New Department of Education data shows 7.7 million borrowers are in student loan default. Here's how to check your loans and ...

WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 5: Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) speaks at a press conference as the government shutdown continues in Washington, DC on November 5, 2025. Schumer ultimately ...

Payments still due and loan servicers remain open, collection activity will still happen. IDR applications will still be processed. Pell Grants and Direct Loans will continue to be disbursed, but ...

Student loan advocates and borrower protection groups across the country have spent much of the last five months preparing for a series of big changes Congress laid out regarding the student loan ...

Student loans are a profitable business for the Department of Education. According to a new Congressional Budget Office (CBO) report, student borrowers and their families will generate $127 billion ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Lyndon Baines Johnson Department of Education Building is seen on Feb. 7, 2025, in Washington, D.C. (Kayla Bartkowski/Getty ...

The Education Department will start sending out notices to about 1000 borrowers beginning the week of January 7th, with more notices set to go out each month after that. Right now, millions of student ...

Only defaulted federal student loans put your tax refund at risk, not delinquent or private student loans. You have 65 days from the notice to stop it with payment arrangements or a valid objection.

The Trump administration plans to start garnishing wages from defaulted student loan borrowers beginning in January, with the Education Department sending out notices to affected individuals. The ...