Student loan borrowers at risk of garnished wages: What to know
Default student loan borrowers will need to plan in the coming weeks as the Trump administration plans to resume unwilling collections for those who missed payments. Five years later, the Ministry of Education announced on Monday that it had defaulted or people who had not paid loans for more than 270 days. The change is […]
Missing Princeton University student Lauren Blackburn last seen near library
Princeton University and its Public Safety Agency are looking for a 23-year-old student who disappeared on April 19 after being last seen near the campus library. Lauren Blackburn, 23, of Indiana, was found near the pre-vanished Firestone Library at around 6pm on Saturday. The student is a former staff writer for a university newspaper. Daily […]
16-year-old stabbed by fellow student at West Potomac High School in Virginia, hospitalized with life-threatening injuries
Local officials say the 16-year-old was hospitalized with life-threatening injuries after being stabbed by a classmate at a high school in northern Virginia. The student was stabbed by a 15-year-old boy when three students got caught up in a fight inside West Potomac High School in Fairfax County around 9:40 a.m. Wednesday, according to the […]
Loyalty program Bilt to offer points on student loan, housing payments: ‘More mature credit profile’
Bilt Rewards is a loyalty program that offers perks on rent payments and mortgages, bringing attention to student loans, one of the nation’s biggest debt problems. The New York-based startup, which operates as a payment processor, announced a program on Wednesday that rewards students with loans and campus housing payment points. The company already boasts […]
Trump admin ends Biden’s free ride: 5+ million deadbeat student loan borrowers to face collections
President Donald Trump’s Department of Education announced Monday that he will soon be able to finish the former Biden administration’s free ride for student loan borrowers by default. ED’s Federal Student Aid Agency will resume collections on May 5th for more than 5 million borrowers who have not paid for at least 360 days. Another […]
Congressional Delegation Meets with PhD Student Trapped in ICE Detention
On Tuesday, congressional delegations journeyed to Louisiana to advocate for the release of Lumeisa Ozturk, a doctoral student from Tufts University, and Mahmoud Khalil, a 2024 graduate of Columbia University, to review their situations in separate detention centers. This marked the inaugural visit of a delegation to meet with either detainee. The visit was the […]
Trump admin to seize wages, pensions of those in default on student loan debt
The White House targets Biden-era student loan forgiveness plans Dana Perino, co-anchor of “American Newsroom,” joins Fox & Friends, to close the Biden-era student loan forgiveness program and discusses the White House’s efforts to share insights from her new book, “I Someone Says to Me.” According to the White House, those who refuse to pay […]
Trump admin to go after pensions, wages and tax returns to claw back student loan debt
WASHINGTON – The Trump administration announced Tuesday that it will chase pensions of people who seized wages and refuse to pay back federal student loans that defaulted. “The government can collect defaults on federal student loan obligations by withholding money from borrowers, tax refunds, federal pensions and even wages. The education department had announced a […]
Ex-teacher accused of sex with student — months after her dad was accused of sexually abusing teens on same Christian campus
The former Texas teacher has been accused of having inappropriate sexual relations with students. It’s a few months after her own father was arrested on the same campus for allegedly being sexually abused. Brooke Martinez, 30, was arrested in Ellis County on April 10th and charged with inappropriate relationships between an educator and a student. […]
Education Secretary Linda McMahon reveals greedy truth behind student loan forgiveness
President Trump’s education boss Linda McMahon defended the administration’s decision to resume student loan debt collection. The greedy university claims it is “benefiting on a massive scale” from Biden-era forgiveness measures. The Ministry of Education announced Monday that it will re-coup federal student repayments from around 5.3 million borrowers, who are currently defaulting on loans, […]