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"Unprecedented": White House moves to control science funding worry researchers

If the Trump administration continues targeting DEI in science and seeking to slash funding, American science will look fundamentally different.
- Jonathan Lambert
Employers added fewer jobs in January -- but the labor market overall remains healthy

U.S. employers added 143,000 jobs in January — a modest slowdown from the two previous months. The unemployment rate dipped to 4%.
- Scott Horsley
The 2025 Super Bowl guide: When is it, who's performing at halftime and how to watch

From the football field to the halftime stage, here's what to know about the storylines and stakes before Super Bowl 59 kicks off on Sunday.
- Rachel Treisman
U.S. Prosecco importers panic as Trump's tariff threat bubbles up

President Trump's threats to impose new tariffs on European goods has led Americans to suddenly stockpile their favorite Italian wines, especially sparkling Prosecco.
- Ruth Sherlock
Why is the Trump administration targeting USAID?

From Day 1, the Trump team has issued a series of orders and statements aimed at the U.S. Agency for International Development.
- Fatma Tanis
Flu cases rise again, while COVID takes a back seat

It's an unusual winter for respiratory illnesses. The flu is peaking twice: once in early January and again in February. Meanwhile, it's the mildest COVID winter since the pandemic began.
- Rob Stein
Casual Friday with Geraldine DeRuiter and Danielle Marie Holland

We got enough snow to make things messy for the first time this winter. Hold onto your Subaru Seattle, it seems our signature vehicle has been overtaken by another household name - Is the Tesla the new car of Seattle? And Seattle City Council President Sara Nelson’s campaign office left something extra in a memo this week, leading to a peek behind the political curtain.
- Vaughan Jones
It's like 'dead birds flying': How bird flu is spreading in the wild

That's the way one scientist puts it — referring to how infected wild birds survive long enough to spread it to birds and mammals around the world. And that's a serious risk for human health.
- Gabrielle Emanuel
U.S. education policy is at a crossroads. This congressional hearing shows why

The House education committee is charged with forging consensus on the nation's education policy. But at a recent meeting, partisan differences were on full display.
- Cory Turner
What does Trump mean when he invokes America's 'Manifest Destiny'?

The 19th century term describes the perceived right of Americans to use force or the threat of force to wrest desireable land from the grasp of others.
- Scott Neuman

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