A major group of student loan borrowers is now officially cut off from affordable payments and loan forgiveness after big changes to student loans took effect on July 1.

For student loan borrowers, relief is finally here – on Oct. 17, the Department of Education launched its student loan forgiveness application. The application comes just months after Biden announced that borrowers who have federal student loans will be ...

The government said 1.5 million borrowers' student loans were forgiven. A new lawsuit says the paperwork tells a different story.

Some types of student loan forgiveness will be taxed again after five years of being tax-free. The change will impact borrowers in income-driven repayment plans who have their debts canceled as a result of making a certain number of qualifying monthly payments

The Biden White House's lofty expectations for its loan forgiveness efforts inadvertently damaged the financial situation of many student loan borrowers.

Despite calls for the U.S. government to forgive all or part of federal student loans, there’s little indication that such a move is in the works. For now, millions of borrowers will have to resume student loan payments when the current payment ...

Obtaining student loan forgiveness can feel like pure relief — but there may be some fine print to that forgiveness. As of Jan. 1, 2026, following the expiration of a Biden-era provision that made student loan forgiveness tax-free, some borrowers who get ...

This post was updated to reflect President Biden enacting federal student loan forgiveness on Aug. 24, 2022. Since President Joe Biden's first day in office, federal student loan borrowers have been eager to see if and when he will follow through on his campaign promise to cancel $10,

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