Trump administration moves to end its legal fight to overhaul the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program

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The Trump administration is moving to end its legal fight to overhaul a popular student loan forgiveness program, The Philadelphia Inquirer and ABC News reported, Business Insider writing that the administration agreed on Wednesday 21 October to drop two of its appeals of a June ruling that had blocked its plan to narrow eligibility for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program. The program forgives student debt for government and nonprofit workers after 10 years, and a judge ruled at the end of June that the Education Department's plan to exclude employers that did not align with the administration's definition of 'public service', which the department intended to implement on July 1, was unlawful and would not take effect, according to Business Insider. With the appeal set to be dismissed, borrowers will not face any immediate changes to the program, while another appeal in a separate lawsuit over the program is still pending, Business Insider reported, Dan Zibel, chief counsel at Student Defense, one of the groups that sued, calling it 'a significant victory for millions of Americans who have dedicated their careers to public service'.

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