A union for employees at the Environmental Protection Agency is demanding the agency reinstate workers that were placed on leave for signing a letter critical of the Trump administration’s environmental and personnel policies. “The agency’s decision to place these employees on administrative leave and to threaten further employment actions is a blatant act of retaliation,”...
More than 30 percent of American teenagers were considered prediabetic in 2023, according to recent data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The CDC calculated there were 8.4 million children between the ages of 12 and 17 who were labeled prediabetic — or those whose blood sugar level may be higher than...
Rep. Mike Lawler (R-N.Y.) is urging President Trump to restore federal funding for 21st Century Community Learning Centers, which provides funding for before- and after-school programs, including those in his district. The administration is withholding more than $6 billion in federal funds for after-school and summer programs that was included in the government funding bill signed...
A day after President Trump announced a new 35 percent tariff on Canadian goods beginning next month, Prime Minister Mark Carney said Canada had made “vital progress” toward stopping fentanyl. “Canada has made vital progress to stop the scourge of fentanyl in North America. We are committed to continuing to work with the United States...
A large majority of U.S. adults in a survey say they believe immigration is good for the country while the number of those wanting to bar it has dropped 20 points in the last year. Results from the latest Gallup survey, released Friday, found that 79 percent of respondents said they think immigration is good...
“This is a scientifically and historically thrilling find for both the Museum and the larger Denver community,” said Dr. James Hagadorn, the curator of geology at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science.