President Donald Trump on Friday pardoned a group of western Michigan businesses and individuals who were convicted of systematically disabling emissions controls on hundreds of semi-trucks — framing a straightforward environmental enforcement case as political persecution by the Biden administration.…
The United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, long regarded as the backbone of American public health infrastructure, is facing what former insiders describe as a systematic erosion of its scientific mission under Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Dr. Debra…
America broke its promise to Gen Z. The question now is whether that betrayal has hardened into something that no economic recovery can easily undo. Last year, the “Gen Z stare” became a cultural shorthand — a label for the…
Nearly four decades after signing a consent decree with the state of Michigan, chemical manufacturing giant BASF is still struggling to contain contaminated groundwater at its 230-acre Wyandotte plant — and the remediation plan it has now put forward may…
Bruce Springsteen has a clear definition of what it means to love your country. It starts with telling the truth about it. Speaking in his recent PBS special, Bruce Springsteen: Finding America in Song, the rock icon laid out a…
HUNT, Texas — As the United States marked its 250th anniversary with fireworks and parades on Friday, the small Hill Country community of Hunt, Texas, and its surrounding towns observed a far more somber occasion: the first anniversary of catastrophic…
For decades, the standard advice handed to prospective homebuyers was simple: save aggressively, put 20% down, and avoid the added cost of private mortgage insurance. It was a rule built for a different era — one in which wages tracked…
The Democratic Party’s internal tensions have broken into open view, with Representative Pramila Jayapal of Washington publicly rebuking colleagues who have greeted the party’s growing socialist wing with condescension rather than curiosity. Speaking to CNN, Jayapal described the treatment of…
The Republic Is Sick. The Diagnosis Is Contested. The Stakes Could Not Be Higher. Two hundred and fifty years in, the United States is celebrating its birthday — but the party feels forced. Beneath the fireworks and the flags, a…
Chicago is two days into its first heatwave of the year. The city’s response looks almost identical to what it was a decade ago. Health experts and community advocates say the Johnson administration’s current approach — centered on public messaging…