Major new updates announced by the Education Department this month could impact millions of Americans with federal student ...

From paused student-loan repayment plans to new debt relief limits, 2026 brought critical changes to borrowers. There's a lot ...

Student loan borrowers will face taxes on certain types of loan forgiveness in 2026, but state tax rules will make ...

Preston Cooper at AEI recently published an analysis of the latest federal student loan data, and the results were sobering: 5.5 million borrowers in default, another 3.7 million more than 270 days ...

Students in professional programs would be able to borrow $50,000 a year and up to $200,000 in total. Parent borrowers would be limited to borrowing up to $20,000 a year per student, with a total ...

The Trump administration plans to start garnishing wages from defaulted student loan borrowers beginning in January, with the ...

Starting in 2026, student loan forgiveness will be taxable at the federal level. This could cost the average borrower ...

For most federal student loans, default status starts after 270 days—about nine months—of nonpayment. Once a loan is in ...

The wage garnishment announcement marks a departure from past handling of student loan borrowers in default. Since March 2020 ...

The Trump administration says wage garnishment for defaulted federal student loans will begin in January, ending a ...

The best thing to do when wages are being garnished is to try to lower your expenses and possibly explore consolidation ...

The student loan system feels increasingly unstable and that uncertainty is driving more people to look for relief.