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Approximately $2 billion in earmarked money went to colleges and universities from September 2025 through October 2026. Douglas Rissing/iStock via Getty Images Plus

Politics

Both Democrats and Republicans give millions to universities in earmarks – but not in the same way

Staff Writer - June 8, 2026

President Donald Trump appears at a FIFA Club World Cup 2025 match at New Jersey’s MetLife Stadium on July 13, 2025, with FIFA president Gianni Infantino standing to the right. Eva Marie Uzcategui/FIFA via Getty Images

Politics

As an American, should you feel guilty about rooting against the US in the World Cup?

Beyond the well-known names, Jeffrey Epstein’s network of contacts had infiltrated the boardrooms of hundreds of major U.S. companies, with clear consequences for corporate conduct. Martin BUREAU/AFP via Getty Images

Politics

How businesses with ties to Jeffrey Epstein saw norms – and even share prices – suffer

Did James Comey, former FBI director, ‘knowingly and willfully’ threaten, kidnap or ‘inflict bodily injury upon the President of the United States’? Samuel Corum/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images

Politics

James Comey’s Instagram seashell post sits in a murky legal zone between protected political speech and criminal threat

Buildings destroyed in Israeli airstrikes are seen in the southern port city of Tyre, Lebanon, on May 31, 2026. AP Photo

Politics

In Iran war’s shadow, Israel’s renewed Lebanon campaign risks repeating failed lessons – and occupations – of the past

Diplomatic

Germany may be the biggest loser if it doesn’t start spending

Staff Writer - October 21, 2014

Politics

How to make the House of Representatives representative

Staff Writer - October 21, 2014

Politics

In defense of NIMBYism

Staff Writer - October 21, 2014

Politics

How trade agreements are locking in a broken patent system

Staff Writer - October 20, 2014

Government

In China, people are protesting about the government’s rubbish policy on...

Staff Writer - October 20, 2014

Government

First goal of UN sustainability targets should be to not conflict...

Staff Writer - October 20, 2014

Diplomatic

The International Criminal Court must fix its anti-African image

Staff Writer - October 20, 2014

Politics

Ukraine steels itself for winter as Putin forges ahead with Novorossiya

Staff Writer - October 20, 2014

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The Democratic Republic of Congo is scaling up health operations to contain the Ebola epidemic. Michel Lunanga/Getty Images

Politics

What’s wrong with how US and Uganda plan to stop Ebola spreading

Staff Writer - May 30, 2026

Katrine L. Wallace, University of Illinois Chicago As public health workers in the Democratic Republic of Congo work to...

When you experience something that can’t easily be explained, do you think of the supernatural? Zeferli/iStock via Getty Images Plus

Is my brain wired to never see a ghost? A psychologist...

May 28, 2026

But women continue to die from causes related to pregnancy and childbirth until one year after birth. Goodboy Picture Company/E+ Collection via Getty Images

Nearly half of maternal deaths in Pennsylvania occur more than 6...

May 27, 2026

Across the U.S., people are calling for companies to pay for the damage they have done to the environment. Alex Kent/AFP via Getty Images

The US Constitution and laws do not protect oil companies from...

May 24, 2026

This device measures acceleration and rotation by shining lasers into small clouds of rubidium atoms. Sandia National Laboratories

Quantum sensors use atoms, electrons and light as ultra‑steady rulers –...

May 20, 2026