Here’s what student loan borrowers should know about the July 1, 2026 cutoff, and what you should do to avoid restricting ...

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

The Trump administration is delaying its plans to withhold pay from student loan borrowers who default on their payments, ...

The Education Department has temporarily paused a plan to seize tax refunds and begin garnishing the wages of borrowers who ...

The U.S. Department of Education has extended the pandemic-era pause on collection efforts of defaulted student loan borrowers once more.

Student-loan borrowers have had a tumultuous few years, and that’s likely to continue in 2026. Repayment plans for all borrowers and borrowing limits for some programs are set to change next year.

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Student loan borrowers who are seriously behind on payments could start seeing their paychecks docked starting early this year, but there is still time to get back on track. The Education Department ...

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Staff writer Noah Alcala Bach did a good job covering this story about education loan repayments. However, it missed the biggest angle — personal responsibility. Why should anyone expect their loan to ...

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The Trump administration plans to garnish paychecks of borrowers who are in default on their federal student loans. The Department of Education says it will begin sending out notices to about 1,000 ...