An hours-long outage on StudentAid.gov, the federal website for student loans and financial aid, has underscored the risks in ...

There is a lot of confusion out there about what the federal agency does. For starters, the department doesn't control what ...

Barnard’s job was to work directly with then-CFPB director, Rohit Chopra, on student loan policy and strategy to address ...

President Donald Trump on Thursday said he has discussed shifting the Federal Student Aid office to an agency outside the ...

Key student loan and aid programs may be eliminated or restructured if Trump follows through with cutting the Department of ...

Borrowers are wondering what will happen to their loans and repayment plans if President Trump closes the Department of Education.

The Department of Education is cutting more than 1,300 jobs. Education Secretary Linda McMahon posted on X that the cuts are part of the department's "final mission." ...

Ashley Parks is an Associate Editor at Newsweek based in North Carolina. Her focus is on personal finance, particularly covering debt, banking and Gen Z money. Ashley joined Newsweek in 2024 after ...

Should student borrowers with federal loans be afraid of losing aid they have already been granted? No, and they should not be afraid of terms and conditions of those loans changing, either ...

Newly confirmed Department of Education Secretary Linda McMahon told NewsNation that student loans, Pell Grants and other ...

Experts warn borrowers should expect long waits, especially those with questions or disputes over their student loans.