<img src="https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/4794×3196+0+0/resize/4794×3196!/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F55%2F25%2F7f8557244423bf30d6e5935971be%2Fgettyimages-2280399027.jpg" alt="The class-action lawsuit has spanned three presidential administrations and carried the names of three different education secretaries: from Sweet v. DeVos in 2019 to Sweet v. Cardona during the Biden administration, and now Sweet v. McMahon for Trump” s current education secretary linda mcmahon.>
The borrowers say they were defrauded by their colleges, but the class-action lawsuit to erase their federal student loans has been tangled up in courts for years.
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