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The poorest people in the U.S. face the most acute shortage of affordable homes. That’s partly because the majority of low-income housing financed in recent years has been for those earning at least 50% of an area’s median income.

Abdul El-Sayed made history this month in Michigan by becoming the first Muslim nominated by the Democratic Party to run for the U.S. Senate.

The Federal Aviation Administration orders inspections for hundreds of Boeing planes, following reports of cracks in some older models.

Customs and Border Protection has ordered construction crews building Trump’s second border wall to stop drilling wells in drought-stricken New Mexico after ranchers said pumping the groundwater needed to mix cement could threaten their livestock.

Democrats are trying to convince voters that lawlessness under President Donald Trump is a major threat.

Missouri voters are deciding on a measure that could make it much harder to amend the state constitution.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom's office has released tax returns showing he and his wife made between $1.7 million and $2 million annually from 2022 through 2024.

President Donald Trump has announced a $22.5 billion renovation of Washington Dulles International Airport.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement plans to keep one of its largest detention facilities open for at least another year.

Federal prosecutors have moved to dismiss a charge against a labor union leader who was arrested while protesting against the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown in California.

An external review of the Gates Foundation's ties to Jeffrey Epstein has found that staff met more than two dozen times with the disgraced financier.

The Supreme Court has agreed to review an Alaska bush pilot’s claims that state authorities have tried to illegally seize his $95,000 airplane after a passenger brought a six-pack of beer on a flight bound for a dry village.

Heavy smoke from wildfires is darkening skies from the U.S. Midwest to the East Coast. The smoke on Thursday prompted warnings that breathing the air outside could be dangerous for people.

A blood test that helps diagnose Alzheimer's might also forecast if healthy older adults will develop symptoms.

An experimental drug might help slow early Alzheimer's disease in a markedly different way than current treatments — by lowering the brain's production of a protein called tau.

Hundreds of economists urge immediate action to address AI's potential impact on the economy. In an open letter released Monday, they warn that AI could transform the economy and displace many jobs.

A federal judge has ruled that the U.S. Department of Justice cannot have access to personal information for every person who worked during the 2020 election in Georgia’s Fulton County.

The U.S. military has attacked Iran after it said Tehran struck three ships in the Strait of Hormuz.

The United States is rapidly building what it calls a “smart wall” on the Mexico border, combining tall steel fencing with advanced technology like sensors and cameras.

Prosecutors will present their case this week against the man accused of killing conservative activist Charlie Kirk.

Many Americans are celebrating their country’s 250th birthday by trying to block out the noise of national division.

Festivities marking the 250th anniversary of American independence are ramping up across the United States.

Family planning and health organizations that serve tens of thousands of people across Pennsylvania could see federal funding delayed or denied by a new Trump administration policy, a new lawsuit alleges.

Artificial intelligence adopters have been using the tech in varied ways to find romance. Some patronize AI matchmaking services.

The U.S. military has conduced another strike against a boat accused of smuggling drugs in the eastern Pacific Ocean, immediately killing two people and leaving six survivors amid an ongoing campaign against alleged traffickers in Latin America.

A bill winding its way through Sacramento right now would make some of the biggest changes in decades to the California Public Records Act — the 58-year-old state law that guarantees everyone has access to government documents and data.

A federal judge has rejected former President Joe Biden’s attempt to block the Trump administration from releasing to a conservative group the recordings that Biden made with a ghostwriter.

Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes is dismissing a criminal case that alleged President Donald Trump’s former chief of staff Mark Meadows, former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani and others tried to overturn Trump’s 2020 loss in the state.

Health officials are raising awareness about alpha-gal syndrome, a meat allergy triggered by tick bites. This condition is on the rise.

The Treasury Department has moved to involve banks more deeply in President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown.

Legislation in two of the nation's most populous states could force 3D printers to come equipped with technology blocking them from making guns.

AI giant Anthropic says it has taken its latest artificial intelligence models, known as Fable 5 and Mythos 5, offline to comply with a directive from the Trump administration to prevent their use by foreign nationals.

Alabama is seeking to execute a man with lethal injection hours after his nitrogen execution was prevented from going forward.

A Democratic group that previously focused on presidential races is wading into more than a dozen House and Senate contests across the country.

Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin says last week's rocket explosion spared fuel tanks and some other critical parts of the launch pad.

The Trump administration is pushing to use artificial intelligence in the U.S. military even as it faces calls for caution from some companies and military leaders. Adm.

New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill has sent state police to establish designated protest zones and vehicle checkpoints outside an immigration detention center in Newark.

Attorneys say a woman fired by an Indiana university over her Facebook post criticizing Charlie Kirk will receive $225,000 in a legal settlement.

Emergency officials have lifted an evacuation order for some of the tens of thousands of people who live near a damaged tank containing a hazardous chemical in Southern California.

Authorities are trying to tamp down the risk of a possible explosion or leak of a damaged chemical tank at a facility in Southern California.

Authorities are bracing for the possibility that a damaged chemical tank at a facility in Southern California could leak or explode.

A group of local Indigenous leaders and Lawrence Hall of Science researchers strolled through the lobby of the discovery-based UC Berkeley museum last week as workers put the finishing touches on its latest exhibit, “Yuutka” (The Place of the Acorn).

A panel of appellate judges appears to be divided over a legal dispute between the Pentagon and Anthropic.

The State Department will begin revoking the U.S. passports of thousands of parents who owe a significant amount of unpaid child support.

U.S. President Donald Trump says the Iran ceasefire is on “life support” after he rejected Tehran’s latest proposal to end the war.

U.S. prosecutors say a plain glass-clad building in Manhattan's Chinatown neighborhood was a secret Chinese spy outpost, with orders to silence, harass and intimidate pro-democracy dissidents in the U.S.

Senate Republicans are pushing $1 billion in White House security upgrades for President Donald Trump’s ballroom project.

Artificial intelligence chatbots are so prone to flattering and validating their human users that they are giving bad advice that can damage relationships and reinforce harmful behaviors, according to a new study that explores the dangers of AI telling people what they want to hear.

Authorities have determined that buckshot from the gun of the man charged with trying to storm the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner in an attempt to kill President Donald Trump struck a Secret Service agent.