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The article reports on the lawsuits filed by several states including Missouri challenging the U.S. President Joe Biden's SAVE repayment program, which would provide student debt relief. Issues discussed include unlawfulness of SAVE, difference of the SAVE plan from other repayment programs, the argument that the Education Department overstepped its authority by turning to the major questions doctrine, and inability of borrowers enrolled in SAVE to enroll in other repayment plans.

The article focuses on President Biden's new student loan repayment plan, which faced setbacks when federal judges in Kansas and Missouri issued injunctions blocking some of its benefits temporarily, casting uncertainty over its implementation and leaving millions of borrowers.

The article focuses on the Biden administration's announcement that, starting in February, Federal student loan borrowers enrolled in the SAVE income-driven repayment plan, who initially borrowed 12,000 U.S. dollar or less for college and have made at least 10 years of qualifying monthly payments.