Millions of Americans are seeing their credit scores suffer now that the U.S. government has resumed referring missed student loan payments for debt collection. After 90 days of non-payment, student loan servicers report delinquent, or past-due, accounts to major credit bureaus, which use the information to recalculate the borrower’s score. Falling behind on loan payments therefore can affect an individual’s credit rating as severely as filing for personal bankruptcy. A lower credit score makes it harder or more expensive to obtain car loans, mortgages, credit cards, auto insurance and other financial services at a time when inflation, high interest rates, and layoffs have strained the resources of some consumers.

The Trump family said it is licensing its name to a new mobile phone service, the latest in a string of ventures that have been announced while Donald Trump is in the White House despite ethical concerns that the U.S. president could mold public policy for personal gain. Eric Trump, one of President Donald Trump’s sons running The Trump Organization, said the new venture called, Trump Mobile, will sell phones that will be built in the U.S., and the phone service will maintain a call center in the country as well. The announcement of the new mobile phone and service, called T1 Mobile, follows several real estate deals for towers and resorts in the Middle East, including a golf development in Qatar announced in April.

WATCH: Massive airstrikes being carried out by the Israeli Air Force over Tehran.

MORE: Additional footage of the Israeli Air Force carrying out intense airstrikes on the Jitkar neighborhood in western Tehran.

Security camera footage made public on Monday captured the devastating scene as an Iranian missile struck a residential complex in Petach Tikva in the early hours, erupting into a massive fireball upon contact.
The tragic attack claimed the lives of four people. According to an initial assessment from the Home Front Command, two of those who died had taken shelter in a reinforced room (mamad), but the missile hit the area between two such protected spaces in the structure.
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Another casualty appears to have been in an apartment located directly above the point of impact, while a fourth individual lost their life in a neighboring building, likely due to the immense force of the explosion.

HONG KONG (AP) — An Air India flight returned to Hong Kong on Mon

A Wisconsin dairy farmer alleged in a federal lawsuit filed Monday that the Trump administration is illegally denying financial assistance to white farmers by continuing programs that favor minorities. The conservative Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty filed the lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Agriculture in federal court in Wisconsin on behalf of a white dairy farmer, Adam Faust. Faust was among several farmers who successfully sued the Biden administration in 2021 for race discrimination in the USDA’s Farmer Loan Forgiveness Plan. The new lawsuit alleges the government has continued to implement diversity, equity and inclusion programs that were instituted under former President Joe Biden.

The head of the U.N. nuclear watchdog agency said Monday that there is a possibility of both radiological and chemical contamination within Iran’s main nuclear enrichment facility in Natanz following Israeli strikes, although radiation levels outside the complex are presently normal. The radiation poses a significant danger if uranium is inhaled or ingested, International Atomic Energy Agency Director-General Rafael Mariano Grossi said. The risk can be effectively managed with appropriate protective measures, such as using respiratory protection devices while inside the facilities, Grossi said.

The IDF has released footage showing airstrikes on trucks it says were ferrying weapons to Tehran. Since this morning, the Israeli Air Force identified several trucks, carrying surface-to-air missile launchers and other weapons, moving from west Iran toward Tehran “in an attempt to escape IDF strikes.”

The victims who have been identified are: – Meir (Miro) Vaknin, H’yd, 56, a resident of the city, was married and a father of three. – Michoel (Miki) Nachum, H’yd, 61, a resident of the city and father of four children. – Efrat Saranga, H’yd, 44, was married but did not leave behind any children. – Bella Ashkenazi, H’yd, 94. Her husband and son were injured in the incident and are hospitalized at Ichilov Hospital in Tel Aviv. The names of the remaining victims have not yet been cleared for publication.

HY’D: The name of the victim killed in the missile strike in Bnei Brak early this morning has been released. Avraham Cohen, a local resident aged 75,, was killed as a result of the impact.

The Israeli Air Force is currently carrying out heavy airstrikes on the Jitkar neighborhood in western Tehran. The exact target is still unknown.

The IDF has issued an unprecedented evacuation warning for a large section of Iran’s capital Tehran ahead of Israeli strikes.

Avraham Cohen, age 75, lost his life in Bnei Brak overnight when an Iranian missile strike struck the area. Rescue teams later recovered his body from the wreckage.
The missile barrage that took Avraham’s life also resulted in seven more civilian deaths, with casualties reported in both Petach Tikva and Haifa.
In Petach Tikva, two people were inside a mamad—a reinforced security room—when the missile hit. Despite being in what is typically a protected area, they were fatally injured. Another person in the same structure and a fourth in a neighboring building died from the force of the explosion.

The identities of four of the victims of the Bat Yam missile attack were cleared for publication on Monday and Sunday evening. The names of the remaining victims have not yet been cleared for publication, but the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry announced that five of them hold Ukrainian citizenship. Among the victims are two children aged 8 and 10, and an 18-year-old. Since the start of the war, 24 civilians have been killed, and there is still grave concern for the life of a woman who is defined as missing at the impact site in Bat Yam. The victims who have been identified are: Meir (Miro) Vaknin, H’yd, 56, a resident of the city, was married and a father of three. Michoel (Miki) Nachum, H’yd, 61, a resident of the city and father of four children.

Immigration and Absorption Minister Ofir Sofer (Religious Zionist party) was in Azerbaijan when Israel launched the war on Iran. He returned to Israel overnight Sunday after a tense journey home, under heavy security and great concern for his life. On Friday night, citing risks to his life, Sofer [who is Shomer Shabbos] was flown to Athens. On Sunday, he traveled to Larnaca, Cyprus, and then to Limassol. He returned to Israel late Sunday night by yacht, under heavy security throughout the journey.

Incredible video shows the launch of ballistic missiles last night by Iran against Israel, from the cockpit of a commercial aircraft flying over Dubai.

The Israeli Air Force is currently striking the Diesel Abad area in Kermanshah, western Iran.

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