Application backlogs for IDR plans may be about to get a whole lot worse for borrowers with student loans enrolled in the ...

Trump gave defaulted student-loan borrowers a major break on wage garnishment and tax refund seizure. Still, thousands are ...

The U.S. Department of Education has extended the pandemic-era pause on collection efforts of defaulted student loan borrowers once more.

More than 800,000 federal student loan holders remain stuck in a backlog of applications for an affordable repayment plan or debt forgiveness, a new court filing shows. The challenges accessing income ...

The Education Department disclosed the information in a May 15 court filing in response to a legal challenge lodged by the American Federation of Teachers. The teachers' union sued the Trump ...

An office housed in the U.S. Department of Education has a backlog of over 27,000 complaints from students and student loan borrowers, according to a letter sent by the department in response to Sen.

The Department of Education’s office for handling student loan complaints has a backlog of 27,000 after the Trump administration gutted the department of most of its staff. The Federal Student Aid ...

WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 20: Secretary of Education Linda McMahon (L) speaks during a White House press briefing with White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt (R) on November 20, 2025 in ...

Nearly 2 million federal student loan borrowers who've requested to be in an affordable repayment plan are stuck in a backlog of applications, waiting to be approved or denied, according to new data ...