NYTIMES (Amy Fan) - Getting a Loan for Grad School Is About to Get More Complicated
With new limits on federal lending, many students will need private loans and some could be shut out. See the data, program by program.
NYTIMES (Kellen Browning and Shane Goldmacher) - A Progressive Group Rolls Out a Campus Competitor to Turning Point
More Perfect Union, a left-wing media organization, hopes to win back young voters and build a new generation of college influencers with its More Perfect University program.
NYTIMES (Campbell Robertson) - He Has a War Chest and an ‘R’ by His Name. Will Enough Voters Like Him?
Vivek Ramaswamy has all but cleared the field ahead of the May primary for Ohio governor, but whether a finance and pharma billionaire is the man for the moment is another question.
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NYTIMES (Charley Locke) - How Older Adults Are Using VR to Counter Social Isolation
New tools tailored for use in senior living communities allow for shared experiences and social bonding.
ABCNEWS - WATCH: Michigan clerk helps save 16-year-old girl after alleged kidnapping from bus stop
The teen was kidnapped from the bus stop at gunpoint near Detroit. Surveillance cameras show a convenience store clerk confronting the suspect, helping to save the girl.
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AXIOS (Alex Isenstadt) - Scoop: Vance heading to Iowa for campaign events
Vice President Vance will head to Iowa later this month to host a pair of events ahead of the fall midterms, Axios has learned. Why it matters: Vance's April 30 appearances will be aimed at helping Republicans in this fall's elections. They'll also be part of his first visit to an early primary state ahead of a widely expected bid for president in 2028. Zoom out: Vance will appear with GOP Rep. Zach Nunn, who's in a swing district in southwestern Iowa and faces a stiff challenge from Democratic state Sen. Sarah Trone Garriott. - Vance will also headline an event with Turning Point USA at Iowa State University in Ames. - Vance was friends with TPUSA founder Charlie Kirk, and has appeared at several of the organization's events since Kirk…
NPR (Juliana Kim) - 'No peace': Nearly a year after her son's death, she learned that ICE was responsible
Ruben Ray Martinez is considered the first person to be killed by ICE during President Trump's second term. His mother believes his death could have been avoided.
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NPR (Yuki Noguchi) - Quit a GLP-1? Plan to start again? It's not recommended, but plenty of people do it
A majority of people who start the obesity and diabetes medicines known as GLP-1s also quit them, and plan to restart again. Research hasn't yet shown the health impacts of cycling on and off the drugs.
NPR (The Associated Press) - Pope heads to Cameroon as separatists announce 3-day pause in fighting
Pope Leo XIV is heading to the central African nation of Cameroon with a message of peace for its separatist region and for talks with President Paul Biya.
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