Kendra Secrett

The ongoing primary season is sending mixed signals about which approach will prove most successful for Democratic party heading into November’s midterms, with Tuesday’s slate of elections producing different outcomes for progressive and moderate candidates.

Starting in fall 2027, all first-year students in Michigan’s College of LSA—which enrolls ~50% of the university’s ~8,000 incoming freshmen—will receive “pass” or “no credit” marks on their transcripts during their first semester, with their usual letter grades hidden.

For years, the road to owning an electric vehicle in the US came with plenty of financial help.

A Senate committee voted yesterday to hold Dr. Anthony Fauci in contempt of Congress, after the former top US infectious disease official repeatedly invoked his Fifth Amendment right during testimony last week.

California’s Democratic party has endorsed the state’s proposed 5% wealth tax on all billionaires in the state, after a weekend meeting on Sunday cleared the 60% threshold needed to overcome objections and win the endorsement.

Late Thursday, President Trump announced that negotiators had reached what he called a "historic agreement" on the next phase of his Gaza peace plan, laying out a path for Hamas to relinquish its governing role and military capabilities.

Recent reports from federal agencies paint a conflicting story of how the US economy is doing.

President Trump this week intensified his push for Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) to eliminate the filibuster so Republicans can pass his voting bill, known as the SAVE America Act, before the midterm elections.

Sunday marked exactly 100 days until Americans head to the polls for the 2026 midterm elections.

Yesterday, President Trump unveiled plans to add a new condition to the landmark US-Saudi nuclear agreement announced earlier this week, saying the deal will only move forward if Saudi Arabia joins the Abraham Accords and normalizes relations with Israel.

The Trump administration is in the process of expanding a policy known as the "public charge" test, which allows the US to deny immigrants’ applications for green cards (and other benefits) if they’re deemed likely to rely on government support.

The US-Iran conflict is escalating again, nearly two weeks after the collapse of their recent ceasefire amid tensions over the Strait of Hormuz.

Senate Democrats on Tuesday blocked a procedural vote to advance the ~$1.15 trillion National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), preventing the annual defense bill from moving to the Senate floor in a 50-46 vote with all Dems against.

Changing the clocks twice a year moved one step closer to becoming history on Tuesday, when the House passed 308-117 the Sunshine Protection Act of 2025 and cleared a key hurdle for legislation that would make daylight saving time (DST) permanent nationwide.

Michigan’s Senate race is shaping up as a bellwether for the direction of the Democratic Party, amid a recent power struggle between its progressive wing—led by democratic socialists—and moderate establishment in primary elections across the US.

Democratic nominee Graham Platner suspended his campaign for Maine's open US Senate seat late Wednesday evening, after losing support from Democratic leaders in the wake of a sexual assault allegation.

On Monday, the Supreme Court allowed Texas to begin enforcing a law requiring app stores to verify users' ages and obtain parental consent before anyone under 18 can download a majority of apps.

The group chat may be doing a little too much heavy lifting for many friend groups, according to new research.

The Supreme Court yesterday rejected President Trump's effort to restrict birthright citizenship, rejecting a signature immigration policy that sought to reinterpret the constitutional principle that nearly everyone born on US soil is a citizen.

Chinese startup Zhipu AI has released a new AI model that can match Anthropic's flagship Mythos system at finding software security bugs in certain benchmark tests, according to cybersecurity company Semgrep.