Potus News What To Know About These 5 Student Loan Forgiveness Programs And How Biden Has Expanded Them

President Biden to forgive $7.4B more in student loan debt for 277K borrowers

WASHINGTON -- The Biden administration said Friday that it is using existing student loan forgiveness programs to cancel another round of student debt, totaling $7.4 billion for 277,000 borrowers. Read More

Student loan forgiveness quietly resumes for some Americans. Are you one of them?

Student loan forgiveness has restarted for a small number of Americans, according to experts. The Education Department said in July it suspended forgiveness for Income Based Repayment plans to update ... Read More

Big changes are being made to student loan forgiveness programs. How will it impact Wisconsin borrowers?

Since President Donald Trump took office in January 2025, sweeping changes have been made to federal student debt relief programs. Read More

The Inland Northwest has mixed reactions to Biden's $10K to $20K federal student loan forgiveness

In addition to announcing loan forgiveness, Biden extended the pause on interest and federal loan repayments until the end of the year. The plan also proposes changing the structure of income-driven ... Read More

Student loan debt will be forgiven for millions of borrowers under new Trump admin agreement — here’s how to know if you’re one of them

Millions of student loan borrowers will see the “light at the end of the tunnel” after the Trump administration agreed to reinstate loan forgiveness plans it had partially blocked following a court ... Read More

Trump makes some student loan forgiveness changes: What to know

Eligible student loan borrowers can have their debt canceled under some plans including income-driven repayment programs. The Education Department sent emails to eligible borrowers about their options ... Read More

Student loan forgiveness program has a 72,730-person backlog. Here's what borrowers need to know

"PSLF Buyback" helps student loan borrowers who've paused their payments at different points to reach debt forgiveness sooner under Public Service Loan Forgiveness. But the program has been ... Read More

Biden's student loan forgiveness program remains blocked | Here are other ways to get debt relief

President Joe Biden's student loan forgiveness program is at the mercy of the Supreme Court, and student loan borrowers could be waiting weeks, if not months, to hear whether the program is allowed to ... Read More