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Studies show what hapless college grads learn the hard way: Some of their university degrees aren’t worth the big bucks they paid for them.

That goes for graduate students as well as undergrads.

According to a study ...Read more

For years, coastal communities like mine in New England have been rebuilding what corporate seafood systems ruined by exploiting our marine resources. Now, some lawmakers are trying to hand our ocean commons over to the ...Read more

Thanks in large part to President Donald Trump’s disastrous policies, Democrats have a decent shot at not just retaking the House, but maybe even flipping the Senate.

Here’s the thing to know: Midterms are a ...Read more

In 2023, the leaders of the world’s leading artificial intelligence (AI) companies — OpenAI, Google Deepmind, Anthropic — signed a letter warning of the existential risks emerging from AI. It included this ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump revisited his grievances with the North Atlantic Treaty Organization over Greenland as he expressed fresh frustration with the security alliance’s stance on the Iran war.

“It all ...Read more

SPRINGFIELD — The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear a legal challenge to an Illinois law barring concealed carry permit holders from carrying loaded guns on public transportation, leaving intact the state’s...Read more

RALEIGH, N.C. — North Carolina Attorney General Jeff Jackson joined over 20 other states in suing the Trump administration over its new executive order that seeks to restrict mail-in voting nationwide.

The lawsuit, ...Read more

LEXINGTON, Ky. — Kentucky’s highest court ruled Monday that state lawmakers cannot proceed with upcoming impeachment proceedings against Fayette Circuit Judge Julie Muth Goodman.

The opinion and order, issued Monday ...Read more

On Easter morning, Trump posted:

“Tuesday will be Power Plant Day, and Bridge Day, all wrapped up in one, in Iran. There will be nothing like it!!! “Open the F----n’ Strait, you crazy b-----ds, or you’ll be living...Read more

President Donald Trump on Monday celebrated the rescue of two downed American airmen as his latest deadline looms for Iran to agree to a ceasefire deal or get blown “back to the Stone Ages” by a new wave of attacks.

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WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court sent Stephen Bannon’s contempt of Congress conviction back to lower courts Monday to address the Trump administration’s attempt to wipe out the case against the president’s former ...Read more

Southern California’s Salton Sea was once a resort playground, with sunny beaches, celebrities and people waterskiing on the vast inland lake in the 1950s and ’60s.

Today, those resorts are long gone, replaced by a ...Read more

For many years, the U.S. foreign and security establishment has made the safety of international trade a key argument for the benefits that U.S. global primacy brings to the world, and the need to maintain that primacy. ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — CNN will host a California gubernatorial primary debate May 5.

The two-hour debate will take place at 6 p.m Pacific time at a venue in the Los Angeles area that is yet to be determined. CNN anchors Elex ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s desire to make the nation’s capital “beautiful again” is a central focus of the White House’s fiscal 2027 budget request for the Interior Department.

The budget, released ...Read more

The White House’s struggles to negotiate an off-ramp in Iran are a reminder of how crucial skilled diplomacy can be. Yet the State Department appears intent on purging and politicizing the ranks of the nation’s top ...Read more

Remember when our president attacked a female journalist for asking uncomfortable questions with a casual, sincere, "Quiet, piggy"?

That was five months ago, a lifetime in the chaos of the Trump administration, but it was...Read more

There are two open secrets in college admissions. First, admissions is not a meritocracy based on academic achievement. Second, the factors used in “holistic” admissions (essays, teacher recommendations, etc.) do not ...Read more