The Education Department said Friday it would delay plans to garnish the wages of federal student loan borrowers who are in ...
Wage garnishment "is a scary concept since they can take 15% of after-tax income," Ashley Morgan, debt and bankruptcy ...
Garnishment of wages builds on the U.S. government’s power to stop paychecks and seize federal tax refunds if someone fails ...
I’ve talked to folks who literally don’t know if their loan is in default or not,” said one national advocate.
The Trump administration has begun sending wage garnishment notices to borrowers who have defaulted on their federal student ...
The federal government will resume student loan wage garnishments amid rising unemployment, a move critics say could harm ...
The U.S. government is resuming wage garnishment for defaulted federal student loans, impacting nearly 10 million Americans.
In 2020, the federal government paused collections efforts on defaulted federal student loans, part of pandemic relief efforts. While Congress said payments would start again in 2023, the pause ...
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 ...