Policy

August Social Security direct payment worth $967 goes out today

By Anna Giaritelli, BABACAR DIONERUKMINI CALLIMACHI, Benjamin Payne, Daniel Halper and Susan Ferrechio March 2, 2026 5:10 am

In this June 15, 2018, file photo, cash is fanned out from a wallet in North Andover, Massachusetts.

First round of August Social Security payments goes out in 12 days

Asher Notheis Mar 2, 2026

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell, speaks during a news conference following the Federal Open Market Committee meeting

Don’t expect big interest rate cuts immediately after Powell is replaced at Fed

Zach Halaschak Aug 1, 2025

Trump’s overhaul of Nuclear Regulatory Commission spurs fears of more delays

Callie Patteson Aug 1, 2025

Most Americans not getting COVID-19 booster this fall, survey says

Gabrielle M. Etzel Aug 1, 2025

President Donald Trump listens as Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell speaks during a visit to the Federal Reserve, Thursday, July 24, 2025, in Washington.

Shaky Trump-Powell truce could break next week with Fed rate decision

By Zach Halaschak July 26, 2025 6:00 am

US grants Poland $4 billion loan for military equipment

By Mike Brest July 26, 2025 5:00 am

FEMA will send states $608 million to erect migrant detention camps

By Ross O'Keefe July 25, 2025 11:06 pm

Vet tech Kelly Peterson leads a dog named “Felony” to a holding area at the Humane Society of Broward County, Tuesday, April 20, 2021, in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The Humane Society of Broward County and Greater Good Charities, with Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health and The Animal Rescue Site, transported 39 shelter dogs from Louisiana, where they are at risk of euthanasia, to new homes on the East Coast.

Dogs and cats surrendered to Florida animal shelters after owners nabbed by ICE

By Anna Giaritelli July 25, 2025 4:22 pm

Education Department to release billions in after-school funding after lawmakers’ pleas

By Ross O'Keefe July 25, 2025 4:11 pm

California Attorney General Rob Bonta discusses the California Department of Justice's efforts to protect rights of the state's immigrant communities at a news conference at the San Francisco Public Library's Bernal Heights branch in San Francisco, Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2024.

Kaiser Permanente ends transgender operations for minors after Trump order despite Democratic opposition

By Emily Hallas July 25, 2025 3:17 pm

elizabeth warren and tim scott

New Scott and Warren housing bill targets zoning and environmental barriers to construction

By Joseph Lawler July 25, 2025 12:40 pm

In this photo released by Syrian State TV, four suspects arrested in connection with an alleged plot by ISIS are shown standing against a wall in Damascus, Syria, Saturday, Jan. 11, 2025. Syrian intelligence officials, operating under the country's new de facto government, thwarted an attempt by ISIS to detonate a bomb at the Shiite shrine of Sayyida Zaynab in the Damascus suburb, according to state media reports on Saturday.

US forces conduct raid in Syria, kill senior ISIS leader

By Mike Brest July 25, 2025 11:26 am

President Donald Trump, Gov. Ron DeSantis, R-Fla., and Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, and others, tour "Alligator Alcatraz," a new migrant detention facility at Dade-Collier Training and Transition facility, Tuesday, July 1, 2025, in Ochopee, Fla. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

DHS starts deportation flights of illegal immigrants from ‘Alligator Alcatraz’: DeSantis

By Anna Giaritelli July 25, 2025 11:16 am

New bipartisan bill aimed at red tape crimping energy and infrastructure projects

By Callie Patteson July 25, 2025 10:45 am

Tlaib calls US-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation ‘a deadly sham’

By Mackenzie Thomas July 25, 2025 9:23 am

Pentagon’s latest ‘anti-tank’ battle is a war on thought

By Jamie McIntyre July 25, 2025 7:24 am