The National Science Foundation has canceled hundreds of grants, and the National Endowment for the Humanities even more. The ...

The new Republican education bill would slash student-loan repayment plans and eliminate some types of loans in a ...

The government can seize a borrower's entire federal tax refund, and in some states their state refund, to collect on a defaulted federal student loan. This only applies when the amount borrowed ...

Corrections and clarifications: This story has been updated to reflect that President Donald Trump initially paused student loan payments in March 2020. As May approaches, the federal government ...

The Department of Education announced it will resume some federal student loan collections in May. Here's what to know for ...

The Trump administration has announced that the federal government will be resuming student loan debt collections for borrowers in default starting May 5. This comes after a five-year pause on ...

Preston Cooper is a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute. At the outset of the covid-19 pandemic, federal student-loan borrowers won what appeared to be a reprieve. That five-year ...

Federal student loans are considered in default after nine months of non-payment. Federal tax refunds can be garnished by the U.S. Department of Education to offset delinquent loan payments.