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President Donald Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill” is anything but for the nation’s poorest families. Among the numerous cruel elements to the new spending plan are food-program cuts that are expected to increase “...Read more

More than 4 million people worldwide have end-stage kidney disease that requires hemodialysis, a treatment in which a machine filters waste from the blood. Hemodialysis is a precursor to kidney transplant. To prepare for ...Read more

Picture this: A congressional hearing on “AI policy” makes the evening news. A senator gravely asks whether artificial intelligence might one day “wake up” and take over the world. Cameras flash. Headlines declare:...Read more

QUESTION: I'm a guy in my late 40s and trying to pay more attention to my health. But I'm confused about whether I should be screened for prostate cancer. Can you help?

ANSWER: The importance of all health screenings is ...Read more

WASHINGTON — James R. Walkinshaw picked the rich blue shade on his office walls 16 years ago, but on behalf of his then-boss, Rep. Gerald E. Connolly.

Walkinshaw, who worked as the Virginia Democrat’s chief of staff ...Read more

Tim Curry "still can't walk" over a decade after suffering a stroke.

The 79-year-old actor has given an update on his health 13 years after he suffered a stroke which left him in a wheelchair, and he admitted he is still ...Read more

Jimmy Fallon will continue to avoid being too "political" on The Tonight Show.

The 51-year-old presenter has revealed how he plans to tackle the current climate with pressure from the Donald Trump administration against ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Hours before a government shutdown, Democrats and Republicans angrily blamed each other and refused to budge from their positions Tuesday, unable to find agreement or even negotiate as hundreds of thousands...Read more

Schools in Texas and nationwide could see dire consequences if the shutdown of the federal government stretches beyond a few days, education policy experts warn.

With most federal spending halted and most federal workers ...Read more

LAS VEGAS — The Department of Justice on Tuesday announced a discrimination investigation at UNLV that “will focus on the University’s response to antisemitism on campus.”

“The compliance review investigation ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Pfizer Inc. secured a reprieve from President Donald Trump’s long-threatened tariffs on the pharmaceutical industry Tuesday by agreeing to slash some of its drug prices by up to 85% and selling directly to...Read more

Veteran service leaders across Massachusetts say the state’s definition of veteran is failing them as it blocks them from providing benefits available to others who fought in past wars and are calling for a change.

A ...Read more

Brian Quintenz is no longer President Donald Trump’s pick to chair the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission, after weeks of speculation about his stalled candidacy.

Quintenz, who has led global policy for a16z ...Read more

WASHINGTON — A partial government shutdown became seemingly unavoidable Tuesday evening after the Senate once again voted against the House-passed stopgap funding extension.

With no alternative in sight and no serious ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The White House pulled the nomination of EJ Antoni to lead the Bureau of Labor Statistics, throwing the leadership of the critical data agency into further disarray after President Donald Trump fired the ...Read more

The U.S. government agreed to acquire a stake in Lithium Americas Corp., Secretary of Energy Chris Wright said, giving a boost to the Canadian company as it develops its Thacker Pass lithium project in Nevada.

The U.S. ...Read more

When Amazon.com Inc. recruited longtime Microsoft Corp. product chief Panos Panay in 2023 to run its devices division, his new colleagues thought the e-commerce giant was preparing to take its consumer gadget line upscale....Read more

California Gov. Gavin Newsom mocked the president and the secretary of defense following the pair’s address to military leaders Tuesday morning outside Washington, D.C.

Hundreds of top-ranked officers from all around ...Read more

DETROIT — The family of the man suspected in Sunday's fatal shooting and fire at a Grand Blanc Township church reportedly said they have "no answers" to explain what caused the 40-year-old Burton resident to carry out ...Read more

California heads into the new water year facing continued risks from climate-driven extremes, the California Department of Water Resources said on Tuesday.

In a briefing held virtually on Tuesday afternoon, the department...Read more