The Department of Education is reopening three revised income-driven student loan repayment plans just weeks after the agency suspended the programs, the agency announced Wednesday. IDR loan repayment ...

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

Federal student loan borrowers' options for repaying their debt have dramatically changed over the last few months — with more shifts to come. Here's a breakdown of the revised repayment plans.

Under the Trump administration, hundreds of thousands of student loan borrowers remain stuck in a backlog of applications for an affordable repayment plan or debt forgiveness, a new court filing shows ...

WASHINGTON, DC - JUNE 03: Education Secretary Linda McMahon testifies before the Senate Appropriations Committee's Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education Subcommittee about the proposed ...

The Education Department submitted an update on its processing for student loan income driven repayment (IDR) plan applications in a court filing on Monday as the Trump administration takes criticism ...

The White House is racing to cancel student debt through a mix of targeted relief and regulatory rewrites, and the result is a patchwork of programs that can wipe out balances far faster than the old ...

The U.S. government offers forgiveness programs for borrowers with federal student loan debt. They include Public Service Loan Forgiveness, Teacher Loan Forgiveness and income-driven repayment plan ...

The Department of Education building in Washington, D.C., March 24, 2025. Editorial Fellow Millions of student loan borrowers whose monthly payments were reduced to as low as $0 under a forgiveness ...

With the new year underway, millions of student loan borrowers are either trying to escape the federal loan repayment plan that they are currently in, or are trying to figure out what move they should ...

Student loan debt continues to weigh heavily on millions of Americans who are navigating rising living costs and uncertain financial futures. Fortunately, federal student loan servicers are here to ...