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

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

Repayment plans and loan limits are set to change, while the Education Department remains in flux. “It will be a really ...

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

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

Wage garnishment will begin just as enhanced subsidies for ACA health insurance expire. People who are in default on their ...

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 ...

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

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

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

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