The Education Department issued alerts to borrowers this week, falsely indicating that their federal student loans are in ...

Many Americans are struggling with their student loans and millions are heading toward a default cliff, with potentially ...

Student loan borrowers are sounding the alarm about alarming emails and dashboard alerts that wrongly label their accounts as delinquent or in default, even when they are current or in a payment pause ...

Collections on defaulted federal student loans will resume on May 5, after a five-year pause. Wage garnishment and Treasury offset are measures the government could enact to collect on student loan ...

Up to nine million US student loan borrowers risk default as repayment plans vanish and collections resume, forcing families ...

The Education Department won't target the Social Security payments of defaulted student-loan borrowers for now, but is still moving forward to offset tax refunds and pursue wage garnishments Earlier ...

After a pandemic-era pause, repayments on defaulted student loans restarted last month. Many borrowers are running into barriers. Over the past few months, Celina Damian’s phone has been ringing off ...

Five million student loan borrowers already faced default penalties in May. Those borrowers were in default prior to the pandemic. As a result, a total of 10 million borrowers — about one in four — ...

If you're behind on your student loan payments, the Department of Education is about to use your paycheck to get your attention. The Department of Education announced it had resumed involuntary ...

People leave the Student Center building on Monday, July 28, 2025, at the Ankeny campus of Des Moines Area Community College in Ankeny, Iowa. With pauses in required student loan repayment ending, ...

If you're in default on your loans, the pause gives you time to take action before your Social Security benefits are at risk. Dashia is the consumer insights editor for CNET. She specializes in ...