During a White House small business summit, President Donald Trump said the economy is strong and his policies are satisfying Americans. "Consumer confidence is way up," Trump said at the May 4 event.

In January 2024, a court found JetBlue and Spirit’s proposed merger unlawful and in violation of antitrust law. Judge William Young, a federal judge at the U.S. District Court of Massachusetts ...

After law enforcement prevented a shooter from entering the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner — the third attempt on President Donald Trump’s life in less than two years — commentators ...

Three cruise ship passengers died and several others fell ill because of a suspected hantavirus outbreak. The disease is typically caused by inhaling infected mouse droppings on land and isn’t usually ...

The release reported the number of cases investigated by the NYPD’s Hate Crimes Task Force between January 2025 and January 2026, finding that such incidents increased by 152%. It also reported that ...

The Congressional Budget Office said in 2025 that the One Big Beautiful Bill — signed into law by President Donald Trump in July 2025 — would increase the number of people without health insurance by ...

The federal government’s reclassification of medical marijuana products as Schedule III drugs doesn’t federally legalize marijuana, but it might extend tax breaks to some cannabis businesses. The ...

Lyme disease is the most common tick-borne infectious disease in the United States. There is no vaccine to protect against it in humans. Biopharmaceutical company Pfizer and Valne ...

In Rucho v. Common Cause, Chief Justice John Roberts, writing for a 5-4 majority, said that although extreme partisan gerrymandering may seem reasonably "unjust," the Constitution provides no ...

Some social media users seized on footage from the April 25 White House Correspondents' Association dinner to investigate the shooting that disrupted the event, but using artifici ...

In 2024, Maine’s legislature passed a bill requiring the state to inventory untested rape kits and establish a rape kit tracking system. Gov. Janet Mills did not sign that or 34 other late-arriving ...

The day before state lawmakers met for a special session on redistricting, Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis revealed his proposed state congressional map, which could set up Republicans to flip as ...