The Trump administration has made efforts to roll back regulations for worker safety and protections, including plans to pull back a requirement that employers provide appropriate lighting at construction sites.
An Associated Press reporter was beaten and held with three other journalists and a lawyer, two detainees said, while at a center for migrants secretively deported from the United States.
The compound where deportees from the United States were being held in Yaoundé, Cameroon.
The intensified push is part of an extraordinary all-fronts effort to insert federal law enforcement into the machinery of American elections ahead of the midterms.
Voters in Miami Beach in 2024. A new nationwide effort by the Trump administration to find and charge criminal voting cases appears to be targeted at green card holders.
Representative Robert Garcia of California, the top Democrat on the House Oversight Committee, speaking during a news conference about the congressional deposition of Les Wexner in New Albany, Ohio.
The Declaration of Independence’s powerful vision of equality stands as a chief obstacle to the MAGA right’s effort to consummate its vision of domination.
A best actor Oscar contender for “Blue Moon,” the star reflects on turbulent times in Hollywood and the notion of selling out: “I think about it constantly.”
Acting is “such a wonderful profession,” Hawke said, explaining, “You can use your own joys and heartbreaks and relationships to educate you, then put it in service of something else.”
Meta’s chief executive said users spent a lot of time on Instagram because of its value, as he was grilled about child safety issues in front of a jury.
Meta’s biggest election investment aims to prevent state legislation that it fears could inhibit artificial intelligence development. Its spending starts this week in Texas and Illinois.
In the oceans and on land, scientists are discovering rare, transitional organisms that bridge the gap between Earth’s simplest cells and today’s complex ones.
The Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority filed a complaint saying Churchill Downs Inc. is not paying its fair share to support inspections and testing.
In a series of landmark trials, plaintiffs are alleging that Meta, TikTok, Snap and YouTube caused personal injury through addictive products. Our technology reporter Cecilia Kang describes what’s at stake for tech giants and social media users.
Dr. Jay Bhattacharya will serve as the acting director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention until President Trump appoints a permanent director.
Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, the director of the National Institutes of Health, will serve as the acting director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Prosecutors have been repeatedly caught between the president’s insistence that they undertake weak or baseless cases and the necessity of having to go to court.
Senators Elissa Slotkin and Mark Kelly were among the Democratic lawmakers targeted by federal prosecutors after recording a video informing troops that they could refuse illegal orders.
Mayor Zohran Mamdani appointed six members to the Rent Guidelines Board, which decides whether rents can go up in nearly one million rent-stabilized apartments.
Mayor Zohran Mamdani pledged throughout his campaign last year to “freeze the rent” for the nearly two million New Yorkers who live in rent-stabilized units.
Six Russian athletes and four Belarusians will be allowed to represent their nations, officials said. The decision could pave the way for a Russian team to compete at the 2028 Summer Games in Los Angeles.
A proposed ballot measure to give Democrats more seats for the 2028 and 2030 elections signals that the nation’s gerrymandering fight is likely to persist for years.
Voters in Oak Creek, Colo., in 2024. A ballot measure backed by a Democratic-allied group in the state would ask voters to suspend the state’s independent redistricting commission for two election cycles and install a map with as many as three more Democratic-leaning seats.