Secretary of State Marco Rubio has ordered U.S. embassies around the world to move ahead with a directive to fire all remaining staffers with the U.S. Agency for International Development

Rangers hiked for miles to confirm the deaths of two people who were camping at an island national park in Michigan’s Lake Superior

The health of the Chesapeake Bay has declined in an annual report card on the nation's largest estuary

The Satanic Temple's leader in Iowa is accusing state officials of religious discrimination against the group

The City Council of San Jose, California, is voting on a controversial proposal that would make homeless people eligible for arrest if they reject three offers of housing

The current unrest in Los Angeles is a lot different from the last time a U.S. president called out the National Guard to respond to violence on the streets

Georgia’s highest court is overturning four rules passed by the State Election Board just before last year’s general election

A new lawsuit alleges that a deaf man who was killed in Baltimore's jail was forced to share a cell with a first-degree murder suspect whose violent behavior had already alarmed his previous cellmate

Lawyers say Michigan State University has reached settlements worth about $30 million with three students who survived a mass shooting at the school in 2023

Citing trade wars, World Bank sharply downgrades global economic growth forecast for this year

A fire broke out in the parking structure of Nashville’s main public library early Tuesday

Los Angeles is still reeling from January’s deadly wildfires — and with the World Cup soccer championships and the 2028 Olympics on the horizon — Mayor Karen Bass has been urging residents to come together to revitalize LA’s image

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is expected to field sharp questions from members of Congress about his tumultuous start as Pentagon chief in a series of hearings beginning Tuesday

The winning numbers in Monday evening’s drawing of the "Powerball" game were: 30-33-40-43-52, Powerball: 25

President Donald Trump plans to speak at Fort Bragg to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the U.S. Army

Alabama is preparing to execute a man with nitrogen gas for the 1988 beating death of a woman

New Jersey voters are set to settle the Democratic and Republican primaries for governor

Florida plans to execute a man convicted of raping and killing a woman three decades ago after kidnapping her from a supermarket parking lot

Financial aid fraud is exploding, thanks to the rise of artificial intelligence

World shares are mixed as investors keep an eye on China-U.S. trade talks that might help stave off a recession

Twenty-seven states and the District of Columbia have filed a lawsuit in bankruptcy court seeking to block the sale of personal genetic data by 23andMe without customer consent

Authorities say blood discovered at a campsite where three young Washington state sisters were found dead last week belonged to a male

President Donald Trump is moving swiftly to act on his immigration promises with little internal restraint, determined to test the bounds of his executive authority in order to fulfill the promises of his reelection campaign

The Pentagon is scrambling to establish rules to guide U.S. Marines who could be faced with the rare and difficult prospect of using force against citizens on American soil, now that the Trump administration is deploying active duty troops to the immig...

An Oklahoma judge has granted a temporary stay of execution to a man whose transfer to death row was expedited by the Trump administration

Mexico’s security chief says that the country's most powerful drug cartels are recruiting former Colombian soldiers, leading Mexico to turn away dozens of Colombians trying to enter the country

Provincial government officials say at least seven people have died in flooding in South Africa after a weather front bringing heavy rain and snow hit eastern and southern provinces

Brazil’s former president Jair Bolsonaro takes the stand before the Supreme Court over alleged coup plan

The International Monetary Fund had said it visited Syria for the first time since 2009 as the country scrambles to rebuild after over a decade of conflict

At least four people were killed in Colombia as rebel groups detonated bombs near police stations in the city of Cali and the neighboring Cauca province, according to Colombian authorities

Two men have been sentenced to life in prison over their role in the murder of Maltese journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia

Authorities say a shooter opened fire inside a school in the city of Graz on Tuesday, killing nine people

With the first U.N. climate talks in the Amazon set for November, Brazil is fast-tracking a series of controversial decisions that undercut its green rhetoric, revealing mounting political pressure on the federal environmental agency and widening divis...

Brazilian police arrested at least 11 people during an early morning operation against drug trafficking in Rio de Janeiro favelas

Britain, Australia, Canada, New Zealand and Norway say they have imposed sanctions on two far-right Israeli government ministers for allegedly “inciting extremist violence” against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank

The Dan David Prize will award nine historians, archaeologists and filmmakers from around the world with $300,000 for their research, the foundation announced Tuesday

A military fighter jet crashed and burned in an area that has seen intense fighting during Myanmar’s civil war, with a rebel group claiming to have shot it down while state-run media reported it suffered a mechanical failure

Bujar Bukoshi, a former Kosovo independence leader who for years headed a self-proclaimed government-in-exile, has died after a long illness, his family says

