Follow the money in Texas: How Greg Abbott handed Elon Musk billions in taxpayer subsidies and state contracts while redacting over 1,000 pages of emails.

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Records show Vineland facility in New Jersey emitted health-harming pollution before regulators stepped in

Google Maps images show scale of Israel's destruction of Gaza, where more than 74,000 Palestinians have been killed.

Republicans could lean on congressional procedure to defy the will of voters. But if they try that, the Senate has a clear way to fight back

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How can we fix our pricing crisis? Economic sociologist Lindsay Owens urges tough new rules – and a consumer uprising

The proposed campus would consume 11 times the power of Denver International Airport; as it has across the country, opposition mounts.

National Center for Education Statistics, which collects critical data to guide policy on learning, was decimated after Doge canceled crucial contracts

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Environmental Protection Agency asked firm to choose rules it wanted for dicamba, then put the choices in a proposed federal rule

Firefighters rushed to rescue a group of hikers with dogs suffering from heat exhaustion on a Scottsdale mountain late Saturday morning.

Andy Biggs’ Medicaid record shows he once tried to abolish AHCCCS, even for disabled and mentally ill Arizonans

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Participants in Pittsburgh may never learn the results of their cognitive tests – and funding cuts that target ‘DEI’ have the potential to delay vital diagnoses

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The US decision to remove limits on coal and gas plant emissions is rooted in a perception of manliness in these industries

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US grapples with federal firefighter shortage as crews say they’re spread thin and lack resources during unrelenting year of fire

Tobacco investments raise new concerns about Dr Nicole Saphier ahead of confirmation hearing

Policies enacted by RFK Jr have not delivered the expected results, but have instead hindered people’s ability to eat healthy

She’s tackled neoliberalism and the digital world, now the writer and activist is taking on tech billionaires. She explains how the super-rich are capitalising on climate and financial chaos in pursui...

Rachel Szor and Yuval Abraham collected the testimony of 24 insiders who helped remotely target Gazans’ homes. They explain how they got these self-professed ‘small cogs’ to talk about the killing

A Justin Wilmeth wage garnishment over a defaulted student loan surfaces as the GOP lawmaker touts his economic record

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To give voucher programs a toehold in state legislatures, politicians touted how students with disabilities would gain access to private education. But those students’ families often have the hardest ...

Did Leonard Leo cow Politico, ProPublica and National Catholic Reporter into silence?

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Satirical program’s new title is ‘inspired by bravery and patriotism’ of Apple and Google, who capitulated to Trump’s requests to change Lake Ontario to ‘Lake America’

Ashley St Clair was speaking at the Venice film premiere of Alex Gibney’s documentary Musk, where she warned of his dangerous influence

The U.S. Postal Service’s new mail voting rules overstep the authority granted to it by Congress, pro-voting groups argued in a brief asking a federal appeals court to keep the rule frozen before the ...

New reporting about a Republican senator's medical practice – and lawsuits against patients who couldn't afford to pay – sparked outrage.Sen. Roger Marshall, the Kansas Republican who helped lead Hous...

Joesley Batista met with Trump a day before the president announced a plan to waive tariffs on beef imports, angering farmers and ranchers.