With the Department of Education this month resuming collections on student loans, millions of Americans are at risk of having their wages garnished.

Some student loan borrowers mistakenly believe they’re in default. Meanwhile, those who have defaulted can take steps to get ...

That involuntary collection activity could have serious consequences on those who rely on the benefits to pay most, if not ...

The Trump administration is reversing a Biden-era policy that would have protected a larger portion of monthly checks for ...

LPL's Roach sees this as less of an issue. He said the postpandemic economy has largely been propped up by high-income ...

Under a policy proposed during the Biden administration, borrowers receiving Social Security benefits would have been able to shield up to 150% of the federal poverty line — about $1,883 per month — ...

When you default on your student loans, your debt is transferred out of the normal repayment servicing system. It enters “into what’s almost like the ‘bizarro land’ of the repayment system,” says ...

Borrowers in default are able to rehabilitate their loans by making ... there are other ways for borrowers to “discharge” their debt. Unlike some other consumer loans, student loans can only be ...

Missed student loan payments have driven overall consumer debt delinquency to a post-pandemic high. As the Trump ...

A CNBC story about the Trump administration’s move to garnish wages of defaulted student loan borrowers sparked many readers ...

Social Security beneficiaries are at risk of receiving a smaller benefit if they’ve fallen behind on their student loans.