Republicans say latest US consumer price report is a boon. Democrats say it’s a bust. Which is it? Does the latest consumer price index report show that Americans are paying more or less for goods?

Congress caps new H-1B visas at 85,000 per fiscal year, including 20,000 for noncitizens who earned advanced degrees. The government approved 400,000 H-1B applications, including renewals, in 2024, ...

President Donald Trump said he is deploying 800 National Guard troops to Washington, D.C., and taking control of the Metropolitan Police Department.

Washington, D.C.’s homicide rate is influenced in part by the city’s limits, said James Alan Fox, Northeastern University criminology professor. The city limits are "almost completely urban" compared ...

A child developed a rash after he was prevented from changing his underwear for four days. A little boy, bored and overcome with despair, began hitting himself in the head. A child with autism and ...

During a July 2024 Florida campaign rally, Trump promised to "take over the horribly run capital of our nation in Washington, D.C., and clean it up, renovate it, and rebuild our capital city so that ...

A 2020 Nevada law allows courts to temporarily remove a person’s access to guns if they pose a risk to themselves or others. But it is rarely used. Nearly half of U.S. states have similar "red flag" ...

Russian interference in 2016 included hacking the Democratic National Committee and the campaign of Hillary Clinton, the Democratic presidential nominee who lost to Donald Trump, and spreading ...

"The gerrymander in California is outrageous," Vance posted July 30 on X. "Of their 52 congressional districts, 9 of them are Republican. That means 17 percent of their delegation is Republican when ...

"The White House just announced that Trump only has four days left," one narrator said in a July 19 TikTok. "Trump’s cancer is getting worse — people are posting these pictures of his ankles. Swollen ...

Social media posts misleadingly shared a clip of remarks by Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., with the false claim that 4,725 wire transfers came from President Donald Trump.

The Democrats called for former U.S. Attorney Alex Acosta, who served as labor secretary during Trump’s first term, to testify about Epstein’s plea deal. They asked the Justice Department to ...