The move, affecting about one-fifth of the National Science Foundation’s primary research budget, is the latest sign of how the White House is asserting more control over grants.

The California state bill would have penalized people who secretly recorded people in public with wearables equipped with cameras and microphones.

The United States has slid into competitive authoritarianism. The slide has been modest and remains reversible—but it is real. Even after Donald Trump, American democracy will remain fragile.

Photos show piano movers rolling massive Steinway grand pianos through the red-carpeted halls of the Kennedy Center this week.

A powerful El Niño is already influencing extreme weather around the planet. During the last strong El Niño, federal agencies ramped up research in the hope of improving weather forecasts. This year, they won't be matching that effort.

The Department of Defense notified millions of current and former U.S. military personnel that their personal information had been stolen in a months-long breach.

White House calls the spots public-service ads, but critics argue using taxpayer money for campaign-like messaging may violate federal law.

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A surveillance company wants to "close the gap" that Flock won't do, by pitching facial recognition on its cameras.

In the Delta Upsilon house, pledges packaged bricks of cocaine for older members who sold the drugs across the entire school. Then someone snitched.

Andrew Bailey, a co-deputy director, is departing after roughly a year on job, amid turmoil at the law-enforcement agency.

His allies excuse and defend his ban of CNN, MS Now, and Politico.

Trump administration plan would split the Tohono O’odham nation apart, damage sacred sites, tribal leaders say.

ProPublica’s first-of-its-kind analysis is the most detailed look yet into a rise in life-threatening complications for women experiencing pregnancy loss under Texas’ abortion ban.

The cost of the health secretary’s security grew from roughly $10 million in fiscal year 2025 to $17 million in fiscal year 2026.

The anonymous source behind one of the stories the White House cited to justify banning POLITICO was none other than Vice President JD Vance, Status has learned.

Emerging infectious disease outbreak risks are ubiquitous worldwide, and highest in landscapes where people, livestock and fragmented natural ecosystems coexist, but detection and data ...

Congress should pose the following questions to the administration about the assets it claims to have seized from Venezuela.