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Education Secretary Miguel Cardona talks to reporters during the daily news conference in the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House on June 30, 2023 in Washington, D.C. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images hide caption

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The Student Loan Restart

Education Department punishes student loan servicer for billing mistakes

The department is withholding payment from loan servicer MOHELA as 2.5 million borrowers didn't receive timely billing statements.

A poll worker has an "Ohio Voted" sticker on her shirt during early in-person voting at the Hamilton County Board of Elections in Cincinnati on Oct. 11. Ohio has a constitutional amendment before voters this year that would include reproductive health protections in the state's constitution, including abortion rights. Carolyn Kaster/AP hide caption

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Reproductive rights in America

Abortion is on the ballot in Ohio. The results could signal what's ahead for 2024

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Abortion is on the ballot in Ohio. The results could signal what's ahead for 2024

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A recorded video message by then-President Donald Trump plays at a 2019 naturalization ceremony for new U.S. citizens at the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services field office in Miami. Wilfredo Lee/AP hide caption

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A GOP plan for the census would revive Trump's failed push for a citizenship question

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Education Secretary Miguel Cardona talks to reporters during the daily news conference in the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House on June 30, 2023 in Washington, D.C. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images hide caption

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The Student Loan Restart

Education Department punishes student loan servicer for billing mistakes

4 min

Education Department punishes student loan servicer for billing mistakes

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