The notoriously complicated and frustrating federal student loan application, also known as FAFSA (for Free Application for Federal Student Aid), has recently undergone a simplification transformation ...

The U.S. government opened a website to allow Americans with federal student loans to apply for up to $20,000 in debt forgiveness. The site comes after the Biden administration said its goal was to ...

UPDATE (6/30/23): The Supreme Court has struck down the Biden administration's one-time student loan forgiveness plan. Loan repayments are expected to resume later this summer. You can read more ...

WASHINGTON — Beta testing for student loan forgiveness applications began on Friday night, allowing borrowers to begin signing up before the official launch later this month. The beta version of the ...

Students from George Washington University wear their graduation gowns outside the White House on May 18. The Biden administration has announced that the application for student loan relief is now ...

NEW YORK — President Joe Biden’s student loan forgiveness program. announced in August, will cancel up to $20,000 in debt per borrower. The application process is now open, and the administration says ...

President Joe Biden on Monday officially kicked off the application process for his student debt cancellation program, opening the door for millions of Americans to apply for up to $20,000 in ...

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Many student loan borrowers may soon be able to update their repayment plan that lowers their monthly bill. Here's why.

The form to apply for President Joe Biden's one-time student loan debt forgiveness is now online. Borrowers can submit their applications here. "It landed and handled more than 8 million applications ...

If you've been refreshing StudentAid.gov since President Joe Biden announced his plan to forgive up to $20,000 in student loan debt for borrowers, the wait is finally over. The student loan ...