U.S. poverty rate drops slightly as American household income rises
The census data from 2025 did not reflect cuts to social assistance this year that experts fear will soon cause a rise in poverty.
Read MoreThe census data from 2025 did not reflect cuts to social assistance this year that experts fear will soon cause a rise in poverty.
Read MoreThe high court’s order dealt only with applying the changes to the upcoming midterms. The case now returns to the lower courts, where legal fights will continue over whether the order can be implemented in future elections.
Read MoreThe U.S. District Court judge ruled that the new policy would probably cause “catastrophic” damage to the U.S. economy and higher-education system.
“Frankly, the FEMA staffing plan number appears as if pulled from thin air,” U.S. District Judge Susan Illston of the Northern District of California wrote in a ruling issued Friday.
In an essay published online, Dario Amodei said he was worried about the ability to control self-improving AI models. He also cited alarm over a recent incident where AI agents acted independently to conduct cybersecurity attacks.
A researcher at the artificial intelligence company Anthropic offered a bleak prediction late Tuesday that the systems the company is racing to build carried the risk of causing human extinction.
Raising the payroll tax is emerging as a popular fix — even in the anti-tax GOP — to fend off deep cuts in retirement benefits.
Ternus, a veteran of Apple’s hardware division, comes into the role as Apple faces the challenge of steering itself through the upheaval of the artificial intelligence boom.
The White House said nine companies have agreed to lower prices on drugs that treat hemophilia, Parkinson’s disease, glaucoma and other conditions.
The complaint alleges that Amazon’s practices generated tens of billions of dollars and that ad prices were inflated even more on “high-volume shopping days,” such as Prime Day and Black Friday.
More than 60 percent of the players with CTE were determined to have had dementia, based on family interviews and medical records.
The president tried to implement a similar $100,000 fee last year through a presidential proclamation, but it was invalidated by a federal judge in June.
The halt to visa processing was meant to limit visas for people the government said would probably rely on public benefits for their basic needs, long a complaint from President Donald Trump.
The extended power outages have been especially frustrating to residents, some of whom are not expected to regain electricity until Tuesday.
Much of the bond market’s unsettling tumult results from basic supply and demand
Analysts expressed concern about Walmart’s growth and what that says about the strength of the U.S. consumer.
President Trump stands to personally benefit from the industry’s current top legislative priority, which could usher in more mainstream adoption of digital assets.
Much of the job growth has occurred in two sectors — metal products and cars and other transportation equipment — that are subject to tariff protection from foreign competition.
The maker of a vast roadside camera network used by law enforcement said it would require officers to label every search with a criminal case number and automatically review all searches for “abnormal activity.”
As fires burn in Los Angeles County and eastern Washington, nine Democratic senators want to “rein in” prediction markets’ payouts on wildfires.
Overall, spending remains resilient in the face of elevated inflation, which cooled slightly to 3.4% in the year ending in July, according to data released Wednesday.
The administration’s report projects that the restrictions could reduce government health care spending by as much as 5% and help tamp down cost growth, including for people who have private health insurance.