Depression and suicidal ideation are stubbornly high among college students despite increased efforts by universities to combat the long-growing problem. While nearly all four-year institutions and the vast majority of community colleges offer mental health services, it hasn’t been enough to combat the academic stress, increased screen and social media time, rising isolation and other factors experts say can contribute to the...
The U.S. military dropped 5,000-pound bunker buster bombs on Iranian anti-ship missile sites near Strait of Hormuz, targeting threats to international shipping.
New Senate bill aims to prevent federal fraud like allegedly fake Minneapolis day cares by requiring transparent reporting of all taxpayer-funded projects.
Over 100 Moms for Liberty members descend on D.C. to meet with Speaker Mike Johnson and promote a pledge focused on education transparency and gender policies in school sports.
Kash Patel plans to defend an FBI overhaul he says is restoring the bureau's law enforcement mission as he appears before US Senators for a hearing on global security threats.
Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, said he believed lawmakers would continue debating the SAVE America Act until it "damn well passes," despite heavy Democratic opposition.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom made several fantastical claims — one could use the word “dishonest” — during the latest stop on his book-tour-cum-exploratory presidential campaign. But none of the outlandish claims he made in Austin this weekend is more false than his claim that Texas is a “higher-tax state” than California. “We have the most […]
House Democrats are putting their energy policy priorities forward in a new bill that’s being co-sponsored by more than half of their caucus. The measure, led by Democratic Reps. Sean Casten (Ill.) and Mike Levin (Calif.) would restore climate-friendly energy tax credits repealed by Republicans and prevent the Trump administration from imposing burdens on renewables....
Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton (D) won Illinois’s marquee Senate primary on Tuesday, defeating two House lawmakers and all but assuring she’ll succeed Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) in the upper chamber. Voters in Illinois headed to the polls to weigh in on primary races that underscored Democratic divides, drew significant outside spending, advanced one former lawmaker’s comeback bid and, in Statton’s race, posed a key test...
Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., defended his controversial social media post comparing New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, who is Muslim, to the 9/11 terror attacks.
The American Israel Public Affairs Committee saw mixed results in the first major test of its political muscle in the midterms, drawing fresh recriminations...
CHICAGO — Gov. JB Pritzker emerged as the kingmaker in deep-blue Illinois after pouring millions of dollars and staking his political reputation to deliver...
