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Advocates Slam Trump Administration for Throwing Millions of Americans With Student Debt Into the Jaws of Government Collections Machine

The Trump Admin announced plans to begin subjecting millions of Americans in default to mandatory collections, including wage garnishment, tax refund and Social Security benefit offsets.

Federal Judge Halts Musk Minion From Running an Illegal and Reckless CFPB Staff Purge

Court proceedings reveal DOGE member Gavin Kliger berated workers through all-nighter in mad rush to gut the consumer watchdog.

Trump Administration Defies Federal Appeals Court, Attempts Illegal Mass Firing at Federal Consumer Watchdog

Attempted staff purge at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau follows Trump’s sweeping midnight pullback of supervision and enforcement; experts project surge in financial fraud.

Community Roundtable: Kern County Families to Discuss the Impact of Proposed Budget Cuts on Education Access

Advisory for Wednesday, April 23.

Allison Preiss and Erin Witte |

Trump Trashes the Economy and Leaves Americans Vulnerable: Two Disastrous Months of Trump’s CFPB

What Trump's CFPB has and hasn't done in the first two months of Russell Vought's control of the Bureau. Vought has so far illegally fired staff, halted the Bureau's critical work, and pardoned corporate lawmakers.

As Bill Is Heard by Senate Committee, New Records Underline Urgent Need for Transparency of Maryland’s $332 Million Shadow Student Debt Market

As Maryland’s HB 920—a bill that requires all MD institutions to annually report on school-based institutional debts—is heard, SBPC released previously undisclosed records obtained via MPIA with institutional debt data from five schools.

Ella Azoulay |

Same Fraud, New Name: Disgraced Prehired CEO Relaunches Predatory Company as “FastTrack”

Prehired was an online tech sales bootcamp that was forced to shut down after luring students into scam “training” programs and saddling them with predatory student debt. Now, Prehired’s CEO and founder Joshua Jordan has relaunched his company, just under a new name—FastTrack.

As CFPB Enforcement Folds, Predatory Tech Company Prehired Defies Government Order to Cease Operations and Continues Defrauding Students

SBPC released the results of a months-long investigation into the tech company Prehired, exposing how the firm had resumed its scheme to push worthless credentials on students, paid for via its own predatory private student lending operation.

In a Major Victory for Americans, Federal Court Blocks Trump, Musk, Vought Effort to Dismantle the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

Preliminary injunction orders Trump Administration to reinstate CFPB student loan ombudsman and get CFPB back to work on behalf of consumers.

As House Financial Services Committee Majority Lines Up Industry Witnesses to Bash CFPB, Consumer Advocates Issue Rap Sheet Highlighting More Than $3 Billion in Harm Caused by Corporate Repeat Offenders

Seven repeat offenders pardoned by the Trump Administration have paid more than $7 billion for their illegal activities as a result of CFPB and other regulators.

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