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  • Press Releases
    Dec 9, 2025

    Billionaire Education Secretary and Right-Wing AG Abandon Borrowers in Backroom Deal on SAVE Lawsuit

    ED filed a proposed settlement with the State of Missouri to vacate the Biden Administration’s critical SAVE plan.

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  • Press Releases
    Dec 8, 2025

    As Student Debt Crushes Los Angeles, a Roundtable of Community Members Gather to Urge Action

    Data highlighted on over 1.6 million Los Angeles borrowers with $70.7 billion in student debt.

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  • Press Releases
    Nov 18, 2025

    Secretary McMahon Announces Further Efforts to Dismantle Education Department, Betraying Students and Working Families

    Secretary McMahon’s announcement that she is shuffling certain functions of the U.S. Department of Education across four different agencies is a political stunt

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  • Press Releases
    Nov 17, 2025

    NEW DATA: 14 Million Americans Face Severely Delinquent Utility Debt Due to Rising Energy Costs, Putting Families At Risk Ahead of Winter

    Analysis finds monthly energy bills have climbed 35% since 2022; under Trump 2.0, number of households with severely overdue utility debt jumped by 117,000.

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    Nov 14, 2025

    As Student Debt Crushes Austin, Texas, a Roundtable of Community Members Gather to Urge Action

    Read our latest press release.

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    Nov 12, 2025

    Former CFPB Enforcement Leaders Launch Strategic Litigation Project Hosted at Protect Borrowers

    Protect Borrowers welcomes top lawyers Eric Halperin, Cara Petersen, and Tara Mikkilineni as senior fellows.

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  • Press Releases
    Nov 10, 2025

    Warren, Senators Urge Trump Administration to Stop Imminent “Tax Bomb” for Student Loan Borrowers

    Senators Warren led her colleagues in a letter urgent Treasury Secretary & Acting IRS Commissioner Scott Bessent to use the IRS’s existing legal authorities to stop the looming “tax bomb” facing borrowers who obtained IDR cancellation.

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    Nov 6, 2025

    New Economic Data Shows Families in Crisis; Advocates Call for Crackdown on Corporations Profiting from Families’ Pain

    Federal Reserve Bank of New York reports financial distress at post-Great Recession high water mark.

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  • Press Releases
    Nov 6, 2025

    Protect Borrowers Fellow to Testify Before U.S. Senate HELP Committee Hearing on Proposals to Increase College Cost Transparency

    In testimony, Huelsman to remind policymakers that students only benefit from increased transparency when accompanied by action to rein in college costs for working families and make college free.

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  • Press Releases
    Nov 5, 2025

    Amid Student Loan System Chaos, Advocates, Local Officials, and Community Members Convene in Louisville to Discuss Local Response

    Louisville Office of Financial Empowerment and Protect Borrowers reveal data on nearly 215,000 Louisville borrowers in $8.2 billion of student debt.

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