In internal meetings, officials worried the rules they were drafting could delay or block ballots from reaching large swaths of eligible voters for the upcoming midterms.

The US Postal Service effort to develop a sweeping new system for verifying mail ballots has invited a host of IT concerns among agency officials, with some describing the process internally as a “sh*...

The FDA has upgraded an earlier recall for Whole Foods-issued guacamole and dips to its highest risk level.

USAID funding has significantly contributed to the reduction in adult and child mortality across low-income and middle-income countries over the past two decades. Our estimates show that, unless the a...

The authors were informed Monday of the action, which jeopardizes public dissemination of the report on the fast-changing region.

A virtual court hearing from a pregnant mother’s hospital bed shows what forced medical treatment can look like.

Michael Kratsios, President Trump’s science adviser, proposed overhauling how the government funds research. Democrats said Mr. Trump’s actions had weakened science.

Michel Kuka Mboladinga is iconic for his motionless tribute at DRC games, but a US World Cup repeat has been denied.

The Postal Service is proposing to amend the Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, Domestic Mail Manual (DMM), regarding the transmission of mail-in or absentee ballots for federal el...

Park projects are being defunded to cover President Trump’s Washington renovation spree.

Critics say bill would weaken U.S. science by cutting flows of ideas and talent

The battery can add a staggering amount of range in under 10 minutes. Here's just how quick it is, and how it compares to the best Western designs.

It’s among a handful of similarly colossal ventures announced during 2025, making Texas the global epicenter of a gas power buildout.

Here are the year's breakthroughs for the climate and nature you might have missed.

We report on the observation and measurement of astrometry, photometry, morphology, and activity of the interstellar object 3I/ATLAS, also designated C/2025 N1 (ATLAS), with the NSF-DOE Vera C. Rubin ...

Help preserve independent journalism and community programming across America by adopting a public media station. Congress has voted to rescind public media's funding.

In the past two years, without much notice, solar power has begun to truly transform the world’s energy system.

The discovery of salty mineral evaporites on Ryugu indicates that watery environments may have been widespread in the early solar system.

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The lag in funding extends far beyond D.E.I. initiatives, affecting almost every area of science: chemistry, computing, engineering, materials and more.

If also passed by the House as expected, the action will be the first time Congress has weakened protections under the Clean Air Act.

Potential funding cuts for NOAA and its research partners threaten irreparable harm not only to climate research but to American safety, competitiveness, and national security.

Food safety inspections would be left to state and local authorities under the plan being developed by the FDA.

“This would decimate American leadership in space.”…

Acute strain on the jobs market has encouraged some states to consider reducing restrictions on employing minors

Local and international health research efforts are already winding down as the university braces for even more potential cuts.

Following the announcement from the National Weather Service (NWS) that it is suspending its weather balloon launches in Kotzebue, Alaska indefinitely

Astronomers used a new technique to find the building-sized rocks, the smallest ever seen at that distance

An estimated 300,000 children globally are expected to lose access to a nutrient-dense peanut butter that’s specially formulated to treat severe acute malnutrition.