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The Democratic Party has been tearing itself apart over whether to spend $3.5 trillion, $2 trillion, or even $1.5 trillion on its latest reconciliation...

Twitter is informing its employees that they have been laid off via email. On Thursday, Insider's Kali Hays reported that Twitter employees would be notified...

Tokyo declared a new state of emergency on Monday, less than two weeks before the Games begin, amid concerns that the measures will not...

Russian President Vladimir Putin launched a "full-scale" attack in Ukraine on Thursday, reportedly launching missiles and bombs into cities at dawn. It came just...

A recent federal government study found that, while the student population in American public schools has grown significantly more diverse, segregation remains a persistent...

Months into the worst pandemic to hit the United States in more than a century, people continue to believe that 5G mobile networks are...

The future wars are already being won by China. According to a new report from Harvard University's Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Beijing...

Because of the debt relief announced by President Joe Biden in August, Austin Hammond and his wife may be able to buy a home...

Amazon has recently surpassed Walmart to become the world's largest retailer outside of China. Here's how Amazon did it, and what you can take...

SpaceX prepared a Falcon 9 rocket and Crew Dragon capsule for launch early Wednesday to ferry four professional astronauts to the lab complex for...

It was only a matter of time before the great algorithm in the sky married millennial pink and iPhone leaks in capitalist bliss. On...

During an appearance on "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" on Wednesday, President Joe Biden explained why he hasn't issued a broad executive order on gun control. In...

Heavy-armed commandos kidnapped the princess on a yacht in the Indian Ocean. Despite her pleas, which were confirmed by two eyewitnesses aboard the US-flagged yacht...

The White House warned Russia that using tactical or strategic nuclear weapons in Ukraine would have "catastrophic consequences," according to a top Biden administration...

The most disruptive president in modern history, Donald Trump, was at the center of yet another historic development on Monday. The former commander in...

According to new research, abrupt changes in Earth's climate thousands of years ago that caused extreme sea-level rise and mass ice cap melting can...

The diverging fortunes of major banks in the fallout from the Archegos Capital Management meltdown has posed serious questions for global regulators, experts have...

The Federal Aviation Administration fined a DFW International Airport passenger $23,000 for allegedly striking an American Airlines flight attendant after becoming enraged that her...

College football has returned. For many, the return of a fall tradition is a welcome sight, but for others, the scenes of tens of...

According to police in Florida, two students at a Daytona Beach university may have prevented a mass shooting by informing campus security about messages...

President Biden scored a major victory late Friday when the House passed a $1 trillion public-works bill, but the White House faces new challenges...

The Biden administration will enact new rules in December governing applications for U.S. residency, departing from stringent Trump-era requirements that made it harder for...

A Michigan judge barred local prosecutors from enforcing a 1931 abortion ban on Monday, just hours after an appeals court ruled that they could,...

The head of the Food and Drug Administration will testify before Congress for the first time Thursday about the baby formula shortage, which has...

President Joe Biden began his administration with lofty goals to overhaul America's immigration system, but as the end of the year approaches, lawsuits and...

According to a new watchdog report, the Department of Homeland Security intelligence division identified "specific" threats related to January 6, 2021, prior to the...

President Joe Biden said on Sunday that a new US-EU trade agreement would crack down on "dirty steel," which emits carbon emissions blamed for...

A civil trial in Texas begins Tuesday to determine how much Alex Jones owes in defamation damages to the parents of Sandy Hook Elementary...

When it comes time to start comparing car insurance prices and rates, there are two primary ways to do so. You could use an...

Scotland lacks the authority to conduct a fresh referendum on independence without the approval of the British government, the U.K. Supreme Court ruled on...

The Biden administration's new $500 million military contract with Saudi Arabia, critics claim, goes against the spirit of the White House's public policy of...

According to an email, the State Department refused to grant official approval for private evacuation flights from Afghanistan to land in third countries, despite...

Families of nine Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre victims reached a $73 million settlement with the manufacturer of the gun used in the deadly...

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) filed a lawsuit against Facebook's parent company, Meta Platforms Inc., on Monday, alleging that the social media giant...

The US Department of Justice has no business — none — even considering interfering in the back-and-forth between parents and school administrators. Pedagogy and...

Although doctors have long suggested that exercise can lower the risk of serious COVID-19 outcomes, such as hospitalization and death, it has never been...

A young rising star in the GOP, Madison Cawthorn is facing renewed sexual misconduct allegations from women who say he put them in uncomfortable situations while...

Former Vice President Mike Pence's advocacy group released a new agenda on Thursday, which many see as the first step toward a possible presidential...

US diplomats and troops in Iraq and Syria have been targeted in three rocket and drone attacks in the last 24 hours, according to...

During a joint press conference in India on Wednesday, Secretary of State Antony Blinken acknowledged that the situation in Afghanistan is deteriorating, noting that...

Olivia Julianna was ten years old when a shooter slaughtered 20 children in Newtown, Connecticut, in a massacre that shocked the entire world. "I remember...

