A similar surge last year resulted in undervetted officers initially being let in and then removed as the agency skipped basic checks for new recruits.

New fuel-economy standards, which President Trump said he finalized Saturday, would kill a federal effort to speed the transition to electric vehicles.

Our National Nervous Breakdown

The White House has labeled critics terrorists, attributed violence to a left-wing conspiracy and investigated unions, nonprofits and other groups in a battle over free speech.

A review of dozens of incidents caught on camera sheds new light on a largely invisible crackdown.

Millions who use online pharmacies from Canada and other countries could get cut off in October.

The POTScast · Episode

The president’s announcement on Sunday echoed his justification for the White House ballroom: that the project was necessary for national security.

The president cited reporting from the outlets that he deemed “fake news.” It was unclear how such a ban would be enforced or defended in court.

He razed the East Wing on a whim. Now a witness caught him doing it again.

An internal memo reinterprets the law so that only the intentional killing of animals, not collateral harm, is illegal.

US-based researchers are seeking academic asylum in Germany following the Trump administration’s funding cuts—a loss to American science.

President Trump said Ukraine’s attacks on Russian oil refineries were “hurting the world,” amid a global energy shock driven primarily by the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran.

Generation of electricity is the second largest source of carbon dioxide and other planet-warming gases in the United States.

History shows us what happens when an authoritarian stands on the balcony too long.

After meeting with Russia’s finance minister, the Treasury secretary said Ukraine’s attacks on Russian oil infrastructure were contributing to a global energy shock driven mainly by the U.S. war with ...

Election officials warn that the creation of a new online portal for states to upload voter information is already fueling confusion and could ultimately disenfranchise voters.

Doug Burgum, the interior secretary, announced plans to start work on the site of the 250-foot-tall triumphal arch. Final approval of the project is still pending.

The defense secretary’s cuts, which have hit about 10 percent of the military’s top officers, are dividing the Pentagon, officials said.

An Immunologist exploring the neuro-immune–connective tissue axis in EDS, MCAS, POTS, Long COVID & ME/CFS. At MUSC, connecting the dots, challenging healthcare silos, and advancing care for complex, o...

A report detailed “grave concerns” that a new system being rushed into use by the U.S. Postal Service could imperil millions of mail ballots ahead of the midterm elections.

Trump takes off the gloves--ICE puts them on

The State Department recently removed the painting of Dominicans from a U.S. embassy, noting it was by the artist who made Barack Obama’s presidential portrait.

The leadership vacuum comes as the Army is trying to adapt to a new kind of war dominated by deadly drones.

The administration asked the court to clear the way for President Trump’s order that creates “state citizenship lists” and directs the Postal Service to decide who gets a mail-in ballot.

ICE has its own FBI, but dumber

Palestinian and Israeli authorities offered divergent accounts of the incident, which came as settler violence has surged across the Israeli-occupied territory.

The summer COVID wave has arrived, especially in the West and the South, as seen by increasing levels of SARS-CoV-2 virus in wastewater.

ICE’s electrified gloves are more desperate than diabolical

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine had been under pressure from Republican leaders, including President Trump.

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) published a Wednesday notice that outlined plans to provide Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers with gloves that will deliver painful elect…

Vindara Health is a virtual specialist clinic for complex chronic illness — Long COVID, ME/CFS, POTS, MCAS, dysautonomia and more. Ongoing, specialist-led care from home, co-founded with Dr. David Kau...

Vindara Health is a virtual specialist clinic for complex chronic illness — Long COVID, ME/CFS, POTS, MCAS, dysautonomia and more. Ongoing, specialist-led care from home, co-founded with Dr. David Kau...

Vindara Health is a virtual specialist clinic for complex chronic illness — Long COVID, ME/CFS, POTS, MCAS, dysautonomia and more. Ongoing, specialist-led care from home, co-founded with Dr. David Kau...

Vindara Health is a virtual specialist clinic for complex chronic illness — Long COVID, ME/CFS, POTS, MCAS, dysautonomia and more. Ongoing, specialist-led care from home, co-founded with Dr. David Kau...

Resetting the Intracellular Overdrive

These officials oversee or help administer elections in counties across the nation where competitive House and Senate races will determine control of Congress.

The vice president has dispensed with the decorum and restraint of his predecessors to directly take on opponents and journalists on social media with sometimes profane and often personal jabs.

Before a state can punish its enemies, it has to teach the law what “enemy” means.

The disaster response agency forgets the weather, embraces pre-crime

And somehow we are still underestimating the danger.