Elizabeth Warren: “I think that's obscene. I don't think the student loan program should be designed so that it's making profits for the…”

Removing these reports appears to be an attempt to avoid disclosure of information the public needs to evaluate if major, high-dollar weapon systems are effective and safe.

This error is a failure that has not only been highly distressing for borrowers but could have led to direct financial harm.

On its face, this is an admission of failure.

If (safety regulation rollbacks) were motivated solely by ideology it would reflect a dangerously bad set of policies by the Trump administration. But the specter of corruption – and quid pro quo politics – casts a darker shadow over these…