Debtors with high interest rates on their federal student loans would refinance into cheaper loans under proposed legislation to be unveiled this week...

In July, when the student loan rates are set to double to 6.8 percent. College is already far too pricey for many to attend, and this double in interest rates will put a higher education even farther out of reach for thousands of students and their families.

WASHINGTON -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) unveiled her first bill Wednesday, designed to set student loan interest rates at the same level the Fed...

These students and their families cannot bear additional costs. The president's proposal, although it might lower interest rates very slightly in the first year, will ultimately allow those rates to rise uncontrollably.

Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) resurrected Rep. Todd Akin's (R-Mo.) infamous comparison of student loans to stage three cancer in a new ad released by...

WASHINGTON — Congress emphatically approved legislation Friday preserving jobs on transportation projects from coast to coast and avoiding inter...

By JOAN LOWY, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON — After being derided as a "do-nothing" Congress, the House and Senate moved Friday toward passage ...

WASHINGTON — Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid on Thursday sought to defuse a partisan standoff over how to prevent student loan interest rates ...