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COLUMBUS, Ohio — In just two weeks, millions of student loan borrowers who have been in default since the COVID-19 pandemic began will be required to start making payments again. The U.S ...

which means helping borrowers return to repayment — both for the sake of their own financial health and our nation's economic outlook," Education Secretary Linda McMahon said in a statement last ...

which means helping borrowers return to repayment — both for the sake of their own financial health and our nation’s economic outlook,” she said.

which means helping borrowers return to repayment — both for the sake of their own financial health and our nation's economic outlook," she said in a statement Monday. The announcement from the ...

which means helping borrowers return to repayment — both for the sake of their own financial health and our nation’s economic outlook.” Some 42.7 million borrowers who owe more than $1.6 ...

More than five million borrowers are in default ... borrower in an income-driven plan who files a separate income tax return from their spouse will not have to include the spouse’s income ...

Of the more than 42.7 million student loan borrowers in the U.S., who owe a collective $1.6 trillion, the department says that more than 5 million have not made a payment in the past year.

The Biden administration restarted loan repayments in October 2023. That came without any consequences, however, for about a year. But interest, which had also been frozen since the start of the ...