Some of the pauses on student loans may offer borrowers temporary relief, while others are simply injecting even more ...

The Education Department quietly confirmed last week that student loan forgiveness for certain borrowers under several income ...

The U.S. has approved more than $42 billion in federal student loan debt forgiveness for more than 615,000 borrowers in the past 18 months as part of a program aimed at getting more people to work in ...

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As of 2026, some loan borrowers may face a sizable tax bill ...

Federal student loan borrowers have been getting emails from the U.S. Department of Education that their debt will soon be forgiven. Here's who qualifies for the latest round of relief. In recent ...

Major student loans changes could be headed your way, now that the Trump administration has announced they'll be restarting student loan debt forgiveness for borrowers enrolled in an Income-Based ...

President Trump generally does not support student loan forgiveness and would likely seek an end to some student loan ...

The Trump administration has made significant changes to federal student loan forgiveness programs since taking office in January 2025. A new rule effective July 2026 will exclude some public service ...

When you have a large student loan balance, you may struggle to keep up with monthly payments or to qualify for other types of credit. This can be especially true for private student loan borrowers ...

Starting this year, borrowers who get their federal student loans forgiven could face big tax bills. The new rule will apply to those in income-driven repayment plans, which limit monthly payments to ...

The U.S. Department of Education plans to end a student loan debt forgiveness program used by millions of Americans. The feds said Dec. 9 that they had reached a proposed court settlement to kill the ...