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April 13, 2025
Student Loan Update: Married Borrowers' Payments May Rise Under Trump Plan
Published Apr 12, 2025 at 2:32 PM EDT | Updated Apr 12, 2025 at 6:57 PM EDT Student loan payments could rise for some married borrowers as early as next month, after the Trump administration indicated in a recent court filing that it may revert to earlier rules requiring spousal income to be counted in income-driven repayment (IDR) plans. Newsweek has reached out to the Department of Education's (ED) press team for comment via email on Saturday. Why It Matters Currently, married borrowers wh ...
Go to discussionVisas revoked for students at universities in Southern states amid crackdown
April 12, 2025, 9:34 PM EDT / Updated April 13, 2025, 12:42 AM EDT The Trump administration's revocation of student visas and, in separate action, termination of students from a tracking system for foreign scholars, has spread to the South. Public and private colleges and universities across the Sun Belt have reported that at least a few of their students have had their status as welcome scholars revoked or otherwise changed. Some university representatives said the institutions found out som ...
Go to discussion'The Alien's To Blame': Border Czar Tom Homan Defends Trump Admin After Deporting Migrant By Mistake
Apr 12, 2025, 03:32 PM EDT Border czar Tom Homan is defending the Trump administration’s decision to deport 29-year-old Maryland father Kilmar Abrego Garcia to a brutal prison camp in El Salvador, even though the administration admitted his removal was due to an “administrative error.” “The alien’s to blame. The aliens are to blame when they enter this country illegally,” Homan told Newsmax’s Chris Salcedo on Saturday, claiming that if Abrego Garcia had not unlawfully entered the U.S in the f ...
Go to discussionEducation Secretary Linda McMahon confuses AI with A1, sauce brand capitalizes on blunder
Published 1:48 p.m. ET April 12, 2025 | Updated 7:58 p.m. ET April 12, 2025 Secretary of Education Linda McMahon may have had a juicy steak in mind while speaking at a panel earlier this week because she confused artificial intelligence, also known as AI, with A1, the same name as the popular sauce brand. McMahon, 76, made the mix-up on April 8 while speaking at the ASU+GSV Summit, an event focusing on educational innovation. The former CEO of World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) initially ref ...
Go to discussion'They won't call me back': Rudy Giuliani being frozen out after 'dramatic U-turn' on Trump
April 12, 2025 4:33PM ET Donald Trump confidante Rudy Giuliani says he can't get a call back from the White House after he started criticizing the President's top Cabinet officials. Giuliani "made a dramatic U-turn over President Donald Trump's 'crooked' choices after years of working as his fixer," according to the Daily Mail. It cites Giuliani's recent interview with conservative pundit Eric Bolling. "The 80-year-old, who is currently facing mounting legal woes, told Bolling ...
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