Trump's Department of Education said it plans to remove the partial financial hardship requirement to enroll in income-based repayment in December.

With most relief programs paused or gutted, the IBR plan remains one of the few paths to full student debt cancellation.

Since President Donald Trump took office in January 2025, sweeping changes have been made to federal student debt relief ...

WASHINGTON — As a federal government shutdown begins Oct. 1, millions of student loan borrowers may be wondering how the funding lapse could affect their payments and services. The short answer: Keep ...

Starting next week, the Education Department said student loans that are in default will be referred for collections. Roughly 5.3 million borrowers nationwide are in default on their federal student ...

Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act, enacted this summer, will overhaul student loan repayment for loans taken out after July ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - If you’re struggling with student loans, you’re not alone. More borrowers are missing payments, and confusion about overdue dates isn’t helping. On top of that, interest on ...

Already diminished by cuts by the Trump administration, the U.S. Education Department will see more of its work come to a halt due to the government shutdown. The department says many of its core ...

Six newly signed agreements represent the most sweeping transfer of the department’s responsibilities in its 45-year history.

Sen. Elizabeth Warren is attempting to stop the reported selloff of the $1.6 trillion student loan portfolio to private ...