In its first 100 days, the 47th president’s administration has cut or planned to cut over 250,000 federal jobs, including major reductions at the Department of Education, signaling an intent to dismantle the agency and slash funding for key programs that support low-income and student-parent populations, especially affecting Black college students.
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Federal government issues new rule eliminating medical debt on credit reports
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has finalized a rule removing an estimated $49 billion in medical bills from the credit reports of 15 million Americans, preventing banks from using medical information in their lending decisions and debt collectors from intimidating medical bill payers.