While headlines focus on Harvard and Columbia, state universities train far more STEM students, power the nation’s research engine and have fewer resources to weather sweeping cuts.
December 11, 2025
The Trump administration has made several efforts to support the coal industry, but even if coal were free, the economics aren’t in its favor.
December 11, 2025
The Trump administration may have softened its language on China to maintain a truce in their trade war, but Congress is pushing for more restrictions on Beijing
December 11, 2025
President Donald Trump says the U.S. has seized an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela amid mounting tensions with the government of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro
December 10, 2025
The Trump administration is adding another militarized zone to the southern U.S. border to support border security operations — this time in California
December 10, 2025
Ukraine presents response to US peace plan as Trump says European leaders want a meeting
December 10, 2025
House advances annual defense policy bill, upping pressure on boat strike video release
December 10, 2025
Trump administration taps election fraud crusader to help lead FEMA
December 10, 2025
President Donald Trump’s push for the largest mass deportation in history has had an outsized impact on the child care field, which is heavily reliant on immigrants and already strained by a worker shortage
December 10, 2025
District courts have dismissed the administration’s efforts to detain virtually all undocumented immigrants without a bond hearing while they await deportation proceedings.
December 10, 2025
US plan would require some visitors to provide social media information from last 5 years
December 10, 2025
Pro-AI super PAC launches first candidate ads
December 10, 2025
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says he's still weighing whether to release the full video of an attack on an alleged drug boat that killed two survivors
December 09, 2025
President Donald Trump admits he used the slur “shithole countries” during a private 2018 meeting with lawmakers to disparage Haiti and African nations
December 10, 2025
At a nighttime event in Pennsylvania, President Donald Trump tried to emphasize his focus on combating inflation, although the issue couldn't quite command his full attention
December 09, 2025
Federal agents have used pepper spray to disperse a crowd in a heavily Somali neighborhood in Minneapolis
December 09, 2025
The U.S. military has flown a pair of fighter jets over the Gulf of Venezuela in what appears to be the closest American warplanes have come to the South American country’s airspace since the start of the Trump administration’s pressure campaign
December 09, 2025
Trump administration announces deal to end Biden-era student debt repayment plan
December 09, 2025
The nation’s leading doctors groups are in a standoff with federal health officials over vaccines
December 09, 2025
A federal judge has allowed a Tufts University student from Turkey to resume research and teaching while she challenges her arrest and detention by the Trump administration
December 09, 2025
The Trump administration is threatening to pull public transportation funding from Chicago unless the city tightens security after a man allegedly set a woman on fire inside a commuter train
December 09, 2025
Trump admin is ‘trying to put out a fire they started’ at Weather Service as a cold, snowy winter looms
December 09, 2025
Industry leaders have objected to reversals of long-standing policies, and market forces are moving against the Trump administration’s hopes.
December 09, 2025
Trump administration quietly builds plans for what would happen if Maduro were ousted in Venezuela
December 09, 2025
Hundreds of Nicaraguans caroled the Virgin Mary at flower-and-light-filled altars set up in church parking lots as well as the back of vehicles on the streets of Miami to mark the solemnity of the Immaculate Conception
December 09, 2025
Trump administration has revoked 85,000 visas since January, State Department official says
December 09, 2025
The U.S. Supreme Court seems likely to expand presidential control over independent federal agencies, signaling support for President Donald Trump’s firing of board members
December 08, 2025
A federal judge investigating whether Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem should face a contempt charge over flights carrying migrants to El Salvador wants to hear from a whistleblower and a top Justice Department official
December 08, 2025
The maker of an iPhone app that flagged sightings of U.S. immigration agents has sued the Trump administration for free speech violations
December 08, 2025
ICEBlock creator sues Trump administration officials saying they pressured Apple to remove it from the app store
December 08, 2025
Trump announces $12 billion farmer aid package
December 08, 2025
Iranian officials say a second flight carrying deported Iranians has left the United States
December 08, 2025
Trump says he’ll sign executive order blocking state AI regulations, despite safety fears
December 08, 2025
A top European Union official has warned the United States against interfering in European affairs
December 08, 2025
Analysis: Trump’s first year back in office contradicts his ‘free speech’ commitments
December 08, 2025
Swing-district Republican sounds alarm over GOP’s affordability agenda: ‘Doing nothing is not an option’
December 07, 2025
Trump administration set to deport more Iranians back to their home country
December 07, 2025
Hegseth defends action in the Caribbean amid mounting questions
December 06, 2025
A federal judge has rejected a request from the Trump administration to toss a lawsuit challenging the detention of migrants at the U.S. Navy base at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba
December 06, 2025
The Trump administration has built up a fleet of warships near Venezuela as American forces keep blowing up small boats accused of smuggling narcotics for drug cartels
December 05, 2025
FDA in turmoil after exit of veteran cancer researcher
December 06, 2025
Democratic congresswoman says she was pepper-sprayed during ICE raid in Arizona
December 05, 2025
The Trump administration is bringing back dozens of Education Department staffers who were slated to be laid off
December 06, 2025
The Trump administration has renamed the U.S. Institute of Peace after President Donald Trump and planted the president’s name on the organization’s headquarters despite an ongoing fight over the institute’s control
December 04, 2025
A federal judge has questioned the Trump administration’s authority and need to maintain command of California National Guard troops it first deployed to Los Angeles in June following violent protests
December 05, 2025
Advocates for each side will provide a different explanation for who falls under ‘the jurisdiction’ of the United States.
December 05, 2025
Florida’s Republican-dominated congressional delegation is urging the Trump administration to drop a plan that would allow new oil drilling off the state’s coast
December 05, 2025
President Donald Trump this week announced plans to weaken strict gas mileage requirements for automakers set under former President Joe Biden
December 05, 2025
Justice Department urges Supreme Court to block immigration judges’ free speech lawsuit
December 05, 2025
Historic rains and flooding trigger dramatic rescues in Washington state
Iran raises gasoline prices for the first time since deadly 2019 protests
Democratic former Sen. Doug Jones launches campaign for Alabama governor
Thai villagers stay behind to guard empty homes as border clashes force mass evacuations
Curry scores 39 in return but Timberwolves top Warriors 127-120 without Edwards
With 24 points, Donovan Mitchell produces the highest-scoring 4th quarter of the NBA season so far
LA Angels president testifies he wishes he'd known about drug use before pitcher's fatal overdose