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Feds’ New $65K Lifetime Parent PLUS Loan Cap Could Create a New Junior Year Retention Crisis

By Autumn A. Arnett Among the numerous changes to federal financial aid policy that went into effect July 1, was a new cap on Parent PLUS loans. For decades, parents of undergraduate students could rely on the Parent PLUS loan program as the ultimate financial safety net, borrowing up to their child’s full Cost of Attendance (COA) to close any remaining tuition gaps left by scholarships and other grant aid, like Pell grants. Now under new federal frameworks, Parent PLUS loans are now strictly capped at $20,000 per academic year per dependent student, with a hard aggregate lifetime limit of

Oil prices jump 5% after U.S. revokes Iran oil sanctions waiver following ship attacks

By Steve Kopack and Katherine Doyle Oil prices jumped to their highest level since June 25 on Tuesday after the U.S. revoked a temporary sanctions waiver that had allowed the sale of Iranian oil on the global market. The Trump administration took the action after unknown projectiles hit multiple tankers near the Strait of Hormuz. In late afternoon trading, U.S. crude oil rose more than 5%, to more than $72 per barrel. International Brent crude oil also rose 5.3%, to more than $75 per barrel. “As President Trump and the administration have repeatedly affirmed, the [memorandum of understanding] in effect with Iran is

Deadly Fourth of July: At least 6 killed in shootings, explosions that wound dozens across the country

By Marlene Lenthang Fourth of July celebrations across the country were marred by violence that left at least six people dead and scores injured in multiple cities. In Brooklyn, New York’s Coney Island neighborhood, a man in a black ski mask opened fire on a family barbecue late Saturday night, wounding at least eight people, including four children. Seven victims are expected to survive, but a 21-year-old woman remains in critical condition after being shot in the chest, New York City police said. The gunman fled on foot, and authorities were working to identify and apprehend him. The scene following a shooting on

White House report brands Smithsonian leadership as radical activists who can’t be trusted

By The Associated Press A White House report brands the leadership of the Smithsonian Institution, especially at the National Museum of American History, as radical activists who cannot be trusted, indicating that President Donald Trump may be preparing to install his own team. The report released late on Independence Day by the White House Domestic Policy Council comes in the midst of Trump’s aggressive campaign to overhaul some of Washington’s most sacred cultural and historic institutions. Trump in March revealed his intention to force changes at the Smithsonian Institution with an executive order that targeted funding for programs that advanced “divisive narratives” and “improper ideology,” as he continued a broadside against culture

Court orders Trump administration to rehire fired intelligence officers

By Dan De Luce A federal appeals court has ordered the Trump administration to rehire intelligence officers who were fired over their temporary assignments working on diversity issues, saying spy agencies had to uphold the employees’ constitutional right to due process. The CIA and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence failed to abide by their own regulations when they fired 19 career intelligence officers, the three-judge panel ruled in a 2-1 decision. The intelligence officers previously argued their firings were “arbitrary” and “unsupported by any evidentiary record whatsoever.” They also maintained that they should have been reassigned to new duties instead

Judges strike down Trump administration’s overhaul of student loan forgiveness program

By Colin Binkley A pair of federal judges struck down a Trump administration overhaul to a public service forgiveness program for student loans, ruling Tuesday in separate cases in favor of advocates who said the program risked becoming a tool for political retribution. U.S. District Judge Myong Joun in Massachusetts vacated the U.S. Education Department’s changes, saying they overstepped the agency’s power and threatened to violate First Amendment protections for free speech. The ruling came in response to a pair of lawsuits filed by more than 20 states along with a coalition of nonprofit groups and cities. In Washington, D.C., District Judge

North Carolina budget shows how much HBCUs could make from sports betting

North Carolina sports betting has entered a new phase and HBCUs now know where the ceiling is. The state’s proposed 2026 budget would raise the tax rate on online sports wagering operators from 18 percent to 23 percent. If approved this week as expected, it would also rewrite how the money gets distributed.  The proposed budget keeps the original $300,000 annual payment for 13 UNC System athletic departments. That list includes North Carolina A&T, North Carolina Central, Elizabeth City State, Fayetteville State and Winston-Salem State. It also includes Appalachian State, East Carolina, UNC Asheville, Charlotte, Greensboro, Pembroke, Wilmington and Western Carolina.

What the Supreme Court justices’ latest rulings reveal

By Steve Inskeep The Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled 6-3 that the Constitution guarantees automatic birthright citizenship to virtually everyone born in the United States, rejecting President Donald Trump’s executive order seeking to end the longstanding constitutional guarantee. Before the decision was released, NPR’s Steve Inskeep spoke with Supreme Court expert Amy Howe, co-founder of SCOTUSblog, about what she was watching as the justices prepared to wrap up their term. Here are four takeaways from that conversation. The birthright citizenship ruling was always likely to be complicated Howe said she expected a lengthy, divided opinion. Even if the justices rejected

Fisk’s Data Center Plan Ignites a Bigger Fight Over Who Benefits from Progress

Across the country, many Americans have protested and fought viciously to bar data centers from sprouting up in their neighborhoods, due to their strain on natural resources and pollution. So it’s no surprise that Fisk University’s plan to build a $400 million data center on its historic Nashville campus has sparked major backlash from students and alumni. There was reportedly no public hearing before the announcement, which came just after the spring semester ended, according to Capital B News. Students and locals from the majority-Black neighborhood felt surprised by the announcement. The HBCU unveiled a $900 million, 10-year transformation plan on

Supreme Court rules Trump can’t fire Fed member Lisa Cook, grants him more power over other independent agencies

By Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court delivered a setback to President Donald Trump on Monday, rejecting his attempt to fire Federal Reserve board member Lisa Cook, while in a separate case giving him a freer hand to exert control over other hitherto independent federal agencies. The two decisions, issued at the same time and both authored by Chief Justice John Roberts, together marked another example of the conservative-majority court pushing back on one aspect of Trump’s broad exertion of executive power while giving him the green light on another. Though Trump may not fire Cook for now, the court

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