Pride parades began Sunday in New York City and across the country, with glittering confetti, cheering crowds, fluttering rainbow flags, and newfound fears about...

The shaggy dog who greets Eilyn after school is one of the 8-year-few old's familiar comforts in her new life. When her parents boarded a...

  During President Joe Biden’s first few days in office last week, he focused on implementing his nationwide plan to control and rein in the...

A homework assignment requiring middle school students at a private school in Kentucky to write a letter disapproving of their lifestyle to a hypothetical...

Almost six in ten Americans disapprove of how Joe Biden is handling his presidency, with the majority of that group saying there is nothing...

Microsoft hopes to push clean energy grids with a new strategy for purchasing renewable energy. The tech behemoth is now concentrating on making a...

Following the shocking leak last week of a draft Supreme Court opinion indicating the court's conservative majority may soon overturn Roe v. Wade, Senate...

A half-dozen Russian soldiers describe being shipped to an area of intense fighting in eastern Ukraine only 11 days after being mobilized. "Once," a...

Health experts around the world are warning that the COVID-19 might be here to stay, but with vaccinations it’s likely that it won’t always...

The Manele family in Guadalcanal, an island in the South Pacific Ocean, prepares for a typical Monday night dinner as coconut crabs roast on...

Elon Musk, the CEO of Tesla, danced for joy at the opening of his "giga-factory" electric car plant near Berlin on Tuesday, shrugging off...

On Tuesday, the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in a case that could have significant effects on both the executive branch's authority to...

Uber Technologies Inc and Lyft Inc are spending millions of dollars to provide drivers with access to COVID-19 vaccines and offering tens of millions...

The Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine is still extremely safe and worth using, according to a federal advisory committee that recommended its use in people over...

Senator Thom Tillis of North Carolina is one of four senators leading the charge to examine the country's gun laws in the aftermath of...

Last Thursday, Biden gave his first Presidential order during a speech: A huge $1.9 trillion stimulus bill that will make up the difference of...

On Monday, U.S. Health Secretary Xavier Becerra ordered Medicare to reconsider a large premium increase that will affect millions of seniors this year, which...

Paul Rusesabagina, the former hotelier who inspired the acclaimed 2004 film "Hotel Rwanda," claims he was tortured for several days by Rwandan authorities at...

German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Wednesday dropped plans for a five-day shutdown over Easter, which had prompted confusion and criticism. She called the idea...

President-elect Joe Biden is promising that his climate agenda will begin in his first few days as president to combat the climate crisis and...

Advisers to New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo influenced state health officials to remove data from a public report that showed coronavirus-related nursing-home deaths in...

The National Intelligence Council recently released the Global Trends Report 2040 and it describes in bleak terms what's ahead: The impacts of climate change combined...

The raging floodwaters that killed or went missing dozens of people in eastern Kentucky also washed away some of the region's irreplaceable history. Appalshop, a...

Moral crucibles that upend ordinary people's lives, never above reproach but always deserving of sympathy, serve as a dramatic propellant for Iranian writer-director Asghar...

Gabby Petito's disappearance and death have raised many questions and sparked national interest, and authorities are scheduled to provide an update on her final...

Ah yes, Venice Beach in California: synonymous with sun, surf, palm trees and, now, homeless people. In this Los Angeles-area town that has long drawn...

As temperatures in the Pacific Northwest approach 115 degrees this weekend, a second regime of top-tier heat will scorch Europe in the midst of...

You might believe that store and restaurant workers in the United States who catch Covid-19 stay at home to recover and keep the public...

Sarina DiMaso, a member of the Chiricahua Apache and Taino Nations, returned home from a drug and alcohol binge seven years ago to find...

Authorities said Wednesday that the 21-year-old man accused of opening fire at a suburban Chicago Fourth of July parade, killing seven people and injuring...

This week, Dr. Anthony Fauci expressed optimism about the pandemic's state in the United States. "We are certainly out of the pandemic phase in this...

President Biden supported making an exception to filibuster rules in order to pass legislation codifying Roe v. Wade into law, an effort that would...

Two days after Mahanoy Area High School in Pennsylvania held its cheerleading tryouts, ninth-grader Brandi Levy was still fuming about being passed over for...

The war in Afghanistan did not end when US and UK troops left Kabul airport last year; it simply took a new, but still...

Audelia Molina, a Mexican immigrant, was earning ten cents per garment she trimmed at a factory in Los Angeles, America's garment-assembly capital. Her pay...

Tuesday was a resounding rejection of former President Donald J. Trump's obsessive focus on the 2020 election. In Georgia, his choices for governor and...

On Sunday, former President Donald Trump attacked American Jews in a post on his Truth Social platform, claiming that Jews in the United States...

According to US Navy officials, Beijing's claim that it drove away one of its warships that passed through the disputed Paracel Islands on Monday...

According to the State Department, the US government now considers WNBA star Brittney Griner to be "wrongfully detained" in Russia. "The welfare and safety of...