The Department of Education is now garnishing wages, tax refunds, and Social Security checks from defaulted student loan borrowers through the Treasury’s offset program. Nearly 7.8 million borrowers—18% of all federal borrowers—are in default, owing $179 billion combined.

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The House passed its 2027 defense bill on July 29 with a provision to permanently fold Israeli weapons technology into U.S. military acquisition programs. The Senate already tried to open debate on the same language and fell 10 votes short, 50-46—every “yes” vote came from Republicans.

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The House Budget chair is reviving a plan to cut ACA cost-sharing payments, which the CBO says would leave 300,000 more Americans uninsured—on top of the roughly $1 trillion already cut from Medicaid last year. Sign on to tell Congress to reject the healthcare cuts and go after unpaid taxes instead.

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The Senate just passed the most comprehensive federal housing bill since the financial crisis, 85-5, barring Wall Street firms that own at least 350 single-family homes from buying up more. It now heads to the House for a final vote before it can reach the president’s desk.

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Trump’s 2027 budget asks Congress to gut the Fulbright Program by 78%—the scholarship that has sent American students and scholars abroad since 1946. Congress holds the purse strings, and last year public pressure turned a proposed 93% cut into 5.5%.

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