The Biggest News Stories of the Day

I covered a lot of topics, like that email from the Social Security Administration that’s being criticized for being overtly political — and incorrect. Also, student loans are going to change with the passage of the budget bill, the Trump administration has frozen $7 billion in school funds (that have already been allocated by Congress), Elon Musk announced he was launching a third party, and the Epstein files were released… again. Then there’s the case of a convicted Jan 6 rioter who has just been sentenced for a different crime: an assassination plot targeting the law enforcement officers who investigated his actions at the Capitol.