MBA data for the week ending June 19, 2026 shows mortgage applications up 1.0% with a Juneteenth adjustment. Refinances rose 3% while purchases fell 1%, and the 30-year conforming rate eased to 6.59%.

Purchase applications are up 17% year over year, even with rates near yearly highs. The article points to a low base, holiday volatility, and better mortgage spreads that have kept 2026 rates lower ...

Citizen scientists using the Kilonova Seekers platform spotted a stellar flash 2,500 times brighter than before, allowing astronomers to identify the exploding cataclysmic variable GOTO0650 within ...

The moment of truth is just about here. The Strait of Hormuz has reopened, for now, and Middle Eastern countries that shut off their oil wells during the war (the term is actually “shut in”) are about ...

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National security, unlocked. Each Thursday, host Mary Louise Kelly and a team of NPR correspondents discuss the biggest national security news of the week. With decades of reporting from battlefields ...

PORTLAND, Ore.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--NuScale Power Corporation (NYSE: SMR) today announced the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) accepted its Standard Design Approval (SDA) Application for formal ...