Education Department delays wage garnishment plan for defaulted student loans

The Trump administration is delaying its plans to withhold pay from student loan borrowers who default on their payments, backing off a measure that threatened to deliver a financial blow to millions of Americans. The Education Department announced Friday that involuntary collections on federal student loans will remain on hold as the agency finalizes new

Judge rules federal agents can’t arrest or use pepper spray on peaceful protesters in Minneapolis

A Minnesota federal judge put limits Friday on the tactics that federal law enforcement are permitted to use in their handling of the ongoing protests in Minneapolis over the Trump administration’s surge of immigration resources to the city.  In an 83-page order, U.S. District Judge Katherine Menendez blocked federal agents who are deployed to Minnesota