Some borrowers who qualify for student loan forgiveness must act within the next two weeks or they could face substantial ...

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

WASHINGTON -- President Joe Biden on Monday officially launched the application for student loan relief, after the test version of the site went live this weekend -- a long-awaited first step to ...

Trump's Department of Education completed its update to income-based repayment plans, expanding access to borrowers with higher incomes.

The Trump administration's final rule on limiting eligibility for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program is set to go ...

Buried in the SAVE plan settlement is a provision that could place major restrictions on the Education Department's ability ...

The Department of Education will soon begin garnishing wages for defaulted federal student loans. Borrowers currently in ...

The federal Repayment Assistance Plan, or RAP, will be the newest student loan repayment plan. President Donald Trump’s “big, ...

As student loan payments resume in 2026 after years of pauses and temporary relief measures, many borrowers may find themselves facing a familiar anxiety: what happens if you can't ...

What is Federal Student Loan Consolidation? Federal Student Loan Consolidation is a government program that allows borrowers to combine multiple federal student loans into a single loan. This can ...

Courtney Johnston led the CNET Money team and worked closely with the consumer insights data team. Before CNET, she worked as a graduate writing instructor at the University of Indianapolis and ...