10+ hour, 35+ min ago   (775+ words) An Orange County Fire Authority helicopter drops water on the Gibby Fire near Caspers Wilderness Park in Trabuco Canyon, California, on Sept. 2, 2026. The United States is on pace to see one of its most active wildfire seasons on record. According…...

1+ day, 12+ hour ago   (380+ words) The Trump Administration is proposing making changes to the U.S. census that could have a sweeping—and unequal—impact on the federal funding and congressional representation that states receive. If the changes are approved, they would upend the federal government’s understanding…...

2+ day, 14+ hour ago   (721+ words) President Donald Trump speaks at the National Medal of Honor Museum in Arlington, Texas, on September 10, 2026. President Donald Trump has said nearly a million Americans are eligible to receive $500 refunds for what he described as “excessive fees” charged to Obamacare…...

2+ day, 14+ hour ago   (203+ words) Mercury's tortured surface obscures some signs of its past. That matters. Figuring out the history of Mercury provides clues to how all rocky worlds like the moon and Mars formed. And what happens in our solar system surely happens in…...

2+ day, 23+ hour ago   (691+ words) President Donald Trump speaks on stage on the first day of the 2026 Republican National Convention at the American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas, on Sept. 9, 2026. President Donald Trump said he expects the U.S. and Israel’s war with Iran to end “immediately…...

3+ day, 18+ hour ago   (1141+ words) A head louse on hair As children return to school, families have a lot to look forward to: fresh routines, new connections, crisper weather—and a greater risk of head lice. Head lice is a common childhood condition, with up…...

3+ day, 19+ hour ago   (1365+ words) Elizabeth Keating’s students learn about World War II in history books. But when one of them asked her grandmother what it was like to live through the wartime mobilization and bombing in the U.K., the past suddenly felt real. Talking…...

4+ day, 10+ hour ago   (432+ words) President Donald Trump intends to speak both nights of an unusual Republican Convention in Dallas. Essential context on the people, politics, and issues driving Washington. No one asked for it. Not the Republicans struggling to campaign amid a war against…...

3+ day, 23+ hour ago   (537+ words) President Donald Trump is on thin ice with Iceland after he posted a map that showed the American flag superimposed onto Iceland, Greenland, Canada, Mexico, and much of the Caribbean. Iceland’s leaders summoned U.S. Ambassador Billy Long for a formal…...

4+ day, 23+ hour ago   (546+ words) Men gather at the damage to a storage and warehousing facility at the port of Kuhestak following a U.S. strike in Iran's southern Hormozgan province on Sept. 6, 2026. Iran warned on Monday that it could target U.S. oil and gas interests in the…...