Amid shrinking enrollment and federal cuts, scores of private colleges are on shaky financial footing.

In Forbes’ annual ranking of College Financial Grades, which evaluates the financial health of over 900 private not-for-profit colleges, more than 25% of institutions received our lowest grade of D—the worst performance since our assessment began in 2013. A long-predicted demographic cliff, families opting out of pricey private schools and loan limits in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act are all factors.

Still, elite, highly selective colleges from MIT to Minnesota’s St. Olaf College continued to show strength, with more than 100 schools earning an A .

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The U.S. military launched “self-defense” strikes against Iran on Monday, just hours after Secretary of State Marco Rubio suggested to reporters that news on a peace deal between the two countries was close.

Pope Leo XIV warned that humanity is using artificial intelligence, mass automation and rapid technological advancement to build a modern “Tower of Babel,” sharing a bleak vision of the world in his first encyclical.

Pre-rolled joints are the $30 billion cannabis industry’s best-selling category, and startup Natura has become a major player in the space with its sports-inspired brand Sluggers Hit. The company’s best-selling product is a pack of pre-rolls in a tin wrapped in a metallic bag similar to how collectible sports cards are packaged, and the company is on track to hit $85 million........

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