Northern India is grappling with a heat wave, with the desert state of Rajasthan recording one of the season’s highest temperatures of 117 F on Monday

A French middle school employee was allegedly stabbed to death by a 15-year-old student during a bag check Tuesday at their school east of Paris, the national gendarme service said

The U.S. and China are holding a second day of talks in London aimed at easing their trade dispute

Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim has won a reprieve in a civil suit accusing him of sexual misconduct, after a court approved his bid to suspend the trial due to start next week

Just a week into his term in office, South Korea's liberal President Lee Jae-myung has moved against his ousted conservative predecessor

Iran says it executed nine militants of the Islamic State group detained after a 2018 attack

The South Pacific island nation of Samoa will hold a snap election on Aug. 29 after Prime Minister Fiamē Naomi Mata’afa’s government collapsed following a budget defeat

The Japanese stealth frigate JS Yahagi has docked in Australia's northern-most city of Darwin as part of Japan’s push to secure a $6.5 billion contract to build Australia’s next-generation naval fleet

Filipino forces and villagers have been struggling to live in Beijing's shadow in the disputed South China while fighting isolation on remote islands

Yemen's Houthi rebels say Israel attacked docks in the port city of Hodeida; no immediate confirmation from Israel

Even as it pursues its invasion of Ukraine, Russia is also expanding its military footprint in Africa

A wave of new ratifications during the U.N. Ocean Conference in France has brought the High Seas Treaty closer to the 60-country threshold needed for it to enter into force

The president is barred from being elected more than twice by the Constitution.

Here’s what Colorado Gov. Jared Polis is telling fellow governors about when to work with Trump and when to oppose him.

He received a standing ovation in some of the most raucous applause at the gathering.

The one-time Biden adviser is reclaiming her seat atop one of the most influential liberal think tanks.

We're relaunching one of our signature products to capture this historical moment. West Wing Playbook: Remaking Government.

The occasionally contrarian Democratic governor said government could be more efficient — but Elon Musk’s DOGE is butchering it.

The Kentucky governor said his party wasn’t using ‘normal language’ in an interview during POLITICO’s Governors Summit.

The Trump administration's immigration crackdown, combative trade policies and spending cuts create challenges for state executives.

Trump in his first weeks of his second term has targeted the city like few presidents before him.

The Democratic response to Trump, one Texas lawmaker said, is “too slow and too tepid and not meeting the moment.”

The legal complaint marks yet another challenge to the sweeping access and authority granted to the so-called Department of Government Efficiency.

Conservatives won the culture war by riding the backlash to Black Lives Matter protests.

Biden cut off access to briefings for Trump in 2021.

Ellen Weintraub has served on the commission since 2002.

POLITICO has been the subject of debate on X this week. Some of it has been misinformed, and some of it has been flat-out false. Let’s set the record straight.

The billionaire's strategy of moving fast and breaking things isn't going over so well with the public.

Hong Kong police have accused a mobile game application of advocating armed revolution and promoting secessionist agendas

The truck divisions of Japan’s Toyota and Daimler of Germany have agreed to merge to work together in vehicle development, procurement and production

The Dan David Prize will award nine historians, archaeologists and filmmakers from around the world with $300,000 for their research, the foundation announced Tuesday

The Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists has reached a tentative contract deal with several video game companies that may bring an end to an almost year-long strike tied to the use of artificial intelligence

Czech President Petr Pavel has sworn in a new justice minister amid a political crisis caused by a bitcoin-related scandal

Satellite photos show emperor penguins in one region of Antarctica declined 22% in the past 15 years

The red fox is such a fixture of life in London that it has its own ambulance service

Financial aid fraud is exploding, thanks to the rise of artificial intelligence

Twenty-seven states and the District of Columbia have filed a lawsuit in bankruptcy court seeking to block the sale of personal genetic data by 23andMe without customer consent

It’s one of crypto’s hottest trends: publicly traded companies buying bitcoin and then buying even more

A Chinese scientist has been arrested while arriving in the U.S. in Detroit

Nintendo's Switch 2 video-game console is out, and it makes some substantial improvements over its predecessor

Amazon says it will spend $20 billion on two data center complexes in Pennsylvania, including one it is building alongside a nuclear power plant that has drawn federal scrutiny over its arrangement to essentially plug right into the power plant

Getty Images is facing off against artificial intelligence company Stability AI in a London courtroom for the first major copyright trial of the generative AI industry

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After stumbling out of the starting gate in Big Tech’s pivotal race to capitalize on artificial intelligence, Apple tried to regain its footing Monday during a developers conference that focused mostly on incremental advances and cosmetic changes in it...

