Data collected last spring show the percentage of students who say they feel sad or hopeless for two or more weeks in a row dropped from 35% in 2023 to 28% in 2025.

A little-noticed provision in the sweeping "One Big Beautiful" legislation sharply limits the amount of federal student loans that students earning professional degrees — including medical school — can borrow.

Christian Jimenez, an American citizen, was taken to the ICE facility in South Portland and released later the same day, his brother said. Authorities are now attempting to charge Christian with interference or obstruction of an investigation, according to his brother.