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

While some routes to loan discharges have been blocked or delayed in 2025, the Department of Education has still granted borrowers billions of dollars in forgiveness.

Until the loan program ended in 2017, federal Perkins loans were issued to low-income undergraduate and graduate students. While the program is no longer active, Perkins loan borrowers can still ...

WASHINGTON -- The Biden administration scaled back eligibility for its student loan forgiveness plan Thursday, the same day six Republican-led states sued President Joe Biden in an effort to block his ...

WASHINGTON DC, UNITED STATES - NOVEMBER 5: Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) speaks at an impromptu press conference in Washington DC on November 5, 2025. Sanders and several other Democratic senators ...

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