What is the effect when a half-million debt-burdened debtors seeking relief receive a “no” response each month? At the end of August 2023, the U.S. Department of Education denied 327,955 applications ...

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Starting the week of Jan. 7, the Education Department will begin sending notices about paycheck deductions to about 1,000 of ...

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"The law is clear: if you take out a loan, you must pay it back." The Department of Education has moved to terminate one of former President Joe Biden's most popular student loan forgiveness plans -- ...

Each year during the first week of December, the Department of Education has historically hosted the Federal Student Aid Training Conference to provide university administrators with updated education ...

A coalition of nursing and other health care organizations are angry over a Trump administration plan that could limit access to student loans in some cases. Students pursuing graduate degrees in ...

WASHINGTON,DC - SEPTEMBER 30: Secretary of Education Linda McMahon speaks with President Donald J Trump in the Oval Office at the White House on Tuesday, Sept 30, 2025 in Washington, DC. The ...

The Trump administration is reportedly talking about selling off the federal student loan portfolio in a move decried by Democrats and faced with skepticism by others. The portfolio, worth $1.77 ...

Democratic Senator Elizabeth Warren has warned against a reported Trump administration proposal to sell parts of the $1.6 trillion federal student loan portfolio to private companies. Warren wrote a ...

Federal Way will only fly government flags. The decision sparked outrage from some. What happened with the 14th Amendment? Abandoned vessel found 70 miles offshore in search for missing Florida ...