A federal judge in Boston has struck down the Trump administration’s controversial $100,000 fee on new H-1B visa applications, ruling that the policy exceeded executive authority and violated federal rulemaking law. U.S.…
The Trump administration has separated dozens of immigrant children from their parents for a second time, despite legal protections created after the first family-separation crisis. Families previously separated under Trump’s 2018 border…
Worsening wildfires are reversing more than a decade of U.S. progress in reducing smog, making the air dirtier and more dangerous for millions of Americans. National ground-level ozone pollution fell sharply from…
A major U.S. ocean monitoring system is being dismantled after federal funding cuts, threatening to erase one of the most valuable real-time climate and ocean data records in the country. Scientists are…
A provision in the new U.S. farm bill could make it harder to build solar projects on farmland, creating a new clash between renewable energy expansion and agricultural protection. The proposal would…
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton defeated longtime U.S. Senator John Cornyn in the Republican Senate runoff, delivering a major victory for President Donald Trump and a painful defeat for the GOP establishment.…
Democrats are increasingly attacking each other over personal stock trading as the party tries to sharpen its anti-corruption message ahead of the 2026 midterm elections. The issue has become a major flashpoint…
Food insecurity is rising sharply among many Americans, especially lower-income households, families with young children, and people with less education, according to new research from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.…
The U.S. government plans to ask the public which Chinese goods should qualify for lower tariffs, signaling a cautious new phase in Washington’s trade relationship with Beijing. U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer…
JPMorgan economists are warning that the U.S. and global economy may be moving away from the best-case “Goldilocks” scenario investors had hoped for in 2026. That scenario — where inflation cools while…
