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.

A provision that made student-loan forgiveness tax-free is expiring in 2026. It could put borrowers on the hook for thousands ...

WASHINGTON D.C. -- The Biden administration is yet again extending the pause on federal student loan payments, a benefit that began in March 2020 to help people who were struggling financially due to ...

UNITED STATES - JUNE 3: Secretary of Education Linda McMahon arrives to testify at the Senate Appropriations Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Subcommittee hearing on ...

Student loan borrowers spent years hearing that relief was finally on the way, only to discover that the clean slate they ...

Many federal student loan borrowers surveyed said they don't know about income-driven repayment plans or the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Adam Minsky is an attorney and writer focusing on student loans. US President Donald Trump speaks to the media after signing ...

WASHINGTON -- Millions of student loan borrowers could see up to $20,000 of their debt canceled depending on the outcome of Tuesday's US Supreme Court hearing on President Joe Biden's student loan ...

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is forging ahead with plans to eject some nonprofits from a popular student loan forgiveness program if their work is deemed to have a "substantial illegal ...

The Trump administration is proposing a new rule that would bar people with outstanding college loans from relief on that debt if their employers were found to be "undermining national security and ...