Sasha Chavkin

The Department of Education has finally forgiven the student debt of disabled former police officer Tina Brooks—who we featured in our Feb. 13 story about the government’s broken program for forgiving the federal student loans of borrowers who become seriously disabled.

The Education Department enacted a crucial reform on behalf of borrowers who become disabled, issuing new rules earlier this month that make it easier for these borrowers to get their federal student loans forgiven.

The federal Department of Education said on Tuesday it would offer to write off $7.7 billion of student debt owed by disabled individuals, taking a big step to streamline a loan forgiveness program long plagued by bureaucratic delay and inefficiency.

The Education Department will forgive $5.8 billion in student loans taken out by borrowers who became seriously disabled, the latest in a series of reforms to a troubled program that left many vulnerable borrowers mired in debt they couldn’t repay.

A United States Senator and former presidents of Peru and Ecuador have responded to the Bribery Division investigation, joining politicians and advocates across the Americas who have issued calls for reform or defended their records within a day of the investigation’s publication.

The president of the Dominican Republic stock exchange has resigned following revelations that companies linked to him received millions of dollars from a division of the disgraced Brazilian construction firm Odebrecht used primarily to pay bribes.

Prosecutors in Peru have raided the home of former first lady Nadine Heredia in a sweeping operation linked to alleged corruption connected to a massive gas pipeline constructed by the disgraced multinational Odebrecht.

United States Senator Marco Rubio has called on the Department of Justice to look into whether the disgraced multinational Odebrecht fully confessed its crimes to authorities and has raised the prospect of prosecutors reopening their investigation if the company failed to abide by its commitments.

Allergan, one of the world’s largest manufacturers of breast implants, has been blocked from selling several popular products in Europe amid growing concerns over a link to a rare form of cancer.

Investors have filed a class action lawsuit against leading breast implant manufacturer Allergan, alleging that the company concealed from them both the association between textured breast implants and a rare form of cancer.

An expert committee convened by French health authorities has called for a ban on Allergan Biocell breast implants over links to rare cancer but stopped short of calling for the removal of other textured implants.

Our team of more than 200 journalists spent a year investigating medical implants because of people like Karen Randell.

US to Investigate Health Impact of Nickel, Silicone in Medical Implants A fresh U.S. Food and Drug Administration probe into adverse patient reactions to materials in medical devices, including breast implants, metal-on-metal hips and the birth control coil Essure, has been announced.

Records of millions of cases of patient harm and product malfunctions previously kept hidden from the public could soon be released following a major policy change by the key United States regulator.

French health authorities have informed manufacturers of a sweeping and historic ban on two categories of breast implants that are associated with an elevated risk of a rare form of cancer.

Canada has announced plans to suspend the sale of textured breast implants linked to a rare form of cancer, adding to a growing wave of regulators around the world who are reconsidering breast implant safety.

Australian authorities have proposed to ban or suspend 25 models of breast implants due to their association with elevated risks of a rare cancer of the immune system.

Allergan will recall its Biocell textured breast implants worldwide after United States health authorities requested that it remove them from the market due to their association with a rare cancer of the immune system.

Ross May Give Up Stake in Firm with Russia Ties U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross said he would “probably not” keep his stake in a shipping company that earns millions of dollars from an energy company whose key owners include Russian President Vladimir Putin’s son-in-law and two Russian oligarchs. “I’ve been actually selling it anyway, but that isn’t because of this,” Ross said in an interview with Bloomberg Television a day after the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists an

United States Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross confirmed on Tuesday he will divest his stake in shipping firm Navigator Holdings, as a group of Democratic senators formally requested an investigation into Ross’ financial holdings and potential conflicts of interest. Commerce Department spokesman James Rockas confirmed the plan to divest in response to questions from the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists. The news comes the week after ICIJ, the New York Times and other media pa

Questions Remain Over Ross’ Disclosure As He Confirms Divestment U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross has sold his stake in a shipping firm with Russian business connections, but questions remain over whether the public and senators voting on his confirmation were given enough information prior to approval of his appointment to the cabinet. The news of the divestment from a Commerce Department spokesperson comes just weeks after the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) a

News media around the world have been highlighting ICIJ’s reporting on the World Bank’s failures to protect people in the path of bank-financed development projects.

After years of delay, the World Bank is taking action to address sweeping failures in its oversight of development projects that force people from their land or harm their livelihoods. The changes are aimed at fixing a decades-long problem at the planet’s preeminent development lender: the World Bank has strong “social safeguards” for protecting people in the path of development, but it often fails to make sure that governments that get the bank’s money follow these rules. The bank has complet

Chairman Barr, ranking member Moore, and members of the committee, thank you for inviting me to testify about the World Bank.