The Education Department previously disclosed that more than 1.98 million IDR applications were pending at the end of April.

Hundreds of colleges said they'd encountered disruptions in the financial aid process since the Education Department drastically reduced its staff.

With the Department of Education this month resuming collections on student loans, millions of Americans are at risk of having their wages garnished.

The Trump administration revealed that nearly 50,000 applications for a student loan forgiveness “buyback” program remain ...