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New York City will open a $1,000 college savings account for every public school kindergartner, the largest universal program of its kind in the country.
Automatic enrollment unless families opt out
Source: The New York Daily News
June 30, 2026
A federal judge in Iowa holds an ICE officer in contempt for "astonishing" defiance of a court order, as a second judge warns the agency against treating detainees as "bargaining chips."
ICE's own lawyers advised defying the order
Source: The Iowa Capital Dispatch
June 30, 2026
The Justice Department sues Rhode Island and Massachusetts over tuition breaks for noncitizen students, bringing to twelve the states it accuses of discriminating against U.S. citizens.
12 states targeted, 4 already lost
Source: The Rhode Island Current
June 30, 2026
A federal judge blocks Hegseth's rule requiring press escorts inside the Pentagon, ruling the policy retaliatory and its security rationale "facially dubious," another First Amendment loss for the Defense Department.
Judge: cleaners roam unescorted, why not reporters
Source: Deadline
June 30, 2026
The Commerce Department lifts export controls on Anthropic's Fable 5 AI model, restoring public access 18 days after officials pulled the Mythos-class system over a security flaw.
New safeguard blocks 99% of jailbreaks
Source: Axios
June 30, 2026
Washington's July Fourth fireworks will start as late as 11 p.m. and run 40 minutes for the nation's 250th, after Trump speaks at 9 and bills the event as a rally.
101 degrees, TSA-style security, one water bottle
Source: UPI
June 30, 2026
