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Education Department to pause student loan payments for millions amid legal battle
US President Joe Biden speaks about student loan debt relief at Madison Area Technical College in Madison, Wisconsin, April 8, 2024. Andrew Caballero-Reynolds | AFP | Getty Images The U.S. Department of Education says it will pause millions of student …