That move signaled the end of pandemic-era relief that began with pauses on payments in March 2020.

After several extensions by the #Biden admin, payments resumed in October 2023, but borrowers weren’t penalized for defaulting until last year. About 5 million borrowers are in default, & millions more are expected to be close to missing payments.

#Trump #law #Education #StudentLoans #CostOfLiving #LivingWage #affordability #TheCrueltyIsThePoint

That move signaled the end of pandemic-era relief that began with pauses on payments in March 2020.

After several extensions by the #Biden admin, payments resumed in October 2023, but borrowers weren’t penalized for defaulting until last year. About 5 million borrowers are in default, & millions more are expected to be close to missing payments.

#Trump #law #Education #StudentLoans #CostOfLiving #LivingWage #affordability #TheCrueltyIsThePoint

Many of the #ambassadors were told in recent days to leave their posts by mid-January. They are all foreign service officers who had been appointed to their positions by the #Biden admin & confirmed by the #Senate. A standard tour is 3 to 4 years.

The #union representing career diplomats said this was the first time that such a mass recall had taken place of career diplomats serving as ambassadors or chiefs of mission.

#geopolitics #diplomacy #intelligence #NationalSecurity #Trump #idiocracy