Federal wage garnishments on defaulted student loans return after 5 years, with major repayment changes and the early end of ...

The Education Department will start sending out notices to about 1000 borrowers beginning the week of January 7th, with more notices set to go out each month after that. Right now, millions of student ...

Starting January 7, 2026, the U.S. Department of Education will resume mandatory wage garnishment for defaulted student loans. After a five-year pandemic pause, the government is targeting 5.3 million ...

The landscape for federal student loan repayment is shifting significantly as the Trump administration prepares to restart mandatory wage garnishments for defaulted borrowers in early 2026. This move ...

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Federal student loan borrowers in default could soon see their wages garnished or Social Security checks withheld after Jan.

The Trump administration plans to start garnishing wages from defaulted student loan borrowers beginning in January, with the Education Department sending out notices to affected individuals. The ...