President Donald Trump delivered a rare 20-minute primetime speech from the Oval Office on Wednesday night. The address included relatively little news but did frame up how the White House would like ...

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In 2025, the second administration of U.S. President Donald Trump dramatically changed the trajectory of U.S. engagement with ...

President Donald Trump delivered a politically charged speech Wednesday carried live in prime time on network television, ...

With tariffs unpopular and prices still high, the White House has teased the promise of tariff rebates and large tax refunds ...

Taken together, Trump’s second-term science policy reflects several emerging trends in U.S. research policy: the public’s growing distrust of higher education, the private sector’s accelerating ...

But make no mistake, a Gavin Newsom presidency is certainly not a foregone conclusion. Polished as he is, Newsom’s record will come back to bite. And, popular as he may be among Democrats, swing ...

Amid enormous shifts, many scientists pushed back and risked dismissal from their jobs even as federal agencies fired ...

For Democrats seeking to return the House to their party’s hands, retirement announcements are a window of opportunity.

Even budget hawks have a sensitive side. White House budget director Russ Vought — whom President Trump recently depicted as the Grim Reaper relentlessly slashing government headcount — was snapped ...

Opinion articles provide independent perspectives on key community issues, separate from our newsroom reporting. North Carolinians deserve straight talk about our state budget. Both the House and ...

North Carolinians deserve straight talk about our state budget. Both the House and Senate know we must get it done. The real question is whether we’ll deliver a budget that actually meets our state’s ...