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I was scammed out of $300K in a 3-month-long government impersonation scam
Over the course of 3 months, a 28-year-old woman was scammed out of over $300,000. When she realize…
Jane Zhang
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A major student-loan company is being sued over claims it mismanaged 8 million borrowers' accounts, blocking them from lower payments and debt relief
The American Federation of Teachers filed a lawsuit against student-loan company MOHELA over claims…
Ayelet Sheffey
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Here's what Mark Cuban's $275.9 million in taxes would cover for the US government
Billionaire Mark Cuban came clean about the hefty chunk of change he paid in taxes this year, publi…
Erin Snodgrass
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Student-loan borrowers in public service are facing a key change starting in May — and it'll mean delays in their debt cancellation progress
Starting in May, the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program will move from MOHELA to Federal Stude…
Ayelet Sheffey
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The national debt will nearly double by 2051 if taxing and spending stay the same, CBO says
The CBO's report doesn't account for Democrats' $1.9 trillion stimulus, and could give Republicans …
Ben Winck
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The man who leaked Trump's taxes eluded investigators for years but was finally found after leaking info on Musk and Bezos, WSJ reports
Federal investigators struggled to discover who released Donald Trump's tax returns until setting t…
Hannah Getahun,Katherine Tangalakis Lippert
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A growing number of student-loan borrowers are slowly benefitting from a new process that would get rid of their debt in court
Biden's administration said 632 student-loan borrowers have filed for bankruptcy under new guidance…
Ayelet Sheffey
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A top GOP lawmaker is taking legal action to scrutinize the Education Department's authority to cancel student debt for defrauded borrowers
Rep. Virginia Foxx subpoenaed the Education Department following past concerns that student-debt re…
Ayelet Sheffey
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Millions of student-loan borrowers are being driven toward 'dangerous' debt for a for-profit education, investigation finds
Lightly-regulated loan options, like Buy Now Pay Later, could leave borrowers with massive student …
Ayelet Sheffey
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Meet the 'new predators in higher education' who are driving students deeper into debt
Online courses provide huge profits to colleges — while saddling students with mediocre class…
Ayelet Sheffey
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Half of federal student-loan borrowers are 'at-risk' of falling behind when payments resume in May, government watchdog finds
The GAO predicts a dire outlook for student-loan payments even as Biden touts no federal borrowers …
Ayelet Sheffey
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Student-loan borrowers in Minnesota are getting over $17,000 in refunds after paying a company that 'falsely promised' debt relief, the state attorney general says
Minnesota's attorney general shut down Docupros, a company accused of scamming student-loan borrowe…
Ayelet Sheffey
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260,000 student-loan borrowers who were approved for debt relief might be pushed back into repayment anyway, a legacy advocacy group says
A judge approved a settlement last year that gave 260,000 student-loan borrowers debt relief. Advoc…
Ayelet Sheffey
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Elizabeth Warren says the government should fire student loan servicer Navient, which should fire its CEO
Sen. Elizabeth Warren held a hearing Wednesday on student debt relief, and she lit into Navient's C…
Ayelet Sheffey
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A for-profit school that 'deceived' student-loan borrowers and pushed them to take on 'unexpectedly high levels' of debt got hit with a $37 million fine, Biden's Education Department says
Grand Canyon University's fine is the largest enforcement action the Education Department has ever …
Ayelet Sheffey
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7,400 student-loan borrowers hurt by a school's 'widespread misconduct' are getting $130 million in debt wiped out, Biden's Education Department says
Student-loan borrowers enrolled at Colorado-based locations of CollegeAmerica are getting their deb…
Ayelet Sheffey
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Lawyers are prepping an attempt to force the Scottish government to start a 'McMafia' investigation into Trump's golf course
"There is a towering cloud of suspicion hanging over this iconic Scottish property," said Nick Flyn…
Thomas Colson
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Biden's Education Department is delaying the release of a student-loan repayment plan intended to lower your monthly bills
An Education Department spokesperson told Insider this delay should not impact when new income-driv…
Ayelet Sheffey
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A student-loan worker who enrolled people in the first income-based debt-repayment plans says it was 'a bad program from the very beginning'
"We didn't even want to tell people about loan forgiveness ... because we knew how unlikely it woul…
Ayelet Sheffey
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Biden's staffers are crafting a student-loan forgiveness plan they could 'financially benefit' from, 2 top Republican lawmakers say — and they're demanding an ethics probe into 'the gross abuse of power'
"Presumably, political appointees with outstanding student loans are included in the reported stude…