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Texas Children’s Hospital must create the country’s “first-ever detransition clinic,” Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton said in announcing a settlement over transgender healthcare.

Dr. Tracy Beth Hoeg said she did not know who had fired her or why, but the dismissal came amid tumult at the agency in recent days.

Sens. Tammy Duckworth​ of Illinois and Tammy Baldwin of Wisconsin say their concern is there may be more emergency exit doors than flight attendants in the event of an evacuation.

In a new report, the F.A.A. says that by increasing controllers’ active work hours per shift, it could reduce its target for a fully staffed work force by over 2,000 positions.

Amid stepped-up surveillance flights, a visit of the C.I.A. director and an energy embargo, the White House is trying to increase pressure on Cuba.

While Tom Llamas was in China, he spent time with a group of students and recent graduates at a tea shop, where they spoke about issues facing today’s youth and about their views on America.

Energy Secretary Chris Wright on Friday suggested that the Strait of Hormuz, which Iran has kept closed amid its ceasefire with the U.S., will reopen “sometime this summer at the latest.”…

For generations, Martin's Tavern in Georgetown has been a gathering place for presidents, lawmakers, journalists and insiders. And last weekend, it got a fresh national spotlight, when Saturday Night…

The Justice Department’s crackdown on crime comes ahead of 250th anniversary events in the nation’s capital.

Christopher Smart, Managing Partner and Founder of the Arbroath Group, says incoming Fed Chair Kevin Warsh cannot "credibly" argue for rate cuts "at this stage," as energy prices surge and inflation…

The video significantly damaged Porter’s gubernatorial campaign.

Bruce Springsteen appeared to snub former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie at a Brooklyn concert Thursday, walking past the Republican politician's outstretched hand in a moment that quickly went viral…

Enbridge Inc. “definitely would consider” backing a new oil pipeline to Canada’s west coast, its chief executive officer said, giving an early vote of confidence hours after Prime Minister Mark…

The EEOC has proposed ending a civil-rights-era program collecting demographic information from private companies.

The F.B.I. director continues to come under scrutiny for mixing government business with dates, vacation and leisure time.

ICE has released the wife of an active-duty U.S. soldier after a month in detention, her husband told CBS News.

Federal officials say that hundreds of additional agents, officers and National Guard troops will be deployed ahead of the nation’s 250th birthday celebration.

Today, Tyler Kendall wraps up Trump's summit with China's Xi Jinping from Beijing. Then, Priya Misra and Marta Norton break down the geoeconomics landscape as oil prices push bond yields higher and…

Jerome H. Powell is passing the chair’s baton to Kevin M. Warsh at the Federal Reserve, an institution that President Trump’s pick says needs an overhaul.

Iraqi national charged with planning terror attacks; President Trump touts "fantastic trade deals" as Xi summit ends.

The five dozen endorsements mostly feature those seeking state or local office who have previously supported the Vermont senator.

Pete Hegseth ordered the cancellation of the 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team's nine-month rotation to Poland in a move that blindsided both congressional allies and the European nation the Trump…

In an interview with "Face the Nation," Gates said another mass exodus from Cuba is the "biggest risk."

State-run Argentine energy giant YPF SA announced a $25 billion project to accelerate oil production, marking the largest investment since President Javier Milei took office.

As Powell steps down after more than eight years leading the Federal Reserve, economists say he helped steer the U.S. through historic shocks but misread inflation.

Sailors assigned to the future USS Cleveland, the 16th and final Freedom-variant littoral combat ship to be built and commissioned for the Navy, arrived in their namesake city to launch a week of…

Several key allies of former Food and Drug Administration commissioner Marty Makary are departing their posts, according to people familiar with the matter, as the Trump administration attempts to…

Brazil’s top court ordered the arrest of the head of a private refining group in the latest effort to crack down on organized crime infiltrating in the formal economy.

The most reliable demographic statistics suggest we may go into global population decline before almost anyone predicted.

What is a Robertsism? It's a term I like to use to describe memorable quotes from Chief Justice John Roberts that infuriate the right and leave one wondering whether Roberts really believes what he…

If you talk to folks in the anti-abortion movement, they're pretty disappointed about the state of things in the US.

For years, conventional wisdom held that the suburban shopping mall was dying. Seph Laws's book Abandoned Malls, published in 2020, included photographs of more than 200 of them across the nation in…

It's hour three of doomscrolling on X, each post more unnerving than the last: charts predicting economic collapse, headlines of a failed assassination attempt, YouTube video thumbnails with the…

Over the past ten years, reading scores have declined in 83 percent of school districts.

Why is interest in UFOs on the rise? No one is better positioned to answer that question than Diana Walsh Pasulka, whose book "American Cosmic" is an indispensable guide to contemporary interest in…

The tropical escape of northerners, and also of large birds.

