Donald Trump, education department and student loan

Website for student loans, financial aid goes down after education department layoffs
Users reported FAFSA outages, saying they were having trouble completing the form, required for financial aid at colleges nationwide.
Is FAFSA site still down? Did Trump end student financial aid?
The temporary outage of the FAFSA website sparks fears that Donald Trump has followed through on threats to dismantle the Department of Education.
What Will Happen to Financial Aid if Trump Closes the Education Department?
The Trump administration appears to be moving forward with plans to shutter — or at a minimum, shrink — the Education Department. Fully closing down the 45-year-old department, an idea that President Donald Trump supported during his campaign,
List of Student Loan, Aid Programs At Risk if Education Department Cut
Key student loan and aid programs may be eliminated or restructured if Trump follows through with cutting the Department of Education.
20 states, including Illinois, suing over Trump's Department of Education layoffs
Here's what to know about the 20-state lawsuit seeking block the Trump administration from dismantling the Department of Education.
Trump administration: California sues to halt massive layoffs at U.S. Department of Education
Under Trump’s directive the Department of Education laid off half its staff. The lawsuit argues Trump has no authority to make such drastic changes.
What Trump’s Presidency Means For Your Student Loans
The Trump administration is attempting to dismantle the Education Department and rolling back some student loan forgiveness.
Federal Student Loan Site Down Wednesday, a Day After Layoffs Gutted Education Department
A commuter walks past the headquarters of the U.S. Department of Eduction, which were ordered closed for the day for what officials described as security reasons amid large-scale layoffs, Wednesday, March 12,
FAFSA student loan site goes down as Trump’s mass layoffs gut US Education Department
A list of laid-off staff obtained and verified by AP shows more than 300 people cut from Federal Student Aid — two dozen of them from Federal Student Aid’s technology division. That included the entir
Trump wants to dismantle the Department of Education. Here's what the agency does.
The Department of Education doesn't oversee school curriculums, but it does offer a range of services affecting millions of ...
Trump falsely claimed US spent $350B on military aid to Ukraine
"We gave you $350 billion for military equipment," Trump said to Ukraine's president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, in February 2025.
Education Dept launches widespread civil rights probe: A look at what the agency does as Trump eyes shutdown
The Education Department deals with managing loans, financial aid and some funding, but does not develop curriculum or ...
How Trump’s foreign aid and diplomatic cuts will make it harder for the US to wield soft power to maintain its friendships and win new ones
The Trump administration has proposed shuttering USAID and cutting some of the State Department’s critical diplomatic ...
Judges Are Pushing Back on Trump’s Actions. Here’s a Look at Key Rulings.
Taken as a whole, the rulings represent an effort to thwart President Trump’s serial attempts to increase his power and the ...
Trump freezes $1 billion in food aid given to local schools and food banks to help low-income families
Trump freezes $1 billion in food aid given to local schools and food banks to help low-income families - Nonprofits first ...
‘Unbridled view of Executive power’: Trump’s decision to ‘unlawfully impound funds’ appropriated by Congress for USAID was unconstitutional, judge rules
A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to fork over nearly $2 billion in foreign aid that it owes for existing ...
From stocks to cars to home-buying, how to handle Trump's economy
In particular, the imposition of some tariffs — and the threat of others — on allies and geopolitical foes alike has shaken ...