White House news and trends

Biden Offers New Debt Relief to Student Loan Borrowers
Loans // April 08, 2024

The White House has unveiled its latest effort to offer relief to student loan borrowers. The plan, President Joe Biden announced Monday (April 8), targets borrowers who owe more now than when they started repayments due to interest, those who entered repayment 20 or more years ago,...

Biden Cancels $5.6 Billion in Student Loans for Public Service Workers
Loans // March 21, 2024

The White House is canceling nearly $6 billion in student loans for public service workers. The cancellation, announced Thursday (March 21), applies to 78,000 teachers, nurses, firefighters and other public sector employees. “These public service workers have dedicated their careers to serving their communities, but because of past administrative...

Report: White House Urges UnitedHealth to Accelerate Payments to Providers
Healthcare // March 12, 2024

White House officials reportedly met with UnitedHealth Group CEO Andrew Witty and other health insurers to urge them to accelerate their payments to healthcare providers. During the remote meeting, Biden administration officials and healthcare providers, who also attended the meeting, said that unpaid medical bills have been piling up...

U.S. Gives GlobalFoundries $1.5 Billion to Accelerate Domestic Semiconductor Industry
Technology // February 20, 2024

When it comes to technological advances, the small things frequently have the biggest impact. And for the 21st century’s connected economy, there is no bigger, smaller thing than semiconductors — the preeminent component of the computer chips powering electronic devices and digital transformations that have...

Interviews & Exclusives
Merriam-Webster’s Words of the Year Reflect Growing Impact of AI

November 28, 2023
The very phrase artificial intelligence (AI) itself promises two things: intelligence and artificiality. And while it is the leverageable machine intelligence that businesses and organizations want, it is the inherent artificiality of the technical innovation’s AI productions that they have to deal with.  This, as Merriam-Webster, the dictionary publisher, reported on Monday (Nov. 27) that 2023’s most looked-up word […]

Quick Reads
Biden Offers New Debt Relief to Student Loan Borrowers

April 08, 2024
The White House has unveiled its latest effort to offer relief to student loan borrowers. The plan, President Joe Biden announced Monday (April 8), targets borrowers who owe more now than when they started repayments due to interest, those who entered repayment 20 or more years ago, people who attended schools that “failed accountability measures or failed […]

Biden Cancels $5.6 Billion in Student Loans for Public Service Workers

March 21, 2024
The White House is canceling nearly $6 billion in student loans for public service workers. The cancellation, announced Thursday (March 21), applies to 78,000 teachers, nurses, firefighters and other public sector employees. “These public...

Report: White House Urges UnitedHealth to Accelerate Payments to Providers

March 12, 2024
White House officials reportedly met with UnitedHealth Group CEO Andrew Witty and other health insurers to urge them to accelerate their payments to healthcare providers. During the remote meeting, Biden administration officials and healthcare...

White House Mulls Requiring Cloud-Computing Companies to Disclose Customers

January 26, 2024
The Biden administration is reportedly set to propose new requirements for cloud computing companies in an effort to enhance security and protect sensitive data. The proposed “know your customer” regulations...