Government And Institutions

Moderna said that its experimental coronavirus vaccine induced immune responses in people aged 56 years and older, a promising sign for a vulnerable age group.

The White House on Wednesday announced more than $1 billion in new funding for AI and quantum research.

In a stunning reversal, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers are now saying that Pebble Limited Partnership's proposed gold and copper mine would cause unavoidable adverse impacts.

Americans have faced many stresses in the pandemic, of which paper-towel scarcity is hardly among the worst. Yet the forces behind the shortage nearly six months into the crisis help explain the broad lack of U.S. preparedness that has made the pandemic worse than it might have been.

DeJoy has come under scrutiny for policies that have slowed mail deliveries and raised fears of chaos in the presidential election

The ending of the agreements follows President Trump's order last month to end Hong Kong’s special status

So far, police have discovered more than $250,000 in illegitimate payments and have recovered $150,000 in cash.

The current controversy over the U.S. Postal Service's lack of resources and Postmaster General Louis DeJoy's cost-cutting measures are based on suspicion that service changes are meant to impair mail-in voting, but the USPS 2019 annual report to Congress shows that in reality, they are nearly at the point of insolvency.

The Department of the Interior on Monday approved an oil and gas leasing program within Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, the sprawling home to polar bears, caribou and other wildlife.

South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem rejected the federal government's offer of an additional $300 in weekly unemployment benefits and touted her state's economic recovery amid the coronavirus pandemic.

The cause of the fire that ignited nearly 3,000 tons of ammonium nitrate at Beirut’s port remains unclear.

CoreCivic and GEO Group -- which operate prisons around the nation -- stand to lose ground in a multibillion-dollar industry if Democrat Joe Biden ousts Trump and delivers on his promise to end the use of private facilities. 

An Emmy-award winning Hollywood producer with longtime ties to the NRA has emerged as a major figure in the New York attorney general's case/

All of the cleaners were recalled by the manufacturer or distributor after testing positive for methanol.

Rudy Giuliani slammed New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio for violent crime spree in New York City where the son of the NYPD’s head of counterterrorism was reportedly robbed in broad daylight.

Kodak’s $765 million loan agreement with the U.S. government to produce pharmaceutical ingredients was put on hold on Friday.

The Trump administration appears to have walked back its plan to require states to chip in for enhanced unemployment benefits after outcry from governors, including Gavin Newsom of California, Andrew Cuomo of New York and Arkansas' Asa Hutchinson.

The U.S. government's road safety agency is investigating complaints of fires in a power and charging port in some Chrysler Town and Country minivans.

The EPA is preparing to adopt new rules that would rescind regulations for methane-gas emissions.

Gilead says it has gone into hyperdrive creating remdesivir, the first treatment shown to be effective against the highly contagious virus that has infected more than 4.8 million Americans, killing more than 160,000.