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You might know that panicky feeling when your phone displays a number from an unknown caller. Most times, you send it straight to voicemail. But what happens when you actually pick up and it's a debt ...

Student loan borrowers who haven't paid their debt now face seeing their wages garnished, Social Security benefits reduced, and more as debt collection resumes in 2025. A five-year break that began as ...