The Trump administration quietly agreed to a court-supervised settlement with the AFT on Oct. 17, 2025, directing the Department of Education to speed up student loan cancellations under existing federal programs foxbusiness.com timesofindia.indiatimes.com. The deal – awaiting final judge approval – requires DOE to process forgiveness applications for all borrowers who hit the payment threshold in qualifying Income-Driven Repayment (IDR) plans (original ICR, PAYE, and the classic IBR) as long as those plans exist foxbusiness.com timesofindia.indiatimes.com. In practice, this means millions of borrowers who made 20–25 years of payments will finally see remaining balances wiped out, whereas under the administration’s

Stock Price Skyrockets, Then Pulls Back Figure: D-Wave (QBTS) daily closing stock price in early October 2025. The stock went parabolic mid-month, peaking above $45 before retreating toward the high-$30s by Oct. 20. D-Wave’s stock has been on a rollercoaster ride in recent weeks. After trading in the mid-$20s at the start of October, QBTS shares went parabolic – rocketing to a record intraday high of $46.75 on October 15. In a single session on Oct. 13, the stock jumped over 23% intraday (topping out around $42) amid a frenzy of trading volumets2.tech. By mid-October D-Wave was up nearly 300%