Last week, The Washington Free Beacon revealed that the leading candidate for Congress in New Jersey's 12th district, Adam Hamawy, was a longtime friend and supporter of the so-called

The safety specialist's warning appeared in a memo describing how a mini-drone had detonated and injured an Army Special Forces soldier.

Today marks the end of Jerome Powell's term as Fed Chair. His tenure will be defined by the pandemic and his response to the inflation surge that followed. Lael Brainard, Former Director of the…

Investors are bracing for a period of instability as a protracted Labour party leadership contest looms

The newly announced board members include several figures with close ties to Trumpworld and conservative tech circles.

You wouldn't expect to see Wyoming's Republican Sen. John Barrasso siding with the left-wing climate group Earthjustice, but the two share a mission: Stopping Congress from passing legislation…

Sen. Susan Collins is the lone New England Republican left in Congress and chairs the Senate Appropriations Committee.

These are the Labour contenders who could unseat UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer. Alex Morgan explains what they might mean for markets. (Source: Bloomberg)

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ attempt to do away with anti-gerrymandering provisions in the state constitution had its first day in court Friday, as opposing attorneys pushed a Tallahassee judge to put…

Jack Schlossberg is apparently every bit as off-puttingly manic and erratic in real life as he is in his many self-posted video appearances.

The Trump administration has authorized a test program to see if the cannabis compound can ease some symptoms and reduce health care costs among older patients.

The Trump administration has been upping economic pressure on the Communist island -- and threatening military interventions if necessary.

Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley is planning to haul four CEOs of major technology companies before his panel next month to press them on efforts to make their platforms safer for children.

In a move aimed at curbing the growing problem of "teen takeovers," D.C. U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro is threatening to bring charges against parents if their teens violate the local curfew.

You can debate ideology all day long. But if critics think there’s a better way to make life more affordable, strengthen public services, and deliver measurable results, spare us all the constant…

Conservative non-profit America First Legal is accusing Flagstaff Unified School District (FUSD) of violating parents' rights and has filed a public records request, demanding that officials release…

Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tenn., announced Friday that he won’t be running for re-election this fall after a redistricting push in Tennessee carved up his Memphis-based district.“This morning, I announced…

Democratic Rep. Steve Cohen of Tennessee announced Friday that he's retiring from Congress at the end of this term after his district in Memphis was redrawn.

The Justice Department is pushing to indict 94-year-old Raúl Castro, the former president of Cuba, according to two U.S. officials familiar with the matter.

Patel is facing scrutiny over an underwater tour of the USS Arizona with members of the military in August 2025.

Florida's attorney general says the NFL's Rooney Rule, which requires teams to interview minority candidates for top jobs, is discriminatory. Trump's EEOC has challenged such policies elsewhere.

When Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. took the helm of the department in February 2025, he pledged to remove special interests from HHS and chart a new path focused on…

Take part in a live Ask an Expert Q&A with the FT’s US economics editor, US economics correspondent and US markets editor on Monday May 18 at 4pm BST

In delightful literary forms, he conveys moral and political insights that remain all the more true for being so profoundly countercultural.

If Anthropic had offered me $15,000 to use five pieces of my published work to train its large language models, I would have said no way.

CIA Director John Ratcliffe visited Cuba on Thursday to meet intelligence officials and Raulito Rodriguez Castro, the grandson of former leader Raul Castro.

With Iran militarily decimated and economically squeezed, Trump holds all the cards. But is a deal possible or worthwhile with a fragmented regime?

Democratic leaders, desperate to compete in red states where their party brand is toxic, are embracing something new this midterm season: not backing Democrats.

Pay attention. Be astonished. Tell about it.

President Donald Trump suggested earlier this week that Venezuela should be annexed by the United States. He reportedly told Fox News correspondent John Roberts-not to be confused with the chief…

Pennsylvania’s third district, a Democratic bastion, will see a face-off between party’s traditional wing and insurgentsDemocrats have been consumed for the better part of two years by the same…

Yvonne Yiu, a Democrat running for California’s Board of Equalization — the agency responsible for overseeing billions of dollars in the state’s property tax system — has made financial competency…

After years of efforts by radical greens to strangle America’s oil, gas, and coal industries — while forcing the nation to accept costly, land-devouring wind and solar — the U.S. is once again…

Few Democrats acknowledge what most Americans believe: Tolerance should be far lower for crimes committed by people who entered the country illegally, writes Charles Lane.

The last gasp of failing political leaders is to scapegoat companies that decide they cannot continue to operate, due to terrible policies

The potential indictment — which must be approved by a grand jury — is expected to focus on Cuba's 1996 downing of two planes operated by a humanitarian group.

At this point, the key barrier is GOP opposition – mainly in the US Senate.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom has unveiled his final budget proposal

Exclusive: DHS made social media posts out of a protester’s arrest at gunpoint. Christian Cerna speaks out about the lengthy prosecution that derailed his lifeChristian Cerna, 28, was driving with…

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An unprecedented, rule-bending process gets used against only one side of the aisle. What could go wrong?

Aleshea Harris’s debut aims at destroying the black family.

