{
  "id": 9372969,
  "title": "Education Department announces earliest FAFSA launch in program history",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/23/education-department-announces-earliest-fafsa-launch-in-program",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-23T15:53:32.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Hill",
    "slug": "the-hill",
    "url": "https://thehill.com/homenews/education/6106542-fafsa-forms-launch-mcmahon/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "The Education Department announced Wednesday the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) forms for the 2027-2028 school year were open for students, the earliest the forms have been available. The FAFSA forms, which traditionally opened Oct. 1, had a few chaotic starts under the Biden administration while reforms were made to the applications, leaving...",
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  "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."
}