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A popular (and generous) repayment plan ends, two new plans begin and many borrowers will see new loan limits.

The SAVE student loan repayment plan has been eliminated by a federal court and an act of Congress. Borrowers currently ...

If forgiveness is implemented or the litigation is resolved, borrowers will have 60 days after that before their payments ...

Millions of student loan borrowers who've lingered in the SAVE plan are at risk of getting billed unaffordable payments and ...

Interest may start building before you make your first student loan payment. When unpaid interest is added to your principal, you pay interest on top of interest as your balance grows. Balances can ...

Millions of federal student loan borrowers are facing significant changes to their monthly payments following the termination of the Biden administration’s SAVE income‑driven repayment plan, according ...

Nearly 8 million borrowers on the SAVE plan face dramatic monthly payment increases as sweeping federal changes eliminate most income-driven repayment options. Kansas City-area borrowers could see ...

WASHINGTON, DC - JULY 04: U.S. President Donald Trump, joined by Republican lawmakers, signs the One, Big Beautiful Bill Act into law during an Independence Day military family picnic on the South ...

Treasury Chief Secretary Lucy Rigby cited funding the scrapping of the two-child benefit limit when grilled over the ...

A coalition of lawmakers is asking the Department of Education to clear a backlog of applications for student loan ...

Millions of student loan borrowers who were enrolled in a Biden-era repayment plan will soon see their monthly payments increase after the current administration restarted interest accrual Aug. 1.