Kendra Secrett

Despite strong demand and good pay, a growing number of nurses across the US are leaving bedside care as heavier workloads, understaffing, and rising workplace violence take a toll.

The US government spent nearly $2 trillion more than it collected in 2026, marking the largest annual federal deficit outside the pandemic years of 2020-21, according to new Treasury data.

President Trump changed course on a new round of economic sanctions against Russia on Friday, signing an executive order waiving the measures just two days before they were scheduled to take effect.

Gen Z and millennials came out in force ahead of November's midterms to try and shake up the makeup of Congress.

Medicare for All may have a pulse after all.

Americans are feeling a little uneasy about what's cooking in the nation's food supply.

The race to build more powerful AI systems is running into questions that computer science wasn’t built to answer.

The 2026-2027 term of the Supreme Court officially begins today.

With Election Day just 32 days out, the midterms are now entering their final, increasingly expensive stretch. 

The auto industry has spent decades convincing Americans they need the latest model in the driveway.

President Trump on Saturday publicly rejected Iran’s latest proposal for a seven-day ceasefire, as the two sides continue negotiating a potential end to the war.

President Trump signed an agreement Tuesday with the prime ministers of Denmark and Greenland that will expand America’s military presence in Greenland, while also recognizing Danish sovereignty over the island and residents’ right to self-determination.

Chinese President Xi Jinping arrives in Washington, D.C., today for his first US state visit in over a decade, with Xi’s three-day agenda including official meetings with President Trump at the White House tomorrow.

On Friday, President Trump barred three major news organizations—CNN, MS NOW, and Politico—from White House grounds over what he characterized as “fake news” and persistently negative coverage of his administration.

This week, the Federal Reserve unanimously voted to raise baseline US interest rates for the first time in over three years, with the quarter-point increase bringing the Fed’s benchmark target range to 3.75%–4%, raising the cost of short-term borrowing throughout the economy.

Space: the final frontier. These are the voyages of… the US military?

The biggest AI leaders in America called for a slowdown in the development of highly advanced AI models over the weekend, citing fears that increasingly capable systems could become difficult to control.

This week, the Trump administration proposed a series of sweeping new changes to how the 2030 US census would count America’s population, in a move that’s drawn pushback from Democrats.

If roles were somewhat reversed and Americans were grading the country’s schools, there’d be some explaining to do at parent-teacher conferences.

Approval of President Trump’s job performance has turned further negative over a year-and-a-half into his second administration, with his popularity likely to play a major role in the midterm elections two months from now.