{
  "id": 1905697,
  "title": "Trump's student-loan expert said he was 'not aware' of a repayment glitch in a lawsuit to restore affordable bills",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/19/trumps-student-loan-expert-said-he-was-not-aware-of-a-repayment",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-19T09:30:01.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Business Insider",
    "slug": "business-insider",
    "url": "https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-student-loan-expert-not-aware-debt-repayment-glitch-lawsuit-2026-8"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Trump's student-loan analyst, Anthony Lowery, informed a court that he was unaware of a repayment glitch in a legal filing related to an ongoing case seeking to restore affordable student loan bills. According to the source, the Department of Education had previously stated that five borrowers in the case reported incomes of $0, but borrowers disputed this claim, citing their actual earnings. Lowery recently clarified that the department's error stemmed from a system issue in the National Student Loan Data Service, which removed some older data during a 2024 system update, causing some borrowers' income information to be incorrect. This clarification is crucial, as borrowers believed having no income would make them eligible for lower payments under an existing repayment plan, thereby supporting their argument for restoring REPAYE benefits.",
  "summary": "An Education Department student-loan analyst said he was unaware of an income calculation error in the federal database.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}