June 23, 2025

Social Security Administration

Loans

Collection on defaulted student loans to restart May 5

The change will lead to garnished wages and benefits for more than 5 million Americans starting this summer. Collection of defaulted student loans to resume May 5: What to know Since the pandemic, federal student loan borrowers have been mostly protected from the harshest consequences of defaulting. That’s about to change on May 5. WASHINGTON

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Finance

Senate Finance advances Oz nomination to lead CMS

The Senate Finance Committee Tuesday advanced President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services by a vote of 14-13, splitting along party lines. Mehmet Oz,  known best for his time as a television personality and host of the daytime talk show “The Dr. Oz Show,” was a practicing heart surgeon

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Investment

SSA head’s 3-month plan touts workforce reductions while calling for identity and AI investment

The acting leadership of the Social Security Administration, Leland Dudek, wants the agency to ramp up identity proofing and leverage more artificial intelligence, he told staff in an email Tuesday outlining a three-month plan for the agency.  Dudek has been leading the agency since mid-February, when he was installed after the previous acting leadership left

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Loans

Government shutdown and services that would be reduced or closed

Chuck Schumer to vote to advance GOP funding bill Democratic Senator Chuck Schumer says he will vote for the GOP funding bill to avoid a government shutdown. The Senate will vote on a stopgap funding bill to avert a government shutdown. Democrats may vote against the bill in protest of President Trump’s policies. If the

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