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New Online Portal Helps Students Pay Back Federal Loans

When students take out federal student loans, they are obligated to repay them. When a student defaults, it should never fall on the taxpayer to pick up the bill. The Trump administration is making a good-faith effort to help students repay defaulted loans more quickly and easily than ever before. Operating as a one-stop shop,...

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