Hackers tied to China's government have tried repeatedly to access the phones of prominent Americans, part of Beijing's sprawling cyberespionage efforts

A new study that examined five years’ worth of prices at one U.S. grocery chain found that digital price tags haven’t led to demand-based pricing surges

A bottlenose dolphin at the Brookfield Zoo Chicago gave birth to a calf early Saturday morning with the help of a fellow mom

Elon Musk stands to lose billions of dollars in his fight with President Donald Trump

Artificial Intelligence’s use in filmmaking is growing

Britain’s competition regulator says Amazon has pledged to beef up its systems to combat fake online reviews

President Donald Trump’s pick to be U.S. surgeon general has said the nation’s medical and food systems are corrupted by special interests and people out to make a profit at the expense of Americans’ health

Elon Musk is threatening to decommission a capsule used to take astronauts and supplies to the International Space Station for NASA

A private Japanese spacecraft falls silent while trying to land on the moon, company officials say

The world's most popular TikTok personality has left the U.S. after being detained by immigration agents in Las Vegas

Oscar-nominated “Past Lives” filmmaker Celine Song's new film “Materialists” was inspired by the brief time she worked as a matchmaker in New York

Harm reductions initiatives are becoming more commonplace at major music festivals, both through partnerships with festival organizers as well as volunteer efforts done without explicit permission

For her next book club pick, Oprah Winfrey is highlighting an author she has praised even before she had a book club

Jurors in Harvey Weinstein’s sex crimes retrial appear to be focusing on one of his three accusers as they deliberate for a fourth day

K-pop superstars RM and V are the latest members of BTS to be discharged from South Korea’s military after fulfilling their mandatory service

A Connecticut judge has settled a bitter feud over the estate of the late legendary blues guitarist Johnny Winter

Frederick Forsyth, the author of “The Day of the Jackal” and other bestselling thrillers, has died after a brief illness

Trailblazing ballerina Misty Copeland has decided to move on to what she calls “the next stage” in her career

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The BET Awards has delivered a night of major star power and poignant moments as it marked its 25th anniversary with a mix of comedy, emotion and calls for justice

Most big collections have only a fraction of their items on display, with the rest locked away in storage

The jury in Harvey Weinstein’s New York sex crimes retrial is set to resume deliberations

Filmmaker Dean DeBlois returns to the world of “How to Train Your Dragon” for a new live-action adaptation, in theaters Friday

For one musical, there was no “maybe” about its happy ending at the Tony Awards

“Lilo & Stich” has topped the domestic box office charts for a third weekend

A pair of singing androids

Edmund White, a pioneer of contemporary gay literature, died this week at age 85

HBO’s new bio series “Chespirito: Not Really on Purpose” or “Sin Querer Queriendo” has been received with delight by many fans in the U.S. and Latin America who grew up watching Roberto Gómez Bolaños

The Metropolitan Opera and the union for its soloists and chorus have announced a one-year agreement on a contract

A judge has denied Harvey Weinstein’s request for a mistrial after a juror complained of issues in the deliberations

The blockbuster horror film “Sinners” features the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians in a short, but impactful scene

Years before Ana de Armas was using an ice skate to slice a neck in “From the World of John Wick: Ballerina,” she co-starred with Keanu Reeves in a much different film

Authorities have made an arrest in the theft of two irreplaceable instruments owned by members of the rock band Heart that were stolen from a venue in New Jersey last weekend

The original Draco Malfoy from the “Harry Potter” movies will slip into his old role on Broadway this winter in “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child.”

WebMD brought together experts from four federal agencies to talk prevention, monitoring, and what the “what ifs” of bird flu might look like.

As WebMD’s chief medical officer, John Whyte, MD, is in a unique position to see both the current state of medical care for America’s older adults and the way things are trending for the future. We asked him to share his insight on a few topics, along with a bit of advice.

What to expect at the doctor’s office, hospitals, and long-term care facilities, the future of telemedicine, and how to get the best care during COVID-19.

A savvy black entrepreneur guides you on an eczema-friendly shopping spree.

Colorectal cancer cases increased a whopping 333% among 15- to 19-year-olds and 185% among 20- to 24-year-olds from 1999 to 2020.

Schizophrenia caregiver support is essential to avoid burnout. Learn how to build a support network when you're a mental-health caregiver.

Schizophrenia treatment is tricky when your loved one resists it. Learn ways to help someone with schizophrenia stick with their treatment plan.

Is it time for a change in your loved one's schizophrenia treatment? Learn the signs caregivers should watch for.

If you’re a schizophrenia caregiver, communication with your loved one's doctors is important. Learn how to stay in the loop.

