CRFB President Maya MacGuineas called the decision “beyond ridiculous,” coming six years removed from the Covid pandemic that ...

Today, the White House announced an indefinite pause of the collection of defaulted federal student loan debt, including through the Treasury Offset Program, which applies any tax refunds towar ...

When debt piles up, it can start to feel like there's no way out. After all, credit card minimum payments barely chip away at your balances, the interest charges keep climbing, and if you're behind on ...

Department of Education delays garnishing wages and intercepting federal income tax refunds, as changes are made in student ...

A borrower is in default after an extended period without making payments and failing to restore the loan to good standing.

You may have options if a debt settlement no longer feels right, but the timing, paperwork and payments matter.

Many people struggle with debt. And thanks to high interest rates, rising costs of living, and other challenging financial conditions, that debt can be particularly hard to get out of these days.

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It’s the little expenses that add up, like buying new clothes, shoes, pots and pans or paying for Uber rides. For the 13,000 households without a home in the aftermath of the Palisades and Eaton fires ...