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It's Thursday, May 28, 2026, and in today’s edition of Rise & Recap, we look at:

• Student loan repayments are here yet a lot of unanswered questions remain.

• Never knew oversleeping could be the reason behind aging!

• A ‘yucky’ juice to lower your blood pressure.

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SPILL THE NEWS

US News

About Those Student Loan Repayments

The SAVE student loan plan is officially dead, and roughly seven million borrowers are being shoved into a financial scramble. Beginning July 1, the Trump administration is triggering a strict 90-day countdown to force borrowers off the defunct Biden-era plan.

What do we actually need to know right now? If you do nothing, the government will automatically dump you into a rigid Standard 10-year plan, which could make your monthly bills skyrocket. Instead, most of the borrowers will be staring down two primary paths: the existing Income-Based Repayment (IBR) plan or the brand-new Repayment Assistance Plan (RAP). "Most borrowers will be better off in IBR," higher education expert Mark Kantrowitz tells Forbes, noting that IBR offers a 20-year path to forgiveness compared to RAP’s grueling 30-year timeline. Plus, RAP is not indexed for inflation, meaning minor raises or cost-of-living adjustments could accidentally double your monthly payments over time.

Economy

How Tariff Refunds Are Turning Out

Shippers and retail giants like Walmart and Target are lining up for massive payouts after a February Supreme Court ruling struck down the core of President Donald Trump’s trade policy. The administration has already completed $20.6 billion of an expected $85 billion in tariff refunds, admitting its country-specific duties exceeded federal authority. However, everyday shoppers eager for relief from 3.8% inflation shouldn't expect lower prices. Experts note that most corporate duties remain untouched, and Trump quickly countered the ruling with a blanket 10% global tariff under a separate law.

In a parallel bid to curb rising living costs, the administration relaxed Biden-era environmental rules to delay phasing out cheap, climate-harming grocery refrigerants. While Trump claims this secures a $2 billion annual consumer break, industry manufacturing groups warn that sudden regulatory chaos could actually backfire, driving up supermarket service costs instead.

Wellness

America’s Injection Obsession

America has officially entered the "Needle Age". In the '90s, daily rituals meant loading up the plastic pillbox with cholesterol meds and antidepressants. Today? We are casually jabbing ourselves with syringes. 

Driven by the massive weight-loss craze of Ozempic and Mounjaro, an astounding 12% of US adults used GLP-1 injections last year alone. Add in millions of self-administered IVF hormone shots, a booming "puncture parlor" medical spa culture offering everything from Botox to IV vitamin drips, and tech bros stacking experimental peptides, and it is clear that Americans are obsessed with the needle's potency.

In the know

DON’T MISS

💵 Trump accounts app, giving out $1,000 for children, is set to launch today and here’s all we know so far.

🚨 An AP investigation reveals ICE detainee suicides are hitting historic highs under the Trump administration.

💎 That insane, 8-minute $100 million Louvre jewel heist is officially getting the film treatment.

📰 The DOJ just launched a criminal investigation into Trump accuser E. Jean Carroll over lawsuit funding.

🔥 Iran-US exchange air strikes after President Donald Trump rejects a compromise peace deal.

⏰ Oversleeping might actually be aging your brain. Think twice before hitting that snooze button!

🏭 At least 11 people are presumed dead after a massive chemical tank imploded at a Washington paper mill.

😅 Button-downs, black socks, and bare-handed snake wrangling. Just a normal Tuesday for RFK Jr.

⛽ This dating app is literally buying your gas to motivate you to go on those dates.

✨ Spiraling? A top neuroscientist reveals the single question that completely shuts down overthinking.

🎙️ Joe Biden is suing to block DOJ from releasing audio tapes of his private interviews.

Health & Wellness

FOR YOUR WELLBEING

🧠 Can’t stop writing tomorrow’s to-do list in bed? That nighttime racing mind might be an early warning sign of burnout. 

🩺 Up to 90% of phobia patients find relief through exposure therapy, but what’s less advertised is that return of fear occurs in as many as 62% of those patients. So, can they ever be conquered? 

❤️ Four cardiac dietitians agree — adding that one “yucky” juice to your routine could help lower your blood pressure naturally.

Fashion & Beauty

BEYOND THE MIRROR

🌴 Bring the resort vibe to your 9-to-5. Your favorite beach bag just got a promotion. Here is how to style straw totes for the city streets.

💍 Want to instantly upgrade your basic summer outfits? This summer's jewelry vibe is all about sleek, intentional statement studs and mixed metals. Piling it on is officially out.

🔥 Are we all just wearing bikinis to bars now? Your swimwear might just be streetwear now. Inside the lazy-girl trend sweeping the city streets.

Hollywood

THE FAME FRAME

💔 Matthew Perry's live-in assistant sentenced to 41 months in prison after delivering lethal ketamine.

🎤 Olivia Rodrigo just responded to her babydoll dress critiques … and it probably cuts like a knife because there’s some truth there!

✨ Less than a week after his massive late-night exit, Stephen Colbert is already easing into a new role.

😳 Robert Pattinson is completely unrecognizable in dark new thriller ‘To Catch a Predator’. 

🎥 No payout for Blake Lively in the ‘It Ends With Us’ legal drama?Her team claims a special California law will change that soon.

Interactive

WEIGH IN

Parents are increasingly opening up about children’s explosive screen-time meltdowns that feel far bigger than ordinary tantrums. Some experts say kids are simply struggling with emotional regulation and transitions. Others argue today’s games, apps, and endless-scroll platforms are intentionally engineered to create compulsive behavior that mimics addiction. Either way, many families say the cycle is exhausting: extending screen time to avoid chaos, feeling guilty afterward, then repeating it the next day. And for a lot of parents, the hardest part is the shame and isolation around admitting how bad things sometimes get.

"It is not that we have a short time to live, but that we waste a lot of it."

— Seneca