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Education Department to Offer Temporary 1-Percentage-Point Autopay Interest Discount for Federal Student Loans

Starting July 1, borrowers using autopay for eligible federal Direct Loans get a temporary 1 percentage-point interest discount through June 30, 2028. ...Read more

#studentloans, #autopay, #education

Britain Pledges 150,000 Ukrainian-Made Drones and Additional Air-Defence Support by End of 2026

The U.K. will supply Ukraine 150,000 Ukrainian-made drones plus 350+ air‑defence missiles and radars by end‑2026, funded via the ERA loan. ...Read more

#ukraine, #uk, #drones, #airdefense

Report: Federal 'Metro Surge' in Minneapolis–St. Paul Involved Two Unlawful Killings and Thousands of Detentions

Human Rights Watch says Operation Metro Surge (Dec 2025–Mar 2026) resulted in two unlawful killings, roughly 4,000 detentions, racial profiling and wide fear in Minneapolis–St. Paul. ...Read more

#immigration, #humanrights, #minnesota, #law

NOAA Declares El Niño Underway as NASA Satellites Show Strengthening in Equatorial Pacific

NOAA says El Niño is underway and likely to strengthen; NASA satellite altimetry shows higher sea levels across the equatorial Pacific, raising odds of a strong 2026–27 event. ...Read more

#climate, #elnino, #nasa, #noaa

ArXiv preprint claims axion early dark energy model raises Hubble constant to 71.6, easing Hubble tension

Unreviewed arXiv preprint reports an axion early dark energy fit to CMB, DESI and JWST data gives H0 = 71.58 ± 1.05 km/s/Mpc, largely easing the Hubble tension. ...Read more

#cosmology, #hubble-tension, #early-dark-energy, #arxiv

Trump administration to reimburse Invenergy $765 million to cancel four U.S. offshore-wind leases

The Trump administration will reimburse Invenergy $765M to terminate four U.S. offshore-wind leases, redirecting investment toward gas and geothermal projects. ...Read more

#offshorewind, #energy, #invenergy, #trumpadministration

Preprint Presents Sharper Spectroscopic Case for a Recoiling Black Hole in Quasar 3C 186

A revised arXiv preprint reports precise blueshifted spectra in quasar 3C 186, strengthening — but not proving — the case for a recoiling supermassive black hole. ...Read more

#astronomy, #blackhole, #quasars, #gravitationalwaves

NASA Taps Relativity Space to Deliver Aeolus Mars Atmospheric Mission in 2028

NASA will provide the Aeolus science payload while Relativity Space supplies spacecraft, rocket and operations to deliver it to Mars in 2028. ...Read more

#nasa, #relativityspace, #mars, #space

EFF Warns IETF Drafts Could Let Sites Gate Automated Access to Web Content

EFF warns two IETF draft specs — AIPREF and Web Bot Auth — could let websites signal AI-use preferences and cryptographically verify bots, risking gated web access. ...Read more

#ietf, #ai, #web, #privacy

Kane Equals Lineker as England Beat Croatia 4-2 in World Cup Opener

Harry Kane scored twice to match Gary Lineker’s England World Cup mark as England beat Croatia 4-2 in their 2026 World Cup opener in Arlington. ...Read more

#england, #worldcup, #soccer, #harrykane

FTC and Four States Sue WPATH, Alleging Deceptive Guidance on Youth Gender Treatments

The FTC and four states sued WPATH and USPATH in Texas, alleging their guidance led clinicians to make deceptive claims about pediatric gender-transition treatments. ...Read more

#ftc, #wpath, #transgender, #health, #lawsuit

Fed Holds Rates at 3.5–3.75% in Unanimous Vote at Kevin Warsh’s First Meeting

The Federal Reserve left its policy rate at 3.5–3.75% in a 12-0 vote at Kevin Warsh’s first meeting, citing persistent inflation and energy-related supply shocks. ...Read more

#fed, #interestrates, #inflation, #monetarypolicy

Epic Games lays out Unreal Engine 6 roadmap, targets Early Access end of 2027

Epic will merge UE5 and Unreal Editor for Fortnite into UE6; Early Access targeted late 2027, full release 12–18 months afterward. ...Read more

#epicgames, #unrealengine, #game-development, #uefn

Bitcoin Rodney Pleads Guilty to Unlicensed Money-Transmitting Conspiracy in HyperFund Case

Rodney “Bitcoin Rodney” Burton pleaded guilty June 15 in Maryland to conspiracy to operate an unlicensed money‑transmitting business in the HyperFund case. ...Read more

#hyperfund, #cryptocurrency, #fraud, #doj

Single neurons predict grammar and meaning during natural conversation, NIH-led study finds

Recordings of single neurons during natural conversation let AI models predict grammar, meaning and context—an advance toward speech neuroprostheses. ...Read more

#neuroscience, #speech, #bci, #nih, #language