There’s been a sharp uptick in the number of student loan borrowers hitting the pause button on their monthly bills. The U.S. Department of Education offers two primary ways to postpone your payments ...

The 'Big, Beautiful Bill,' which President Donald Trump has signed into law, eliminates unemployment and economic hardship deferment for student loan borrowers who take out loans after July 1, 2027.

More than a quarter of the nation’s 40 million federal student loan borrowers had their repayment progress paused in the third quarter of 2025, either through forbearance or deferment. Higher ...

The millions of Americans with student loans, who have already experienced whiplash in federal policy since the pandemic, must again brace for change. The "big, beautiful bill" that President Trump ...

U.S. President Trump holds a cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump's new tax and spending measures, which he signed into law on Friday, will hit some ...

Millions of student loan borrowers are contending with seemingly constant changes to repayment and loan forgiveness programs. But even more major disruptions to student loans are on the horizon. And ...

Sometimes, life gets in the way of making your student loan payments. Maybe you have faced an unexpected job loss that shrinks down your budget to the bare essentials. Or perhaps you are going back to ...