The Education Department quietly confirmed last week that student loan forgiveness for certain borrowers under several income ...

The Trump administration has agreed to resume student loan forgiveness for about 2.5 million borrowers, including some in Virginia, following a lawsuit from the American Federation of Teachers. Under ...

The U.S. Department of Education plans to end a student loan debt forgiveness program used by millions of Americans. The feds said Dec. 9 that they had reached a proposed court settlement to kill the ...

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 ...

The federal Repayment Assistance Plan, or RAP, will be the newest student loan repayment plan. President Donald Trump’s “big, beautiful bill,” passed in 2025, made many changes to federal student loan ...

Sweeping student loan forgiveness changes for federal student loans are going into effect this year, and millions of borrower ...

While many types of student loan forgiveness are tax-free federally, several states may levy taxes on student loan ...

The Trump administration has reached a joint settlement with seven states that will effectively shut down a key Biden-era student loan relief program. But what about the roughly 7 million people ...

Many federal student loan borrowers surveyed said they don't know about income-driven repayment plans or Public Service Loan Forgiveness. But these U.S. Department of Education programs can lower ...

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Employees of nonprofit organizations that work with undocumented immigrants, provide gender transition care for minors or engage in public protests will have a hard time getting their federal student ...