Trump targets gender-affirming care for trans Americans under 19 in latest executive order
Trump ’s latest action follows a series of executive orders targeting transgender, nonbinary and intersex Americans, ...
Starmer vows to clear ‘regulatory weeds’ ahead of Reeves growth speech
Writing in The Times, Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer criticised the ‘morass of regulation that effectively bans billions of ...
Federal judge hears request to block an upcoming nitrogen gas execution in Alabama
A federal judge has heard competing testimony over a request to block the nation's fourth execution using nitrogen gas ...
DeepSeek says it built its chatbot cheap. What does that mean for AI's energy needs and the climate?
Chinese artificial intelligence startup DeepSeek stunned markets and AI experts with its claim that it built its immensely ...
U.S. Education Department investigating Denver Public Schools over all-gender bathroom
The U.S. Education Department said it is investigating Denver Public Schools for alleged discrimination after the district ...
Quakers vs Trump: Religious group takes on president over decision to allow ICE to raid churches
A collection of Quaker congregations have sued the Department of Homeland Security and its new leader, Kristi Noem, over ...
Pork giant Smithfield's CEO touts growth outlook, minimizes threats from deportations, bird flu
Smithfield Foods' CEO Shane Smith says he hopes that everything the company has done to make working in its plants more ...
Trump has issued a freeze on grants and loans. Here’s what it means for your bottom line
Financial assistance for foreign aid, nongovernmental organizations, DEI, woke gender ideology, and the Green New Deal’ will be paused, according to a memo ...
Trump offers all federal workers a buyout with 7 months' pay in effort to shrink size of government
The White House has begun offering buyouts worth seven months of salary to all federal employees who opt to leave their jobs ...
Lord Mandelson expected to be approved as ambassador to US – reports
Former MP and minister Lord Mandelson is thought to be set to become Sir Keir Starmer’s top diplomat in Washington DC.
Climate change made the deadly Los Angeles wildfires more likely. And, the worst is yet to come
The hot, dry and windy weather that stoked this month’s destructive blazes will worsen without a transition away from ...
State Department told to ‘downplay’ Black History Month to back Trump’s anti-DEI order: report
Vague guidance asks State Department officials to celebrate ‘individual contributions’ to American history while maintaining ...