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Lawsuit questions whether feds forgave $23B for 1.5M student borrowers

After the Department of Education announced it had erased more than $23 billion in student debt for about 1.5 million borrowers, a new lawsuit contends internal records indicate the cancellations may not have been carried out.

Published Jul 8, 2026, 1:11 PM EDT | LehighValleyLive

Years after the Department of Education promised to erase more than $23 billion in debt for 1.5 million student loan borrowers, a new lawsuit questions whether that promise was ever kept.