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About 3.66 million babies were born in the U.S. in 2022, essentially unchanged from 2021 and 15% below the peak hit in 2007, according to […]

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In the middle of his campaign kickoff speech in Iowa, Ron DeSantis was ticking through a seemingly endless list of legislative accomplishments he has had

The brothers insist they have never met Epstein and didn’t know who he was until he made the headlines

UPDATE: Friday, Jun 2, 2023 · 2:53:58 AM +00:00 · Joan McCarter The debt ceiling deal just passed the Senate, 63-36, after a long day

As a wave of book challenges spreads across the country, poet Amanda Gorman said she felt “gutted” after learning that a Florida school restricted access

‘The meaning of Pride changed when we had kids’

‘Ethics training project for Chinese scientists’

800 grams of weed were reportedly found in the fallen fridge

The Oklahoma Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday that two state laws banning abortion are unconstitutional, but the procedure remains illegal in the state in most

‘You will get enough Democrats to come on board?’

House Democratic leaders are preparing their members to provide votes to push a bill to suspend the debt ceiling and limit federal spending past a critical procedural

House Republicans took the debt ceiling hostage — but now Speaker Kevin McCarthy has agreed to set the hostage free for a relatively small ransom payment. The

The stock market is near a one-year high, giving many investors comfort. But down below, debt markets are creaking under the strain of rising interest

Never Gets Old If I got a nickel for every time I’ve pointed out that there is no furniture of their own making that Republicans won’t bump

The hot-button issue of student loans has found its way into the high-stakes debt ceiling deal, with Republicans claiming a victory that the end of

Over the weekend the White House and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy announced an agreement to suspend the debt ceiling and make cuts to discretionary spending.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is betting that he can pry conservative voters away from Donald Trump by homing in on the former president’s record on

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy is once again fighting for his political life as he tries to sell the debt ceiling deal that has many Republicans

‘Unfortunately, political statements are not allowed at the film festival’

She just gets it!

Special counsel Jack Smith’s investigation into disgraced former president Donald Trump’s handling of classified material is racing to a conclusion. In March, Trump’s attorney Evan

Proving that irony was long ago beaten to death with a shovel in a dimly lit corner of a Cracker Barrel parking lot, Donald Trump, who

Theranos fraudster Elizabeth Holmes is slated to report to prison Tuesday to begin her 11-year sentence after losing a last-ditch appeal to remain free while attempting to

Nvidia market value topped $1 trillion on Tuesday, making the chipmaker the first in its industry to hit the milestone.  Shares hit $404.98 in morning trading,

‘The court will postpone the hearing’

‘he is a really formidable opponent for Joe Biden in the fall’

We begin with Jennifer Scholtes of POLITICO and the efforts of House Speaker Kevin McCarthy to corral House support for his tentative agreement with President Joe Biden to

Kyiv celebrated its 1,541st birthday, founded when Moscow was still a swamp. This is how Russia celebrated the occasion:  x Ukrainian children screaming as incoming Russian

Memorial Day’s name seems a bit ambiguous compared with its more precise object. To memorialize means to preserve the memory of or to commemorate. We

President Biden and Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) reached an agreement in principle to raise the debt limit Saturday night, capping off days of high-stakes negotiations

UPDATE: Sunday, May 28, 2023 · 5:28:39 PM +00:00 · kos x Around 200k unemployed people exist between the ages of 49 and 54. Some

This Memorial Day weekend, I’m thinking about my Black ancestors who fought and died for this nation in every war. I think about those who served

This Memorial Day weekend, I’m thinking about my Black ancestors who fought and died for this nation in every war. I think about those who served

Iranian border guards exchanged gunfire with Taliban soldiers Saturday along a common border between Iran’s Sistan and Baluchestan provinces and Afghanistan’s Nimruz province, official media reported.

Elon Musk’s brain implant company Neuralink says it’s gotten permission from U.S. regulators to begin testing its device in people. The company made the announcement

Guess what! Trump supporters are being scammed out of their savings by unscrupulous actors on sketchy websites. Trump supporters! The savviest Homo sapiens this side

Iowa Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds signed a bill into law Friday that rolls back child labor protections by extending the hours that teens can work and the

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has given Congress a more precise date — June 5 — for when the U.S. government will hit the debt ceiling

You may have heard the phrase “parents’ rights.” It sounds unobjectionable — of course parents should have rights — which is probably why it’s become