Defense Department civilian employees will no longer have to submit a weekly “five things” productivity reports that were imposed in February, during billionaire Elon Musk's run overseeing the Department of Government Efficiency. Instead of the reports, the Pentagon told employees in an email on Friday, they must submit by Wednesday each week at least one...

Big Tech is at a crossroads: double down on a compromised model or begin the long, necessary exit.

The top health authorities of the U.S. and Argentina are launching what they call an "alternative international health system" separate from the World Health Organization (WHO). On the first day of his second term, President Trump signed an executive starting the year-long process of withdrawing the U.S. from the WHO. In February, Argentinian President Javier...

A pair of Senate Democrats are urging Secretary of State Marco Rubio to secure the release of journalists detained while reporting overseas on behalf of taxpayer-funded media outlets like Voice of America. Citing President Trump's recent executive order scaling back funding and operations for VOA, Radio Free Europe and other government-funded media operations, the Democratic...

A judge has temporarily halted a Trump administration effort to kill New York City's congestion pricing program, which imposes a significant toll on cars entering part of Manhattan. Federal judge Lewis Liman issued a temporary restraining order barring the administration from getting rid of the program, according to The New York Times. The Times quoted Liman,...

The upcoming NATO Summit in The Hague June 24-25 is shaping up as one of the most consequential and uncertain in the alliance’s history.

The Colorado River Basin's groundwater supplies are dwindling, thanks to a combination of both natural events and human pumping activities, a new study has found. The critical Western system has lost about 42 million acre-feet of water storage since 2003 — with 65 percent of those declines, or 28 million acre-feet, attributable to groundwater depletion,...

In passing the ban, Texas joins several states in the U.S. that have banned or restricted intoxicating forms of hemp.

Maryland Rep. Glenn Ivey's attempt to meet deported MS-13 member Kilmar Abrego Garcia in El Salvador failed by what he labeled as "stonewalling" by the government there.

Democrats investing $20 million in a study to understand American male voters after losing ground in the 2024 election sparks criticism from both parties.