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

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

The Department of Education said Tuesday that student loan borrowers in default who also collect Social Security would not ...

Social Security recipients with defaulted student loans are no longer at risk of having their benefits reduced, for now.

Now, the Department of Education said it will pause plans to garnish Social Security benefits, opting to continue the policy ...

The Department of Education has not gone through with a plan to garnish Social Security checks over defaulted loans, a ...

About 452,000 people aged 62 and older had student loans in default, according to a Consumer Financial Protection Bureau ...

The U.S. Education Department has reversed course and now says it has not and will not garnish the Social Security benefits ...

Education Secretary Linda McMahon ends Social Security garnishments for student loan defaulters and restores the ...

Spokesperson Ellen Keast told USA TODAY in a statement on Tuesday, June 3, that the Department of Education has not offset any Social Security benefits since collections restarted last month.

“The Trump Administration is committed to protecting Social Security recipients who oftentimes rely on a fixed income,” Keast said. Advocates encouraged the Trump administration to go further ...