Alani Rose was overseeing a tax-preparation clinic for low-income households in San Antonio, Texas, when she was called into a meeting, let go, and told to make her way thousands of miles back home as soon as possible.

That’s how Rose, who graduated from the now-defunct University of the Arts in 2023, ended up back on the East Coast, couch ...Read more

Jaden Magnuson began homeschooling her 9-year-old son last fall instead of sending him back to elementary school in the Elk River district.

“It is a leap of faith, but one that a lot of other families are taking,” said Magnuson, whose worries ranged from school bus bullying to ideology overshadowing academics.

The number of homeschool ...Read more

Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison says he’s “trying to stop a dictatorship.” Less than 100 days into President Donald Trump’s second term, Ellison and fellow attorneys are litigating against him on more than a dozen fronts — and the list of lawsuits is growing.

Since taking office in January, Trump has issued a deluge of ...Read more

Russia hasn’t received a U.S. proposal to give up control of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in southeast Ukraine, and a change to the facility’s ownership isn’t conceivable, said Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov.

His comments were consistent with the foreign ministry’s declaration in March that Moscow won’t cede control of the ...Read more

As the faithful across the globe mourned the life of Pope Francis last week, the focus now shifts to selecting the 267th pope to lead the nearly 1 billion Roman Catholics worldwide.

That decision lies with the conclave, consisting of about 140 eligible cardinals who must convene 15 to 20 days after the death of a pope, according to Canon Law.

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President Donald Trump suggested Sunday that his sweeping tariffs would help him reduce income taxes for people making less than $200,000 a year, as public anxiety rises over his economic agenda.

Trump has previously argued that tariff revenue could replace income taxes, though economists have questioned those claims.

“When Tariffs cut in, ...Read more

Some days when Sally Schuster goes to work at her office in Northeast Philadelphia, she and her coworkers light boots on fire.

Other days, they test camouflage visibility at different wavelengths. And sometimes, they simply make sure uniform colors match.

“Basically we ensure troop safety,” said Schuster, a chemist at a Defense Logistics ...Read more

President Donald Trump suggested Sunday that his sweeping tariffs would help him reduce income taxes for people making less than $200,000 a year, as public anxiety rises over his economic agenda.

Trump has previously argued that tariff revenue could replace income taxes, though economists have questioned those claims.

“When Tariffs cut in, ...Read more

The number of people booked into the Orange County jail on immigration detainers four months into the year nearly eclipses last year’s total and looks likely to keep rising as the Trump administration cracks down on people without legal authority to remain in the country.

From Jan. 1 to April 15, 800 people were booked into the Orange County ...Read more

North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein’s nearly four months in office has been defined by the aftermath of Helene. It’s been where the Democrat has found common ground with, and support from, Republicans in the General Assembly.

Now, like state lawmakers, he is appealing to Washington to ensure there’s enough money for Western North Carolina’s ...Read more

CRISFIELD, Md. — Jan Sterling didn’t answer right away, squinting as she concentrated on a response.

“Is there anything President Donald Trump could do to lose your support?”

It’s a complicated question in Somerset County Precinct 08-002 as Trump approaches his 100th day in office this week. The precinct, arguably the Trumpiest in ...Read more

Voter discontent with President Donald Trump’s economic stewardship is sinking his popularity as he approaches the symbolic 100-day mark of his second term, ratcheting up pressure on congressional Republicans to pass his tax plan.

A flurry of polls in recent days from NBC, CNN, New York Times/Siena, ABC News and Fox News, among others, each...Read more

It was just 10 years ago.

Former President Bill Clinton, standing in the scorching Haitian sun next to the pool of Haiti’s newest internationally branded hotel, looked around the foliage-lined courtyard and smiled.

There were toasts, there was chatter — and there was hope. As Haiti’s then-president Michel Martelly welcomed Clinton and U....Read more

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — In 1936, a Central Valley teenager made an incredible discovery.

Gustine High School student Allan Bennison dug up the fossilized remains of a hadrosaurus — a duck-billed dinosaur that lived in North America during the Late Cretaceous Period, The Fresno Bee reported in 2013.

The bones, which Bennison found in Del ...Read more

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — As summer and hurricane season nears, weather and environmental officials say federal cuts to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration will negatively impact climate research, education and storm reporting.

The Trump administration reportedly plans to cut NOAA’s roughly $6.1 billion budget by 27% to $4.5 ...Read more

The assisted living facility in Edina, Minnesota, where Jean Peters and her siblings moved their mother in 2011, looked lovely. “But then you start uncovering things,” Peters said.

Her mother, Jackie Hourigan, widowed and developing memory problems at 82, too often was still in bed when her children came to see her midmorning.

“She wasn�...Read more

A man has been arrested in connection with the theft on Easter Sunday of Homeland Secretary Kristi Noem’s handbag, CNN reported, citing an unidentified law-enforcement source.

The suspect is in custody and authorities expect more arrests of members of a theft ring that has been targeting the Penn Quarter area in Washington, D.C., the person ...Read more