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The average American student remains half a grade level behind pre-pandemic levels of achievement in both reading and math

President Donald Trump has hosted Jordan’s King Abdullah II at the White House and has renewed his insistence that Gaza could somehow be emptied of all residents, controlled by the U.S. and redeveloped as a tourist area

Lawmakers in some states are pushing measures to crack down on abortion pills or penalize women who obtain abortions

Residents of rural Alaska are showing their support for a regional airline whose commuter plane crashed last week just south of the Arctic Circle

The commuter flight that crashed on Alaska sea ice last week, killing all 10 aboard, was part of the workhorse network of short-hop flights that people in the vast and rugged state rely on to get to medical appointments, attend work meetings, buy essential supplies or even travel to sports games

South Korea’s top economic think tank on Tuesday slashed its growth forecast for the country’s economy for the second time in four months, expressing concern about the potential impact of U.S. President Donald Trump’s expanding tariffs

President Donald Trump is hitting foreign steel and aluminum with a 25% tax

The Department of Government Efficiency’s embed into the federal government has raised a host of concerns, transforming a debate over how to cut government waste into a confrontation over privacy rights and the nation’s financial standing in the world

One of the top election officials in Arizona's largest county has drastically downsized a team whose responsibilities included combating false information about elections

The Justice Department has ordered federal prosecutors to drop corruption charges against New York Mayor Eric Adams and halt the ongoing investigation