In early July 2026, the Trump administration quietly tapped Matthew Wielicki to lead the U.S. Global Change Research Program. The move places a podcaster known for downplaying the threats of climate change – and importantly, someone who has not been meaningfully involved in research on climate change or its impacts – at the top of one of ...Read more

The State Department on July 16, 2026, hosted what officials billed as a ministerial on the resurgence of left-wing political terrorism.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio invited representatives from more than 60 countries to Washington to hear an argument that many of them appear not to believe: that a transnational far-left terrorist ...Read more

As healthcare costs continue to rise, more Americans are looking beyond their regular doctor’s office for care.

Some travel to Mexico for prescriptions, routine visits or diagnostic tests. Others turn to telehealth companies that promise convenient access to treatments such as weight loss medications. Increasingly, insured Americans...Read more

Across the U.S., it’s a hot summer, and electricity prices are high. Various public officials and corporate websites suggest people set their thermostats to 78 degrees Fahrenheit (25.6 degrees Celsius), or even 81 F (27.2 C), as a way to stay relatively cool without breaking the bank. But as someone who studies energy costs, I know from ...Read more

CHICAGO — A 13-year-old Venezuelan boy tried to stay calm as he translated the words his mother could not understand during their immigration check-in on Friday morning.

Standing inside a small room in an ICE office in downtown Chicago, he began to cry after he was told to tell his mother that the entire family was being detained. His father,...Read more

WASHINGTON — When Republicans won in 2024, they promised to use their coveted trifecta to deliver on an “unprecedented and powerful mandate” for President Donald Trump’s agenda. With few legislative days left ahead of midterms, some argue they should have done more.

It’s left some lawmakers questioning the effectiveness of their red ...Read more

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Thousands of California students would pay 10 times more to attend a community college — and nearly four times as much to go to a UC campus — if a Trump administration lawsuit against the state’s higher education system is successful.

The lawsuit takes aim at California statutes allowing students who attend high ...Read more

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Sacramento State’s on-campus living requirement for first-year students kicks in for freshmen moving into their dorms Aug. 26, just in time to fill the school’s brand new 335-bed residence hall. Against concerns over the school’s ability to accommodate all the students affected by the new rule, five-story Mt. Whitney...Read more

One year after the Trump administration announced that dozens of health insurers had signed a six-part pledge promising to reduce barriers to doctor-recommended care, some insurers now say they won't implement all the promised initiatives.

Meanwhile, patients, their advocates, and clinicians say little has improved.

"It has never been this bad...Read more

The Trump administration is removing protections from the key places where endangered species live, saying states can keep the areas safe.

But experts say states aren’t equipped for the task.

Earlier this month, the Trump administration finalized a major change to the Endangered Species Act, rolling back protections for the forests, wetlands...Read more

California’s Central Valley is one of the country’s richest farming regions, blessed with fertile soils, sunny days and a massive man-made system of irrigation canals and reservoirs.

But as climate change intensifies, droughts deepen, and water restrictions kick in, growers in much of the valley are getting less water for their fields. They...Read more

As thousands of professors at in the University of California system say the students entering their classrooms are increasingly underprepared for university-level math, the university’s timely graduation rates just hit all-time highs. In the 2024-2025 school year, the university’s freshman four-year graduation rate reached 74% while the ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Grisly photos of the dismembered corpse of a teenage girl were made public Tuesday morning at a preliminary hearing in the murder case against the singer D4vd, who prosecutors say used a chainsaw to mutilate the body of Celeste Rivas Hernandez after he killed her to cover up years of alleged sexual abuse.

Hernandez’s body was ...Read more

Denver Mayor Mike Johnston announced a plan to deliver universal childcare in the city if voters give him a second term during his annual State of the City address Tuesday evening.

Johnston said he planned to have a pilot for the program available to test the city’s design by fall 2027. If it’s successful, he will then figure out “what ...Read more

Illinois House Speaker Emanuel “Chris” Welch, seeking to contain political fallout over his handling of sexual harassment complaints against former state Rep. Harry Benton, held outreach meetings with Democratic caucuses Tuesday, telling members that delays in taking action against Benton stemmed from the wishes of a now-former Benton ...Read more

California Attorney General Rob Bonta has filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration’s Environmental Protection Agency challenging its attempt to weaken restrictions on the climate “super pollutant,” hydrofluorocarbons.

President Donald Trump and EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin announced in May the agency would ease requirements for ...Read more

In the latest salvo in the war between the Trump administration and California, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy jr. said Tuesday that his agency withheld $867.5 million in Medicaid payments to the state over concerns about fraud.

Kennedy also said his agency deferred $199 million in Medicaid payments to Minnesota over ...Read more

NEW YORK — The Legionnaires’ disease outbreak on Manhattan’s Upper East Side claimed its fifth life Tuesday, city Health Commissioner Alister Martin said.

“We are saddened to share that a fifth individual has passed away due to the Legionnaires’ disease cluster on the Upper East Side,” Martin said on X. “Our hearts are with their ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump minimized the prospect of immediate talks with Iran as the two sides exchanged strikes and Houthi militants in Yemen threatened shipping in the Red Sea.

Trump vowed on Tuesday to respond if the Iran-backed group had disrupted that waterway, but didn’t specify how.

His comments came after a wave of U.S. ...Read more