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  "slug": "student-debt",
  "title": "Student DEBT",
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  "summary": "Upcoming changes to student loan terms and policy-level actions making loans pricier and subject to administration policy decisions",
  "why_now": "Reports cite specific implementation timing (July 1) and recent administrative choices—this creates an immediacy window for news, advocacy, and public reaction.",
  "evidence_summary": "- The New York Times reports new student loans are about to get pricier (market/policy impact). - NPR highlights big changes coming to student loans on July 1 (timed policy change). - LAmag discusses the Trump Administration’s cuts to student loan interest, framing administrative policy decisions with limitations.",
  "caveat": "High confidence that policy change is occurring; precise long-term legal/legislative outcomes and whether corrective policy steps follow remain uncertain.",
  "signal_type": "Political Controversy",
  "score": 96.0,
  "score_field": "adjusted_score",
  "state": "PUBLISH",
  "sources": [
    {
      "label": "Loan Forgiveness Made Students Worse Off, Then and Now",
      "source": "Bloomberg",
      "url": "https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2026-06-22/student-loan-forgiveness-made-borrowers-worse-off"
    }
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