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Gas prices were well over $4 a gallon on April 28, 2026, in Brooklyn, N.Y. Spencer Platt/Getty Images

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What’s in the price of a gallon of gas?

Staff Writer - May 1, 2026

The U.K. Parliament passed legislation in an effort to control spiraling rental costs and reverse rising homelessness rates. Matt Cardy/Getty Image

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England’s ‘once in a generation’ housing law takes effect as US housing legislation sits in congressional purgatory

The Iranian closure of the Strait of Hormuz has largely brought oil traffic to a halt, hitting petroleum-exporting countries hard. Asghar Besharati / Getty Images

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The US has long used economic coercion to achieve foreign policy goals — the war in Iran shows how that power has declined

State governments have had trouble regulating what crisis pregnancy centers should tell their clients and donors. AP Photo/Mark Zaleski

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Supreme Court bolsters donors’ free speech rights in unanimous crisis pregnancy center ruling

The Emiratis are poised to turn their back on their oil cartel buddies. Karim Sahib/AFP via Getty Images

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UAE’s OPEC exit has been long in the works – and may mark the beginning of a Gulf realignment

Immigrant farmworkers pick strawberries in California in April 2024. Visions of America/Joe Sohm/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

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Deporting millions of immigrants would shock the US economy, increasing housing,...

Staff Writer - February 18, 2025

National Institutes of Health indirect costs, which are under the knife, go toward managing laboratories and facilities. Fei Yang/Moment via Getty Images

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Cutting funding for science can have consequences for the economy, US...

Staff Writer - February 17, 2025

Congress has the authority to spend the nation’s money. Presidents try to get around that limitation. ATU Images-The Image Bank/Getty Images

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Congress, not the president, decides on government spending − a constitutional...

Staff Writer - February 15, 2025

A protest in San Diego against the Trump administration’s mass deportation plan, Jan. 31, 2025. Carlos Moreno/NurPhoto via Getty Images

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How Americans really feel about deporting immigrants – 3 charts explain...

Staff Writer - February 14, 2025

Inflation is building again; but the housing industry may find it harder to do so as a result of Trump tariffs. Win McNamee/Getty Images

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Inflation is heating up again, putting pressure on Trump to cool...

Staff Writer - February 13, 2025

Time to say goodbye? Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images

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Can the president really kill off the penny – and should he?

Staff Writer - February 13, 2025

An African journalist films President Xi Jinping delivering an opening ceremony speech for the China-Africa forum in Beijing in September 2024. AP Photo/Andy Wong

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China flexes its media muscle in Africa – encouraging positive headlines...

Staff Writer - February 12, 2025

Hurricane Ian caused widespread damage in Florida in 2022, estimated at over $112 billion. This scene was once a shopping center. Giorgio Veira/AFP via Getty Images

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If FEMA didn’t exist, could states handle the disaster response alone?

Staff Writer - February 10, 2025

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A German security guard checks for radiation after the Chernobyl accident in April 1986. Patrick Piel/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images

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Chernobyl at 40: Secret Stasi files reveal extent of Soviet misinformation...

Staff Writer - April 22, 2026

Lauren Cassidy, Binghamton University, State University of New York On April 26, 1986, Soviet engineers at the Chernobyl nuclear...

Seagrass has made an unexpected return to Mosquito Lagoon. Captain William B. Wolfson, Grassroots Guide Service, New Smyrna Beach, FL

Hurricanes devastated Florida’s East Coast – then seagrass made an unexpected comeback

April 22, 2026

A long-running experiment is testing tree mixes to develop the healthiest forests. Mickey Pullen/Smithsonian Environmental Research Center

Don’t just plant trees, plant forests to restore biodiversity for the future

April 21, 2026

People tend to be offended when they get a personal note written by AI – if they know. Ekaterina Buravleva/iStock via Getty Images

Most people do not realize when a personal message they receive...

April 20, 2026

Cannabis plants are seen at Harborside Oakland Dispensary on Aug. 11, 2025, in Oakland, Calif. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

Why the future of marijuana legalization remains hazy despite high public support

April 18, 2026