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The Trump administration's moves to pause and redesign student loan repayment plans have left millions of borrowers in limbo, unable to make progress on paying off their debt

Daily News Lesson July 25 2025

What the new student loan rules mean for current and future borrowers

Learn more about the new student loan policy changes and what they mean for both current and future borrowers

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Daily News Lesson June 06 2025

Explaining the national debt, how we got here and what it means for future generations

Today, the national debt is approaching levels not seen since the end of World War II

A poster displays at a bus shelter the current U.S. National debt at 36 Trillion dollars in Washington

Daily News Lesson May 20 2025

Credit rating downgrade triggers warning signs for U.S. economy

Learn how the U.S. government's credit rating affects prices for everyday consumers

FILE PHOTO: Cargo ship at the port of Oakland, California

Daily News Lesson April 09 2025

How businesses are dealing with the impacts of tariffs

Learn how small businesses are making sense of the Trump administration's shifting tariff policies

Traders work on the floor of the NYSE in New York

Daily News Lesson April 04 2025

How Trump’s sweeping new tariffs could shake up U.S. and global economies

Discuss how President Trump's trade barriers will affect markets in the U.S. and abroad

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Daily News Lesson April 09 2024

Biden announces new plan to forgive student loan debt

Find out who will be helped by Biden's new loan forgiveness program and how his administration is enacting it

U.S. President Biden delivers a speech about bipartisan legislation that lifts federal government's $31.4 trillion debt ceiling

Daily News Lesson June 05 2023

Debt ceiling debate wraps up and Election 2024 update + Newswrap 6/6/23 + Student video

Learn about what's next in politics after a major debt ceiling deal

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Daily News Lesson June 05 2023

Capehart and Abernathy on the debt deal and race for the GOP presidential nomination + Newswrap 5/5/23 + Student video

Washington Post associate editor Jonathan Capehart and columnist Gary Abernathy join Amna Nawaz to discuss the week in politics

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Lesson Plan December 09 2018

How the debt is stacked: student loans

More than 40 million Americans have debt from student loans, totaling around $1.3 trillion na…

FILE PHOTO: Graduating students arrive for Commencement Exercises at Boston College in Boston

Daily Video October 11 2018

Maine experiments with paying residents' student loans

Maine is attempting to attract more recent college graduates by helping to repay their student loans. Talk to your students about college and student loans and whether or not they agree with Maine's plan.

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