 she stole from him.

Two-thirds of employees have reduced their savings contributions, with a third having reduced their 401(k) contributions, blaming financial instability.

"I just overspent every month and hoped it would work itself out," she said. One Mumsnet user wrote, "if I were your fiance I would be calling off the wedding."

"I want to punish them for how they treated me. But I know MG would want me to help her family," he said.

"Check your credit report and set an alert in case she feels entitled to your credit as well. And then run, run like the wind," one Redditor commented.

Lending money can sometimes be an awkward affair, and it can cause irreparable tension in relationships.

Federal elected officials from both major parties have abandoned fiscal responsibility principles and have become addicted to recurring deficits and mounting debt burdens. Through their actions they have put our nation's future economic and national security at risk to the tune of $31 trillion, owed to lenders both domestic—and foreign.

Student loans are a hot topic again after President Joe Biden's debt relief announcement. Just how many Americans still have college debt?

Things got so bad, his girlfriend put a freeze on his bank card without telling him—an action that also earned the internet's ire.

Supporters of Joe Biden's plan to cut student debt have pointed to another program that offered loan write-offs—including some to businesses owned by GOP lawmakers.

Until a moratorium on payments is lifted at the end of December, borrowers cannot be required by lenders to pay their student loan debt.

Pouring roughly a "half trillion dollars of gasoline on the inflationary fire that is already burning is reckless," Jason Furman said.

Senator Mitch McConnell said it was a "slap in the face to working Americans who sacrificed to pay their debt or made different career choices to avoid debt."

A White House fact sheet explained that the Education Department would set up a "simple" application process for the relief.

Those making less than $125,000 annually could see $10,000 or more trimmed from their federal student loan debt, depending on financial need.

People living in Wyoming have the highest average medical debt at $6,516 per person, according to a report.

Newsweek spoke to 10 Americans—spanning three generations—about their dreams of a life free of crippling student debt.

Some observers have blamed Sri Lanka's troubles on its dealings with China, which has made substantial investments in the country. Recently, CIA Director William J. Burns became the latest U.S. official in recent years to attribute Sri Lanka's economic crisis to Chinese debt. Of Sri Lanka's total foreign debt, loans from China's government are in the range of 10 percent to 12 percent. Adding Chinese commercial loans to a wider base of public and publicly guaranteed debt, a new analysis...

"He made some pretty silly financial decisions when he was younger which has led to bad credit," the mom-to-be admitted.

In March, the Kaiser Family Foundation published a report which found that roughly 23 million U.S. adults have medical debt.

The announcement came in response to a class action lawsuit that previously included student loan borrowers from at least 100 different colleges,

The international community needs to pay attention to the crisis in Sri Lanka, and the potential for renewed terrorism is not the only reason.

"The thought of an attorney doing this makes it so much funnier to me, Lol," one Redditor commented.