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.
Mayor Zohran Mamdani will place the Department of Homeless Services in charge of the sweeps, replacing the Police Department as leader of the interagency efforts.
Public officials, including some Democratic City Council members, have raised concerns that the number of homeless encampments has risen since Mayor Zohran Mamdani took office.
The Beatles, the Stones and Clapton shared the stage with him. He made solo hits, too. A documentary by Paris Barclay explores his success and his difficult life.
Across the country, Democratic-led states are accelerating their initiatives to cut greenhouse gas emissions. Their role just became much more important.
Shoppers measured the width of an electric vehicle at the Colorado Auto Show in Denver last year. Colorado legislators plan to introduce a bill that would give car buyers a $2,000 tax credit for new E.V.s starting in 2027.
The latest round of talks ended with no indication of progress, but negotiators are bargaining over who will control land in eastern Ukraine if they reach a settlement.
Environmental and health groups sued the E.P.A. over its elimination of the endangerment finding. The matter is likely to end up before the Supreme Court.
The E.P.A. last week erased the scientific finding that gave it the authority to regulate greenhouse gases. Cars are a top emitter of the gases, which cause climate change.
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