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Americans, Russians and spacefarers from other countries have been working together aboard the International Space Station for a quarter-century. But the ISS is nearing the end of its operational life. What’s next for the space station, and what comes after […]

Cigarettes were once ubiquitous in American life. That’s changed over the last 50 years as tobacco advertising disappeared from the airwaves and a massive health campaign discouraged Americans from smoking. Now cigarettes themselves might be all but regulated out of

The Washington Post is one of the most storied organizations in American journalism. But it is in crisis, losing reporting talent, suffering a loss of readers and facing a staff rebellion against publisher Will Lewis. The Post has been swamped

The California fires have devastated Los Angeles. They may also wreak havoc on the insurance industry: Experts say total losses will reach $250 billion or more. The fires have laid bare an “insurance crisis” in California, said The New York

The household gender divide is as old as time. Studies show that even in progressive (heterosexual) households, women tend to do more of the housework than men. Is there any hope of change? Men “seem to think” they are doing

Confirmation hearings for President-elect Donald Trump’s Cabinet nominees began this week. It won’t be easy sledding for some of the candidates to lead America’s government agencies. Pete Hegseth, Trump’s choice to lead the Defense Department, was first in dock on

The world’s major powers are locked into an artificial intelligence arms race. But new rules announced by the White House on Monday seek to guarantee American supremacy in that race. The Biden administration’s “unprecedented new export controls” intend to keep

Joe Biden is leaving the White House, but his work is far from done. The next task: building a presidential library. Presidents construct libraries to “house their papers, records and historical markers,” said USA Today. The institutions “cost millions of

At noon on Jan. 20, Donald Trump will take the oath of office and become America’s 47th president. Inauguration Day is a mix of traditions and Constitutional requirements that ensures the proper transfer of power. There will be parties —

Donald Trump won office promising to bring down inflation. Economists and the Federal Reserve suspect his promises of tariffs, tax cuts and deportations will have the opposite effect. Federal Reserve officials fear Trump’s forthcoming policies will “stoke inflation,” Axios said.