If you are getting a student loan or paying one off, here's what you need to know about changes under Trump's "Big Beautiful Bill."

A breakdown of how H.R.1, the sweeping 2025 reconciliation law, transforms student loans, repayment plans, federal aid eligibility, and institutional oversight

It will soon get harder to pay off your student loans. On Friday, President Trump signed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act into law, restructuring the federal student loans system and making it more difficult to finance your education through loans.

Student loan borrowers’ options are dwindling and time is not on their side as the Trump administration turns up the heat to get all borrowers back in repayment.   The recently passed “big,