3 in 4 Republicans under 45 say they prefer US funded health care over...
New IMEU and YouGov polling shows majorities of Republican voters, especially younger adults, favor redirecting taxpayer dollars from Israel to domestic health care as skepticism grows over long-term military funding.
Trump administration’s mass layoffs at NIOSH gut program investigating firefighter deaths
A ProPublica investigation found the April cuts reached the unit that reviews line-of-duty fire deaths and a landmark firefighter cancer registry, though the administration later reinstated some staff.
Major strikes drew 13% more workers in 2025 as sanitation, aerospace and health care...
Federal figures count only stoppages involving 1,000 or more workers, which EPI says leaves out many people who walk off the job, while a broader university tracker recorded a slight decline in total work stoppage activity.
Nineteen states to raise minimum wage on Jan. 1
While some states will reach a $15 minimum wage for the first time, other states will have a minimum wage of $15 or higher as of January 1, 2026.
Hormuz, Mandeb, Black Sea: Wars and diesel chokepoints spike world inflation
Will working families be hurt by higher food and fuel costs this year because of Trump’s attack on Iran?
Trump adviser’s economic optimism collides with rising debt, inflation, and public pessimism
As administration officials point to consumer spending as evidence of confidence, polling, inflation data, and rising credit card delinquencies suggest many Americans are experiencing a very different economy.
Moderate Democrats: Splitting the party in two
This is the most important midterm election in American history. If the Democratic Party leadership splits the party and the Republicans win, Democrats will go the way of the Whig and the Tory.
Wall Street’s Nonprofits Use Selective, Opaque Logic to Defund Charities
A quarter of all individual giving in the U.S. is made through donor-advised funds. A ProPublica investigation reveals how these high-stakes decisions to cut off funding often leave charities, donors and the public in the dark.
How Russia is upending the West’s attempt to control technology with intellectual property
Russia’s challenge to prevailing IP and copyright norms is central to its pursuit of technological sovereignty. Global fragmentation and Western divisions have given Moscow space to test the system’s limits without fully abandoning it.
Trump-backed Andy Biggs wins Arizona GOP governor primary, setting up November clash with Katie...
The former Freedom Caucus chair's landslide nomination hands President Trump another primary win, but a Democratic-leaning midterm environment could complicate the GOP's bid to retake the governor's office in a top battleground state.