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The Education Department is garnishing wages for millions of student loan borrowers in default. Who is affected and how much they can take
Personal Finance

The Education Department is garnishing wages for millions of student loan borrowers in default. Who is affected and how much they can take

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Success

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Personal Finance

Trump turns government into giant debt collector with threat to garnish wages on millions of Americans in default on student loans

By Annie Ma and The Associated Press
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‘Cruel, unnecessary, and irresponsible’: Advocacy group slams Trump’s plan to garnish wages of student loan borrowers in default
Politics

‘Cruel, unnecessary, and irresponsible’: Advocacy group slams Trump’s plan to garnish wages of student loan borrowers in default

By Annie Ma and The Associated Press
December 23, 2025
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Why restricting graduate loans will bankrupt America’s talent supply chain

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‘Accounting is absolutely a profession, full stop’: AICPA president pushes back after Education Department reclassifies accounting degrees

By Courtney Vien and CFO Brew
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Finance

Parents are sacrificing retirement, taking second jobs, and liquidating investments just to afford college for their kids

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Success

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Success

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Success

Gen Z is leading a blue-collar revolution as more Americans lose faith in college education

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Personal Finance

Teachers union wins fight with Trump administration to restart student-loan forgiveness for 2.5 million borrowers

By Cora Lewis and The Associated Press
October 22, 2025
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Success

Already facing a student loan ‘financial reckoning,’ Trump’s changes to graduate students loans could make Gen Z’s diplomas a pricier gamble

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Law

Former Wall Street darling Charlie Javice says ‘I have remorse deeper than I knew possible’ in tearful apology to JPMorgan shareholders

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Trump is rewriting the rules of who can afford college as Parent PLUS loans are capped or phased out
Personal Finance

Trump is rewriting the rules of who can afford college as Parent PLUS loans are capped or phased out

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September 24, 2025
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Success

Suzy Welch says Gen Z and millennials are burnt out because older generations worked just as hard, but they ‘had hope’

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