Russia has reaped a diesel deal and an increase in U.S. pressure on Ukraine as President Trump’s political needs align with his longstanding inclinations toward Russia.

The Trump administration’s slashing of budgets and staff have Great Lakes scientists concerned that they have lost the ability to protect the public from toxic algal blooms, which can kill animals and...

We are living through the Regina George administration, argues the Opinion contributing writer Molly Jong-Fast. Yes, the very one from “Mean Girls.” President Trump’s administration is filled with wan...

This is a hair-on-fire moment for the biosecurity community.

The president’s allies have sought to prove a “grand conspiracy” through a sprawling Justice Department inquiry. It has buckled under staffing shake-ups, internal disputes and trouble finding evidence...

America is not prepared for a major disease outbreak.

Throughout the summer, rumors have been bubbling in North New Jersey that ICE has quietly been using a warehouse as a detention center. NPR investigated.

Russian secrecy means it is unclear how grave the threat is

A new cloud of anxiety is hovering over the public amid reports of an infectious disease, a laboratory accident and a death. The fact that the story comes out of Russia heightens American concerns …

Trump's pledge to pay $5,000 to every adult U.S. citizen if Republicans retain control of Congress could violate federal criminal law.

It was the latest mixed messaging from President Trump, who regularly votes by mail, but has made baseless claims that the practice is “inherently corrupt.”

A 28-year-old worker at a Russian anti-plague institute has died following a suspected laboratory accident in Siberia, with nearly 200 people under observation and conflicting accounts emerging from R...

A recording from Timothy Snyder and Robert Reich's conversation

The Homeland Security Department signed a multi-million dollar agreement to buy five aircraft from a company owned by a political contributor of the secretary on her last day, documents show.

The president’s decision to hold an international summit at his own private golf club, an idea rejected in his first term, illustrates how much he has shattered norms.

President Vladimir V. Putin brought up a sale of Russian energy assets with President Trump’s envoys, Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff, pushing a deal that raises new questions about conflicts of inter...

For MAGA politicians, there’s no such thing as a gaffe.

The company did not learn until recently that its technology had meddled with websites for the Education and Commerce Departments and the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Four swing states will soon elect the official who will run the 2028 presidential election. The candidates are alarming.

Operations had resumed by Monday evening, with delays. The incident revived concerns about the Federal Aviation Administration’s aging air traffic control infrastructure.

No Kings’ Oct. 17 Day of Action will focus on early voting and voter participation ahead of the midterm elections.

The people in charge are really hoping you’ll blame someone else.

Early voting for the 2026 general election starts on Friday across Virginia after the state has taken steps to ease voting for students and those convicted of felonies.

The health secretary spoke at a conference featuring misinformation about vaccines, including a claim that the success of the polio vaccines was a “fraud.”

The attorney general’s campaign politicking for Republicans adds to the degradation of post-Watergate values at the Justice Department.

The ties with the Tate brothers are deep.