More kids are severely ill or dying from the flu, CDC reports
As fewer children get their flu shots, cases of a rare, severe complication are rising. Last season, the U.S. experienced the highest number of pediatric...
Districts around the US are mulling school closures as student enrollment falls
Thomasina Clarke has watched school after school close in her once thriving St. Louis neighborhood, which was hit by a tornado this spring and whose population has...
What to know about the H-1B visa Trump has targeted with $100,000 fees, generating confusion, fear
The Trump administration’s abrupt decision to slap a $100,000 fee on H-1B visas has stunned and confused employers, students and workers from the United States to India...
Trump’s $100,000 H-1B visa fee could hurt US growth, economists warn
Move is a blow to big tech companies, which rely heavily on visas to hire staff from overseas, particularly India Donald Trump’s decision to impose...
Trump is breaking US diplomacy, State Department staffers say
More than 60 ambassadorships don’t even have a nominee, while diplomats are told they’re being evaluated on their “fidelity.” President Donald Trump promised to reform...
Obama says America is at “inflection point” after killings of Charlie Kirk, Melissa Hortman
Former President Barack Obama addressed political violence in the United States on Tuesday night, telling a group in Pennsylvania that the country is "at an...
Most American Jews say Trump is using antisemitism as an ‘excuse’ to silence free speech at universities
Four out of ten American Jews say they have personally experienced antisemitism in the past two years, yet a majority disapprove of how the Trump...
Americans expect inflation to be far higher than it really is, polling shows
American voters often rank inflation as the most important issue facing the US. But something odd has happened to inflationary expectations since Donald Trump became president...
US electric grids under pressure from energy-hungry data centers are changing strategy
With the explosive growth of Big Tech’s data centers threatening to overload U.S. electricity grids, policymakers are taking a hard look at a tough-love solution:...