The government shutdown is on track to end with no resolution for expiring healthcare subsidies, and Democrats say Republicans want an abortion ban.

A research team including a scientist from the Earth-Life Science Institute (ELSI) at the Institute of Science, Tokyo, Japan, has identified a novel principle in biology that mathematically explains why the growth of organisms slows as nutrients become more abundant—a phenomenon known as the law of diminishing returns.

Social Security's earnings-test limits also tend to increase from year to year. And 2026 is no exception. Next year, the earnings-test limit is rising from $23,400 to $24,480 for people who are under full retirement age and won't reach it at any point in 2026. From there, $1 in Social Security is withheld per $2 of earnings.

Taking up a contentious election issue with nationwide implications, the Supreme Court on Monday agreed to consider whether federal law bars states from counting mail-in ballots that are received afte

Frank Carollo may have gotten the most votes in last week’s election for the open District 3 seat, but Miami’s newly passed lifetime term limits threaten to knock the former city commissioner off the Dec. 9 runoff ballot.

An array of major airports in cities like New York, Washington and Los Angeles were not accepting private aircraft on Nov. 10.

The Institute for Fiscal Studies think tank estimates fully reversing the two-child benefit cap could take 630,000 children out of absolute poverty, defined as households with an income below 60% median average, at a cost of £3.6bn a year.

They’re more diverse than ever, but they remain the sites of deep racial and socioeconomic gaps.