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(Background) WASHINGTON, DC - JUNE 12: Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz listens during a hearing with the House Oversight and Accountability Committee at the U.S. Capitol on June 12, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images) / (R) US Secretary of Education Linda McMahon speaks during the daily briefing in the Brady Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on November 20, 2025. (Photo by Brendan SMIALOWSKI / AFP) (Photo by BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images)

Education Secy. McMahon slams Walz’s ‘Careless lack of oversight’ leading to theft of over $12M in student grants and loans

U.S. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon rebuked Minnesota Governor Tim Walz on Tuesday, issuing a sharply worded letter that slammed his administration. In it, McMahon highlights Walz’s “careless lack of oversight,” while tying his leadership to deep failures in the state’s welfare system that allowed widespread, ongoing fraud to flourish.

Several VISA and MASTER credit cards are shown in Buffalo Grove, Ill., Feb. 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh, File)

What a Federal Reserve rate cut means for your finances

The Federal Reserve cut its benchmark interest rate by a quarter point Wednesday for the second time since September.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom speaks during a news conference to kick off the Yes on 50 campaign at the California Democratic Party Headquarters on August 21, 2025 in Sacramento, California. In a move to counter Texas House Republicans’ plan to redraw the state’s congressional maps ahead of the 2026 midterm elections, California Democrats took up a proposed constitutional amendment to temporarily redraw their own congressional maps, potentially creating five additional U.S. House seats for their party. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) / U.S. President Donald Trump (L) answers questions while childhood cancer survivors and their families gather in the Oval Office at the White House on September 30, 2025 in Washington, DC. According to Trump, the executive order he was signing will accelerate pediatric cancer research, including by harnessing the power of artificial intelligence. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Newsom threatens funding cuts to California universities that ‘bend to the will of Donald Trump’

California Governor Gavin Newsom has threatened to cut state funding to any universities that sign President Donald Trump’s proposed deal for “academic excellence.”

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - MARCH 21: People gather on the campus of the University of Southern California (USC) on March 21, 2024 in Los Angeles, California. The Biden administration announced today it will forgive $6 billion in student loan debts of 78,000 public service workers. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)

Trump Administration Resumes Student Loan Debt Collections

OAN Staff James Meyers8:40 AM – Tuesday, May 6, 2025 The Department of Education restarted their collections of defaulted student loans on Monday,…

US President Joe Biden speaks about student loan relief at Madison College in Madison, Wisconsin, on April 8, 2024. (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP) (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images)

Federal Appeals Court Delivers Final Blow To Biden’s $500M Student Loan Forgiveness Plan

The U.S. 8th Circuit Court of Appeals put an official end to former President Joe Biden’s student loan forgiveness plan on Tuesday.

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Biden Admin Cancels $7.7B Student Debt For 160K Borrowers

The Biden administration announced another mammoth round of student debt handouts on Wednesday with $7.7 billion going toward clearing debt for over 160,000 student borrowers.