( October 1, 2026, 9:04 AM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — Two federal student loan borrowers filed a putative class action lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Education in a federal court in the District of Columbia on behalf of themselves and other former students of “predatory for-profit institutions,” alleging that they have been deprived of “their legal entitlement to a clean financial slate” when the Education Department represented to consumer credit bureaus that they owe on student loan debts that were extinguished “years ago.”...