Politics

Prices in clothing and shoes may see an increase of 16.9%, according to the Yale Budget Lab.

Americans nearing retirement and recent retirees said they were anxious and frustrated following a second day of market turmoil that hit their 401(k)s after President Donald Trump’s escalation of tariffs.

President Donald Trump on Friday said he would extend by 75 days the deadline for TikTok’s owner to find a non-Chinese buyer, averting what could have been another disruption of the app, NBC News reported.

Judges showed some frustration this week with how the Trump administration has been defending itself in court.

Connecticut continues to learn about cuts in federal aid, with both libraries and humanities organizations learning of abrupt cuts this week. The National Institute of Museum and Library Services sent a letter to the State Library Tuesday stating its plans to halt $2.1 million in aid. The money was meant to support summer programming, electronic bo...

The Supreme Court granted the Trump administration’s plea to cut hundreds of millions of dollars in teacher-training money as part of its anti-DEI efforts.

The Departments of Education and Justice said the new team will “protect students, and especially female athletes, from the pernicious effects of gender ideology.”

Trump’s latest bout of tariffs are expected to increase prices by thousands of dollars per year and slow economic growth.

A federal judge said Friday the government must secure the return of a Prince George’s County, Maryland, man who Immigration and Customs Enforcement admitted it deported in error.

The Senate is diving into a contentious debate on a budget plan critical to Republican efforts to pass trillions of dollars in tax cuts and boost border security and defense spending. They’re trying to do so in what President Donald Trump calls “one big beautiful bill.” The debate began Friday. Passage of the plan would give Republicans the c...

Denmark’s prime minister has told the U.S. during a visit to Greenland that “you cannot annex another country,” even with the argument that international security is at stake.

Harvard president Alan Garber said in response the school had “devoted considerable effort to addressing antisemitism” and would provide a full accounting to the government.

Preorders of the new Nintendo console were supposed to start next week.