Being in default on a federal student loan means the borrower has gone a long period without making required payments and ...

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

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 ...

Repayment plans and loan limits are set to change, while the Education Department remains in flux. “It will be a really ...

Millions of student loan borrowers severely delinquent in their payments will see wage garnishments hit their paychecks in ...

The Education Department quietly announced that there are no plans to restore a tracker that had allowed borrowers to assess ...

Americans whose student loans are in default could have their wages garnished in the new year, as the Trump administration ...

The best thing to do when wages are being garnished is to try to lower your expenses and possibly explore consolidation ...

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

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

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

The wage garnishment announcement marks a departure from past handling of student loan borrowers in default. Since March 2020 ...