6 things borrowers should know about federal student loans right now

Eight million federal student loan borrowers are waiting for the courts to decide if their repayment plan is legal, while another 9 million are late on their payments and may be plunging toward default.

NPR has spent the past few weeks catching up with student loan experts and asking the Trump administration for clarity on some of borrowers' biggest questions.

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