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After a Deadly Heat Wave, Air Conditioning Is Hot in Se...

Triple-digit temperatures led to a spike in demand across the region.

In the Capitol, Revival of Mask Mandate Ignites Partisa...

Lawmakers from districts with low-risk areas — many of them Democrats — are complying, while members of Congress from areas where ...

Covid Aid Programs Spur Record Drop in Poverty

The most comprehensive study yet of the federal response to the pandemic shows huge but temporary benefits for the poor — and help...

$1 Trillion Infrastructure Deal Scales Senate Hurdle Wi...

The vote was a breakthrough after weeks of wrangling among White House officials and senators in both parties, clearing the way fo...

Google Responded to Workplace Complaints With Counselin...

Former and current Google employees said that H.R. would respond to their workplace complaints by referring them to counseling pro...

Biden, Sinema Meet on Bipartisan Infrastructure Deal

Time is running short for negotiators ahead of a scheduled August recess.

Cover Reveal – The RPG Issue Featuring Tales Of Arise

In this issue, we celebrate the role-playing genre, with a special focus on the games we can't wait to play in the coming months a...

Critical Race Theory: A Brief History

How a complicated and expansive academic theory developed during the 1980s has become a hot-button political issue 40 years later.

Swastika Found in Elevator at State Department

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken said that the graffiti had been removed and that an investigation was ongoing.

Lake Powell and Lake Mead Water Levels Drop to Historic...

Water levels have plunged in Lake Powell and Lake Mead on the Colorado River. They’re part of a system that supplies water to 40 m...

Biden Weighs Vaccine Mandate for Federal Workers

It would be a significant shift in approach by President Biden that reflects the government’s growing concern about the spread of ...

In California, a Mix of Support and Resistance to New V...

Some of California’s staunchest vaccine resisters are state employees and health care workers, all of whom will be required to get...

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