New York Attorney General Letitia James and 18 other Democratic attorneys general had brought the lawsuit to block DOGE’s access to the Treasury systems.

The government can seize a borrower's entire federal tax refund, and in some states their state refund, to collect on a defaulted federal student loan. This only applies when the amount borrowed ...

The federal government is phasing out paper checks in favor of electronic payments. What does it mean for Social Security ...

Current and former federal officials said the process would ... requiring government officials to manually review and approve previously routine payments — and paralyzing grant awards to tens ...

Borrowers are urged to contact the Default Resolution Group to start that process ... the federal government isn’t processing applications for affordable loan payments,” Pierce told Checkbook.

Borrowers with direct federal loans who don't make ... days prior to beginning "offset," which is the process of withholding your government payments to satisfy your debt. You must take one ...

The measure faces a more difficult process in the 100-seat Senate ... Like any home or business, the federal government must pay its bills. When Congress can’t agree on how to appropriate ...

a previously obscure part of the United States Treasury which processes payments on behalf of the federal government. The alarm over this incursion was created by the resignation of the highest ...

If you’ve been laid off from the federal government ... You can also attest to past wages with a pay stub. “It’s a confusing process. Kind of be ready for the ride,” he said.