On March 31, 2026, President Donald Trump was asked about plans for his presidential library, the archive that presidents build to house their administration’s records.

His was most likely going to be a hotel, he said, with “a beautiful building underneath and a 747 Air Force One in the lobby.”

“I don’t believe in ...Read more

Against the backdrop of an unpopular war in Iran, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth announced on July 15, 2026, that the Pentagon would begin testing male service members 30 and older for low testosterone. That, the department later said, would include assessing symptoms of low testosterone such as “reduced libido, loss of spontaneous ...Read more

The Florida Department of Health held a hearing in October 2026 on a proposal to remove four vaccine requirements for entry into school and childcare: Haemophilus influenzae type b, or Hib, chickenpox, pneumococcal and hepatitis B.

These vaccines entered use in the U.S. at different times from the early 1980s through 2000. Prior to ...Read more

U.K. Prime Minister Andy Burnham said his chancellor’s budget this week was not what he’d want in an “ideal world,” after it was criticized by economists, political opponents and some within Labour as failing to grasp the moment.

John Healey on Wednesday delivered the Burnham administration’s first budget, majoring on small measures �...Read more

Thousands of people are expected to take to the streets in France, Germany and Italy on Friday and Saturday to protest high living costs, as frustration with governments expands across Europe.

Police are also on alert in Spain for possible protests in central Madrid following a high-speed rail crash that killed 69 people on Wednesday.

The ...Read more

A delegation from Qatar — a main mediator in efforts to avert fresh fighting between the U.S. and Iran — arrived in Tehran on Friday for talks with senior officials, Iranian state media reported.

Headed by a senior adviser to Qatar’s Prime Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani, the delegation arrived in Iran as concern mounts that U...Read more

CHICAGO — A couple of weeks ago, Jeff Anderson and his wife got news that upended their plans for health coverage.

They were told their Medicare Advantage plan was being canceled for next year.

“I looked at it and thought, ‘We’re going to have to change,’” said Anderson, 68, of Libertyville. Anderson and his wife began shopping for...Read more

The Trump administration cut naturalization sharply over the past year, leading to accusations it’s holding back hundreds of thousands of people who might have voted in the midterms.

It’s hard to say how those people might have voted had they become U.S. citizens. Naturalized citizens voted Democratic for president by a wide margin in 2020,...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — Americans have never been richer.

Personal wealth has more than doubled in the past decade, reaching nearly $186 trillion in the second quarter, Federal Reserve data shows.

The most affluent Americans hold a disproportionate share of that wealth, though. For the majority in the middle, much of what they have is tied up in homes...Read more

DENVER — Coloradans face a slew of tax questions on their ballot this year — some with obvious interconnections, and others not so clear. Depending on which ones pass, they could reshape the state’s tax code significantly.

For more than three decades, Colorado fiscal policy has been governed by the voter-approved Taxpayer’s Bill of ...Read more

British actor Patrick Stewart died Wednesday at 86. His spokesperson said Thursday that he died from Alzheimer’s disease and Lewy body dementia.

The two conditions often occur together, said University of California, Los Angeles neurology professor Dr. Keith Vossel, and when that happens, the individual’s decline may be faster.

Lewy body ...Read more

When picking up groceries requires a two-hour round trip, fresh produce can become a luxury. As a food systems researcher, I see this tension firsthand: People need fresh food to be healthy, but rural regions increasingly lack access to it.

Food insecurity among rural households increased from 12% in 2019 to nearly 16% in 2024, ...Read more

In a 2025 investigation, The New York Times reported that officials in President Joe Biden’s administration, in the wake of Biden’s 2020 election win, had viewed rising immigration as “a distraction” best ignored so that the administration could concentrate political resources on more important economic matters.

Scott Shuchart...Read more

At a campaign rally, in Port Huron, Michigan, on Oct. 25, 2026, President Donald Trump accused U.S. Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed of being a “jihadist” who wants to impose Sharia law – Islamic law – in the United States. His comments reflect a broader pattern among Republican politicians of portraying Sharia as a threat to the ...Read more

ST. CLOUD, Minn. — Vice President JD Vance will not be traveling to Minnesota on Friday morning after all, according to the spokesperson for the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Minnesota. The cancellation comes hours after the vice president’s office said Vance would be in St. Cloud with a fraud-related announcement.

White House officials did ...Read more

California’s proposed billionaires tax is losing support days before Election Day, according to the second major independent poll released this week.

Thursday’s poll by the Institute of Governmental Studies at UC Berkeley found 42% of likely voters in favor of Proposition 40 and 50% opposed, with 8% undecided. In a mid-September Berkeley ...Read more

Former ESPN reporter Britt McHenry says she threw a drink at a man after he said “something truly vile to me” during an incident at a Washington Wizards game last week that reportedly led to McHenry resigning from her job with the U.S. Department of State the following day.

Video footage, posted by TMZ, from the Wizards’ game against the ...Read more

The U.S. Department of Justice sent subpoenas to at least two California election officials earlier this month, ordering them to appear before a grand jury on Nov. 4, the morning after voting ends in the midterm elections, according to copies of the documents reviewed by The Sacramento Bee.

The subpoenas were served last week, according to the ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Department of Homeland Security for the first time has used one of its recently acquired planes to send deportees to Mexico, potentially ending months of uncertainty about jets bought under former Secretary Kristi Noem.

A DHS-owned 737-700 plane made by Boeing Co. made two trips from Texas to Mexico on Wednesday and Thursday...Read more