The government plans to seize portions of borrowers' paychecks to the cover defaulted debts. Here's what you should do now to ...

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

The Education Department announced a long-delayed expansion of a key repayment plan for student loans this week, paving the ...

Student loan debt hits $1.65T, defaults rise, and wage garnishments loom—learn key impacts on consumer credit and how to ...

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 ...

Trump's Department of Education completed its update to income-based repayment plans, expanding access to borrowers with ...

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

These changes mark the end of pandemic-era relief measures and could significantly affect millions of borrowers. With ...

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

The Department of Education will soon begin garnishing wages for defaulted federal student loans. Borrowers currently in ...

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

The Trump administration plans to restart federal student loan wage garnishment for defaulted borrowers in early 2026.