Federal student loan site down Wednesday, a day after layoffs gutted Education Department
[ad_1] WASHINGTON (AP) — An hours-long outage Wednesday on StudentAid.gov, the federal website for student loans and financial aid, underscored the risks in rapidly gutting the Department of Education, as President Donald Trump aims to dismantle the agency. Starting midday Wednesday, dozens of visitors to StudentAid.gov reported outages to Downdetector. The National Association of Student…