The American College of Lifestyle Medicine and Blue Zones will soon offer a new clinical certification to physicians and health professionals.

If you have two copies of the APOE4 gene, new research suggests that you’re very likely to develop Alzheimer’s. Experts break down the findings and share what you can do to lower your risk.

The virus variant that is circulating among cattle is not an efficient cause of disease in humans. There may be more concern if H5N1 passes to pigs, because their viral receptors are closer to those in humans.

Three women with eczema describe how they combat nighttime flare-ups.

Two moms reveal the great lengths they went to in their determination to give their children relief and good health.

Three keys to managing your eczema at the gym and then heading off to a productive and itch-free workday.

Cow udders have the same receptors for flu viruses as humans and birds, raising concerns that cows could become “mixing vessels” that help the bird flu virus spread between people.

Estimates show that by 2040, age-related macular degeneration may affect nearly 300 million people worldwide. And we are very limited in our ability to treat or prevent it. Here's what to know.

Turn around those bad family genes with four lifestyle changes.

Kidney care in the U.S. is at a watershed moment of moving past a deeply entrenched, institutionally racist equation.

Vegans and vegetarians sleep around 30 more minutes per night than average and up to 90% of them report good or excellent sleep quality, according to a new survey published by the Sleep Foundation.

What, exactly, does anorexia nervosa do inside the human body? The heart and bones suffer the most.

Many new mothers aren’t aware that postpartum PTSD even exists, but it’s far from rare. Here's what to know.

See how one person manages the ups and downs of major depressive disorder -- and how her depression inspired her career as a therapist.

A therapist talks about managing major depressive disorder (MDD): what to expect, strategies for dealing with setbacks, and when to talk to your therapist.

Learn from a mental health advocate how the stigma of depression is changing and how acceptance is the first step to managing major depressive disorder.

A person with major depressive disorder shares how they talk about their condition with others.

Major depressive disorder (MDD) at work: tips, strategies, who to tell, what to do, and asking for accommodations.

Not all exercises are created equal. Some are simply more efficient than others, whether they target multiple muscle groups, are suitable for a wide variety of fitness levels, or help you burn calories more effectively.

These tips will help you enjoy the foods at social events when you have ulcerative colitis and still steer clear of a flare.

Ulcerative colitis is a relapsing-remitting disease, so it’s hard to predict symptoms over time. Here’s what to expect and how to recognize remission.

Friendship can be a good medicine when you have ulcerative colitis. Learn how to keep your social life going when you don’t always feel like going out.

Curious if your body’s aging is normal? WebMD discusses healthy and normal signs of aging.

Your dietary needs change as you age. WebMD advises what should be on your grocery list.

After falling for over a decade, the death rate climbed for several years and now is about the same as in 1999.

There are far more powerful motivators than “get abs!” to help you start an exercise routine you’ll stick to.

The goalpost for old age has been moving. Until now.

More than 1 million Americans live with Crohn’s, a chronic and sometimes crippling bowel disease that affects the intestines and leads to digestive issues. But in 2024, breakthroughs could bring relief in different ways. Here's what to know.

How realistic is the Grey’s Anatomy episode that shows a Parkinson’s disease cure? A neurosurgery professor weighs in.

You shouldn’t draw major conclusions about the safety of marijuana amid the recent announcement that federal regulators may reclassify the drug, experts are cautioning.

A new study suggests female doctors may provide patients better care, especially when those patients are women. Here's what to know.

Eliseo Pérez-Stable, MD, director of the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities, talks about health disparities and how his studies aim to improve interventions in clinical settings and across communities.

A data scientist who has accurately predicted COVID waves since the beginning of the pandemic warns that a surge is on the horizon.

New Season Brings Boost of Energy, but Also Unplanned Pregnancies

With age, your body doesn’t absorb nutrients well, so every calorie you consume must be packed with nutrition. Here are 9 nutrients older adults often need more of.

How does getting older affect your immune system? How can you keep those effects to a minimum? Your answers are here.

Trouble chewing and swallowing? WebMD shares six ways to make everything go down a little easier.

Staying healthy as you enter your golden years has a lot to do with your diet. Here are some foods that are good for your heart, your brain, your bones, and your muscles.

Losing your hearing, or learning a loved one is, can bring about a range of uncomfortable emotions. Here's how you can deal with this tough transition.

Before there was Ozempic, there were these cost-friendly, safe, and highly effective weight loss drugs. FDA-approved obesity medication like orlistat (Xenical), phentermine/topiramate (Qsymia), and naltrexone/bupropion extended release (Contrave) have been on the market for decades.

Learn how genes and lifestyle interact to affect your health over the course of your life.