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Trump's plan to limit a key student-loan forgiveness program for public servants faces new pushback
Ayelet Sheffey, Business Insider
A group of Democratic lawmakers launched a fresh effort to block Trump's plan to narrow eligibility for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program.
Apr 15, 2026, 9:05 AM
Letters from Our Readers
The New Yorker
Readers respond to E. Tammy Kim’s article about the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Nicholas Lemann’s report about the Trump Administration’s attack on higher education, and Jill Lepore’s piece about whether A.I. needs a constitution.
Apr 13, 2026, 10:00 AM
Trump Education Secretary Praised Ida B. Wells With Fake Photo
NewsHound Ellen, Crooksandliars.com
Education Secretary Linda McMahon’s efforts to pretend she cares about civil rights crashed and burned on Friday. In a Truth Social post, McMahon praised the journalist and civil rights activist Ida B. Wells, saying, “She used her voice to expose injustice, …
Apr 12, 2026, 5:51 PM
Trump's Treasury is taking over millions of student-loan accounts. Obama tried this, and it didn't succeed.
Ayelet Sheffey, Business Insider
President Donald Trump is moving the federal student loan portfolio to the Treasury Department. The Obama administration already tried that.
Apr 12, 2026, 10:11 AM
Thousands of student-loan borrowers in public service are facing a harder road to debt relief
Ayelet Sheffey, Business Insider
After eliminating the SAVE plan, the Department of Education is making it costlier to get relief through Public Service Loan Forgiveness buybacks.
Apr 8, 2026, 9:01 AM
Panic and confusion: Student-loan borrowers scramble after getting kicked off Biden's key affordable repayment plan
Ayelet Sheffey, Business Insider
"It's been very chaotic," Joseph Strafaci, a SAVE student-loan borrower, said. He will soon have to transition off the affordable repayment plan.
Apr 5, 2026, 11:01 AM
Universities hit as US, Israel ramp up attacks on Iran’s infrastructure
Maziar Motamedi, Al Jazeera English
Authorities say at least 30 universities impacted by US and Israeli strikes since the start of the war.
Apr 4, 2026, 7:17 PM
Judge halts Trump effort requiring colleges to show they don't consider race in admissions
The Associated Press, NPR
A federal judge on Saturday said the Trump Administration the demand to collect data from universities was rolled out in a "rushed and chaotic" manner.
Apr 4, 2026, 5:13 PM
President Trump expected to deliver new executive order attempting to regulate college sports: Sources
Ross Dellenger, Yahoo Entertainment
The order intends to limit athlete transfer movement, cap player eligibility, require funding requirements for women and Olympic sports, and regulate NIL...
Apr 3, 2026, 4:53 PM
Millions of student-loan accounts are being transferred to the Treasury. There's a new push to slam the brakes.
asheffey@businessinsider.com (Ayelet Sheffey), Business Insider
Sen. Elizabeth Warren wants to know if Trump's plan to transfer the federal student-loan portfolio to the Treasury is in borrowers' best interest.
Apr 2, 2026, 6:05 PM
Latest Trump administration email pushes SAVE student-loan borrowers to find a new repayment plan — now
asheffey@businessinsider.com (Ayelet Sheffey), Business Insider
The SAVE student-loan repayment is dead, and borrowers will have to find a new plan by the fall. Trump is advising them to switch as soon as possible.
Apr 1, 2026, 6:57 PM
School Forced to Replace Toilets After Kids Flush Vapes
Matt Novak, Gizmodo.com
Kids these days.
Mar 31, 2026, 10:06 PM
How a SCOTUS decision on birthright citizenship could impact education access
Jonaki Mehta, NPR
All children, regardless of immigration status, have the right to a free K-12 public education. But without birthright citizenship, access to schools and colleges could get complicated.
Mar 30, 2026, 9:00 AM
Trump Lives To Inflict Pain On Student Loan Borrowers
Susie Madrak, Crooksandliars.com
Over 7 million student loan borrowers enrolled in a Biden-era repayment scheme have been ordered to pick a new plan or risk being automatically placed on one vastly more expensive -- unless a higher court reinstates it. Borrowers enrolled in the Saving on a V…
Mar 28, 2026, 6:45 PM
Millions of student-loan borrowers kicked off Biden's affordable plan are required to restart payments this fall
Ayelet Sheffey, Business Insider
After eliminating the SAVE student-loan repayment plan, Trump's Education Department is now advising borrowers to select a new plan and start paying.
Mar 27, 2026, 8:26 PM
Melania Trump appeared alongside Figure AI's Figure 3 humanoid robot at the White House to promote integrating more tech and AI into US children's education (Katie Rogers/New York Times)
Techmeme.com
Katie Rogers / New York Times: Melania Trump appeared alongside Figure AI's Figure 3 humanoid robot at the White House to promote integrating more tech and AI into US children's education — The first lady, Melania Trump, believes that more children should b…
Mar 26, 2026, 10:35 AM
Why millions of student-loan borrowers kicked off Biden's key repayment plan face even more hurdles
Ayelet Sheffey, Business Insider
The Government Accountability Office found that oversight over student-loan servicers has diminished. It puts borrowers on the SAVE plan at risk.
Mar 22, 2026, 9:23 AM
How one Minnesota school is bouncing back after the ICE surge
Meg Anderson, NPR
NPR spent time inside a Minnesota school talking with educators, parents, and children as it tries to help kids feel safe again after the ICE surge.
Mar 22, 2026, 8:00 AM
Fifth Circuit: Actually, Putting The Ten Commandments In Schools Is Probably Fine
Tim Cushing, Techdirt
Last June, the Fifth Circuit Appeals Court upheld a lower court’s ruling declaring a Louisiana law mandating the posting of the Ten Commandments in public schools to be a violation of the Constitution. This decision made immediate sense, given that courts els…
Mar 20, 2026, 8:11 PM
Trump is dismantling democracy, reports find. And, Treasury to take over student loans
Brittney Melton, NPR
Recent studies show the U.S. is slipping further from democracy. And, the Trump administration plans to transfer federal student loans from the Education Department to the Treasury Department.
Mar 20, 2026, 11:29 AM
Treasury taking over federal student loans amid dismantling of Dept. of Education
Arthur Jones II, Abcnews.com
The Trump administration is expected to send the nearly $1.7 trillion student loan portfolio to the Treasury Department, the Department of Education announced.
Mar 19, 2026, 11:13 PM
Turns Out The DOGE Bros Who Killed Humanities Grants Are Kinda Sensitive About It
Mike Masnick, Techdirt
Much of last week I had been working on a different article than the one this became. The American Historical Association, the Modern Language Association, and the American Council of Learned Societies — all plaintiffs in a lawsuit against the National Endowm…
Mar 16, 2026, 4:33 PM
States sue the Trump administration to challenge policy requiring colleges to collect race data
MICHAEL CASEY, Yahoo Entertainment
A coalition of 17 Democratic state attorneys general filed a lawsuit Wednesday challenging a Trump administration policy that requires higher education...
Mar 11, 2026, 7:49 PM
Federal oversight protects student borrowers. Some of it has stopped, watchdog says
Cory Turner, NPR
Without this Education Department oversight, borrowers could "be placed in the wrong loan repayment status, billed for incorrect amounts" and more, the U.S. Government Accountability Office says.
Mar 11, 2026, 9:00 AM