Borrowers who have defaulted on their federal student loans will no longer be at risk of having their Social Security ...

The Department of Education says it paused the garnishment of Social Security benefits among defaulted loan borrowers, with ...

The U.S. Department of Education paused a plan to garnish Social Security checks to repay defaulted student loans.

The Department of Education confirmed Tuesday it will not move forward with a previously-floated plan to garnish Social ...

KEY TAKEAWAYS Federal student loan borrowers who have not paid their loans in over 270 days and receive Social Security ...

"The Trump Administration is committed to protecting social security recipients who oftentimes rely on a fixed income," a ...

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau estimates that more than 45,000 federal student loan borrowers age 62 and up are in ...

KEY TAKEAWAYS The Department of Education lowered interest rates for federal student loans taken out between July 1, 2025, ...

The Department of Education has paused its plan to garnish Social Security benefits from individuals who have defaulted on their student loans.

Social Security recipients who are behind on their student loans can breathe a sigh of relief — for now. The US Department of Education said it’s pausing plans to garnish Social Security benefits from ...

President Trump said that he was "immediately" moving the handling of federal student loans from the Department of Education ...

Borrowers who are in default are at least 270 days, or about nine months, behind on their federal student loan payments, and ...