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

Some student loan borrowers who get their debt canceled in 2026 may be hit with a tax bill now that a law protecting the ...

Student loan borrowers will face taxes on certain types of loan forgiveness in 2026, but state tax rules will make ...

Student-loan borrowers will begin to see the effects of Trump's changes to repayment and borrowing in July 2026.

Millions of borrowers who are behind can expect the government to tighten the options in 2026. Experts say take action now to ...

While some routes to loan discharges have been blocked or delayed in 2025, the Department of Education has still granted borrowers billions of dollars in forgiveness.

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

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 ...

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

A look ahead at the federal policies taking effect in 2026 that will shape how students and families pay for college.

In 2026, federal student loan forgiveness may be taxable. Borrowers who qualify this year could face higher tax bills because ...

Student loan borrowers have spent much of 2025 trying to keep up with massive changes to the federal student loan system. That includes changes to repayment plans and borrowing limits. NPR's Cory ...