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The US has lost a critical tool for handling chemical emergencies — let’s get it back

Despite broad bipartisan support in Congress and from chemical companies, first responders, and others, the program has been allowed to lapse for more than seven months.

Stunning telescope images show nebulas thousands of light years away

Under the inky darkness of night in Southern California's Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, a physics and astronomy professor captured a series of awe-inspiring images of the cosmos.

Several dead after plane crashes near interstate in Tennessee: Police

Several people have died after a small plane crashed near the shoulder of Interstate 40 in Nashville, Tennessee, according to authorities.

White House drops COVID-19 rule that those around Biden, Harris must test negative

The White House announced Monday that those working in close contact with the president and vice-president will no longer be required to test negative for COVID-19.

FLASHBACK: AOC calls on activists to make politicians ‘uncomfortable’

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., who once defended protesters who accost people in public, was targeted by pro-Palestinian activists who interrupted her movie date.

Democrats race to capture Alabama’s new US House district

Alabama has 18 candidates running for a U.S. House seat in its newly redrawn second Congressional District. Democrats hope to take the rare opportunity to flip the seat.

Biden to form ‘strike force’ to go after price-gouging

President Biden will announce Tuesday the formation of a "strike force" to hold companies accountable for price-gouging practices. The announcement comes days before the State of the Union, where Biden is expected to make his economic pitch to Congress and voters ahead of the pivotal 2024 election. The strike force, which will be co-chaired by...

Skyrocketing cost of US nuclear missile program spurs reckoning

This is the first story in a series about Sentinel, the Air Force’s nuclear missile modernization project. Other stories will touch on how the project is impacting local communities and tension over plutonium pit production for the new missiles. In the last years of the Obama administration, a debate rippled across Washington. The U.S. could...

House GOP lawmaker proposes using AI to cut federal red tape, streamline services

House GOP Rep. Andy Biggs is introducing a bill aimed at using AI to more effectively cut government regulations that are outmoded or overly costly.

Super Tuesday expected to boost Trump closer to clinching GOP nomination as Haley makes possible last stand

Former President Donald Trump is poised to dominate over Nikki Haley on Super Tuesday, when 15 states hold Republican presidential primaries or caucuses, moving him closer to a 2024 rematch with Biden

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