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The US has Israel and has below the Iranian-Vact militant group have agreed to a ceasefire.
“The continued fighting in Lebanon had scuttled as signing ceremony of an interim peace plan”
scheduled for today in Switzerland between the US and Iran, and PR's Kerry Con reports from Tel Aviv. As senior US officials speaking on condition of anonymity, confirmed to NPR that Israel and Hezbollah have agreed to a ceasefire starting 4pm local time. The announcement comes as clashes between Israel and the militants escalated overnight
with intensified Israeli bombardments, killing at least 47 people and injuring 97, according
to Lebanese health officials.
The US Department of Education says it's offering student loan borrowers in the US, and the US, the Lebanon where it occupies a great swath of the country. The mayor of Navatia told NPR immediately following the 4pm start of the ceasefire, multiple Israeli air strikes hit targets in the area lasting at least 20 minutes, including one in the heart of his Lebanese city, Kerry Con and PR News Tel Aviv. The US Department of Education says it's offering student loan borrowers at temporary discount on interest.
“That's what they sign up for automatic payments as NPR's Kerry Turner reports.”
"Hopeing to entice millions of borrowers back into regular repayment, the Department is offering a full percentage point off their interest rate. So a bar with a 6% rate on their loans would see it drop temporarily to 5%. The offer begins July 1st, and the rebate would last for two years until summer 2028. These were already enrolled in autopay, don't need to do anything. They'll automatically get the discount. The education department says borrowers will have until the end of September to sign up and qualify.
Corey Turner and PR News." Researchers and other data advocates are calling for the Trump administration to revoke a new ban on a certain type of data privacy protection at the Census Bureau. NPR's Hansi Lowong reports. Federal law requires a Census Bureau to keep people anonymous in its statistics. The Trump administration has banned one of the main ways of bureau has done that, adding what's known as statistical noise to make certain data fuzzy, especially data about local areas and minority populations who could be easy to identify.
“An statement, "Commerce Department spokesperson Chris and Ikemer says the indiscriminate use of noise infusion has undermined confidence in the department's products and casted doubt on their integrity.”
Ikemer did not respond when NPR asks for examples. Beth Jaris of the Association of Public Data Users is concerned the ban comes with little explanation. "It takes the public out of the process. It takes the experts out of the process. This feels very much like a political choice." The Census Bureau took down multiple pages about data privacy protections from its website on ZLowong and PR News. This is NPR. An association representing thousands of reproductive health centers are suing the Trump administration.
They say the White House is trying to change a program designed to provide access to birth control. NPR Salinas him and stuff and has more. The program is called Title 10. It was signed to law by President Nixon, and for five decades it has helped fund free birth control from millions of patients. This spring the Trump administration issued an unusual call for Title 10 funding. The word contraception is mentioned exactly once in the 60 plus page document.
That's clear Coleman president of the National Family Planning and Reproductive Health Association. She says applicants face new political alignment rules. If you're required to follow the Title 10 regulation and you're required to follow the president's executive orders on anti-GTI and anti-gender ideology, we think it's impossible. Coleman's group sued asking the federal judge to block those requirements. Salinas him and stuff and PR News.
Juneteenth celebrations are taking place across the U.S. today marking the anniversary words spread about the end of slavery. The holiday commemorates June 19, 1865 when Union troops arrived in Galveston, Texas and informed enslaved people they were free more than two years after the emancipation proclamation. Communities are marking the day with parades concerts and educational events. Juneteenth became the federal holiday in 2021 under former president Joe Biden. I'm Mr. Johnston and you're listening to NPR News from Washington.
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