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 ...

Last year’s enactment of the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” (OBBBA) included significant changes to the federal student loan system. New borrowers ...

Sweeping student loan forgiveness changes for federal student loans are going into effect this year following a number of significant legislative, legal, and policy developments. And millions of ...

The Department of Education building in Washington, D.C., March 24, 2025. Editorial Fellow Millions of student loan borrowers whose monthly payments were reduced to as low as $0 under a forgiveness ...

Certain types of student loan forgiveness face federal and state taxes after a law that protected borrowers expired. Now they ...

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

Under the Trump administration, hundreds of thousands of student loan borrowers remain stuck in a backlog of applications for an affordable repayment plan or debt forgiveness, a new court filing shows ...

The Education Department has suspended certain collections efforts for student loans, giving borrowers some breathing room.

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 ...

Your student loan becomes delinquent as soon as you miss a payment, and the consequences become more serious the longer your ...