How can we best guarantee that the U.S. will have a lot of future birthdays?

Sadly, the reality of my home country is more complicated.

Plus: Nicholas Kristof’s implausible allegations.

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy led an official day of mourning in Kyiv a day after a Russian cruise missile flattened an apartment building. It was one of the deadliest attacks on the…

What you should know about the federal government’s pilot program offering GLP-1s solely for weight loss.

President Donald Trump’s Medicaid cuts and emerging attacks on paid family caregiving have people fearing financial ruin as they fight to keep loved ones out of institutions.

A third of patients in a clinical trial had tumors shrink while taking a genetically engineered treatment known as RP1.

What does representation look like for Tennessee voters who were split into three new congressional districts last week? NPR traveled from Memphis into the Nashville suburbs to ask.

The former Atlanta mayor has dominated primary polls for months, but Democrats are concerned her political baggage will tank their chances this fall.

Every week political cartoonists throughout the country and across the political spectrum apply their ink-stained skills to capture the foibles, memes, hypocrisies and other head-slapping events in…

NPR's Michel Martin talks to Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick, R-Penn., and Rep. Tom Suozzi, D-N.Y., about what they believe is the nation's current greatest problem: gerrymandering.

The U.S. has been restricting oil shipments to Cuba since January, plunging the country into blackouts lasting days at a time.

Republican U.S. Rep. Max Miller of Ohio has filed a defamation lawsuit against his ex-wife and her legal team

Kentucky’s Republican Senate primary to replace Sen. Mitch McConnell is becoming a test of the Republican Party’s transformation under President Donald Trump

CIA Director John Ratcliffe met with Cuban officials including Raúl Castro's grandson during a high-level visit to the island Thursday, Cuban and U.S. officials said.

Trump wants to suspend the federal gas tax, but state-level gas tax breaks could have a bigger impact at the pump, says one expert.

The meeting came as Cuba is contending with a massive power failure to its national energy grid amid U.S. sanctions that have caused an oil and gas shortage crisis.

CIA Director John Ratcliffe met with Cuban officials in Havana, according to a CIA official and a statement from the Cuban government.

The White House said in February that President Donald Trump, who has also faced scrutiny over his ties to Epstein, continues to stand behind Lutnick.

Air Force Gen. Dagvin R.M. Anderson, commander of U.S. Africa Command, told Congress that as Africa ascends on the world stage, it faces a precarious situation due to bad actors operating throughout…

GOP lawmakers and strategists say he’s overstepping with his efforts to boost Julia Letlow’s Senate campaign.

Kash Patel, the FBI director, is separately suing The Atlantic for allegedly defaming him with an article that said he has abused alcohol.

Air Force Reserve airmen assigned to the 920th Rescue Wing assisted in the rescue of 11 survivors from a downed civilian aircraft in the Atlantic Ocean about 80 miles east of Melbourne, Fla.

Cuba's capital city, Havana, is facing rolling blackouts amid a US blockade that has caused the country to completely run out of diesel and fuel oil. Residents in Havana gathered around fires in…

Six F-16 Fighting Falcon pilots assigned to the 55th Fighter Squadron received the Distinguished Flying Cross for their heroic actions in combat operations during a ceremony at Shaw Air Force Base,…

As Trump pushes for a more Republican-friendly House map, more than half a dozen states are potential targets for mid-decade tweaks to congressional boundaries.

The pomp of the address was a splendid backdrop to a full-blown political crisis in the U.K.

Two big-ego popes, tapestries, and the hater Michelangelo loom large in the last decade of ‘the prince of artists.’

A new report details Hamas’s crimes in excruciating, granular detail.

With the rise of AI in schools, we’re forgetting the importance of having students do hard things.

As trust in higher education plummets, colleges are diluting the value of their degrees.

New bipartisan legislation, first seen by CNBC, would prevent U.S. lawmakers from lobbying after they leave office.

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A Cuban official said the situation is “extremely tense” as blackouts sparked protests in Havana on Wednesday.

Democrats knew they couldn’t unseat a GOP senator, so they backed an independent and fielded a candidate who promised to drop out if she won. Then it got complicated.

The US supreme court demolished the 1965 Voting Rights Act when they ruled in Louisiana v Callais in April that states can’t consider race in redistricting. Southern states from Tennessee to Alabama…

If Europe doesn’t ease up, it will have to learn the hard way that repression has its limits.

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In an instant, the entire history of American jurisprudence would be wiped out, and, with it, the Constitution as a going concern.

The Army's 25th Infantry Division, in close partnership with the Armed Forces of the Philippines and multinational allies, officially launched the Joint Pacific Multinational Readiness…

U.S. Army Garrison Hawaii and the U.S. Forest Service successfully completed the annual prescribed burn of the training area at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii, treating approximately 1,707 acres of…

The former Transportation Secretary (and Iowa caucus winner) is backing Josh Turek over Zach Wahls for Senate.

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