President-elect Donald Trump will take charge of a federal government that will reach its self-imposed debt limit of $36 trillion dollars a day after he is sworn in on Monday.

Some issues never truly go away, and the U.S. debt ceiling, which limits the maximum amount the government can borrow, is one of them. It's back

Key Points ・Department of Education is increasing its direct monitoring of student loan servicers ・More accountability on companies via withholding of payments ・Student loan borrowers to be made whole when issues happen The United States approaches another debt ceiling deadline in January 2025,

The nation will hit its roughly $36 trillion debt limit on Tuesday, when the Treasury Department will start taking extraordinary measures to allow the government to pay its bills, outgoing Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said in a letter to congressional leaders on Friday.