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A federal program provides extra help to make sure students experiencing homelessness get an education. Amid massive cuts to the federal government, the program's future is uncertain.
Scientists have found a way to sample DNA out of the air on a large scale — making it possible to one day track the health and well being of all kinds of species around the world.
An air traffic controller who works the airspace around Newark, N.J. speaks out about what it was like to lose radar and communication systems during a shift, and how the situation got to be so bad.
It's a pattern in President Trump's chaotic tariff policy: he first suggests a high number, only to later ratchet it down. Business schools call it the 'anchor effect.' ...
President Trump is hosting an exclusive dinner tonight for the largest investors in the $TRUMP meme coin, putting the murky world of cryptocurrencies on a collision course with White House ethics.
The beloved Muppet, created in 1955, will deliver the commencement address at the University of Maryland, the alma mater of his creator Jim Henson.
Lawyers for survivors said they won't support the agreement, which they say was negotiated behind closed doors.
The Oval Office meeting went off the rails when President Trump started playing videos and repeating discredited claims about ...
EU officials say the broadcaster for years has played an important role providing news to areas where the press can't operate freely ...
At the center of the sweeping bill is trillions in tax cuts, which Republicans aim to partially offset through changes to safety net programs like Medicaid and SNAP.
U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee says he's "outraged" at at the leaders of the UK, France, and Canada for condemning ...
Lately we've noticed that something we think about all the time here at Planet Money is having a viral moment: recession ...