Category: Loans

Millions of federal student loan borrowers who saw their payments frozen under President Biden’s new income-driven repayment program are now facing a very different reality. The temporary pause that shielded 7.6 m people in the Saving on a Valuable Education framework has ended, and the bills that disappeared into legal limbo are coming back with…

Student loan debt is supposed to be manageable, yet millions of borrowers are quietly qualifying for programs that can erase their balances and never using them. The most overlooked route is not a flashy one-time cancellation promise, but a set of rules that can turn years of ordinary payments, or even periods of hardship, into…

The Small Business Administration is preparing to shut legal permanent residents out of its flagship loan programs, a shift that will reshape who can access government-backed credit. Starting March 1, only companies owned entirely by U.S. citizens will qualify, cutting off green card holders who have long been treated as stable, low risk borrowers. The…

President Donald Trump’s overhaul of federal student-loan repayment is already reshaping the balance of power between Washington and Wall Street in higher education finance. As federal protections are pared back and borrowing limits tighten, the country’s largest private student-loan companies are positioning themselves as the winners in a new, more market-driven era. Their enthusiasm stands…

President Donald Trump is on the verge of locking in a sweeping redesign of federal student loan repayment that will start reshaping borrowers’ bills as soon as this summer and then harden into a new regime on July 1, 2026. The coming cutoff will split borrowers into two camps, with current students and graduates largely…

President Donald Trump’s administration has moved to cancel a $1.8 billion federal loan guarantee for Arizona’s largest electric utility, abruptly halting a signature Biden-era clean energy investment in the Southwest. The decision strips Arizona Public Service of low-cost federal financing that was expected to accelerate new renewable generation and large-scale energy storage across the state….

For most Americans, wiping out student loans is the finish line that finally separates survival from security. For Virta Health chief executive Sami Inkinen, clearing roughly $100,000 in graduate school debt did deliver that long-awaited feeling of wealth, but it lasted less than three days before fading into the background of a much bigger career….

President Donald Trump is rapidly rewriting federal energy policy, pulling back tens of billions of dollars in government support for wind, solar, batteries, and grid upgrades while steering public finance toward natural gas and nuclear power. The shift guts a core pillar of Biden-era climate strategy and replaces it with a vision centered on big…

Student-loan borrowers are being yanked between promises of relief and threats of harsher collection under President Donald Trump, creating a policy roller coaster that makes long-term planning nearly impossible. One month, the White House is pausing collections on defaulted loans; the next, it is moving to shut down repayment plans and forgiveness programs that millions…

Millions of federal student loan borrowers who enrolled in President Joe Biden’s Saving on a Valuable Education plan have enjoyed an unusually long break from payments. For 7.6 million Americans, that pause is about to give way to a very different repayment landscape, shaped by court rulings, a new presidential administration, and sweeping policy changes…