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3:38 PM on Thursday, August 6

Some of the savings being touted by Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency are incorrect or lack supporting evidence

3:12 PM on Thursday, August 6

The labor union representing Treasury Department and Internal Revenue Service workers has asked a judge to block a sweeping tax audit immunity agreement for President Donald Trump

2:55 PM on Thursday, August 6

A Louisiana school board and the federal government have agreed to end more than 60 years of oversight meant to end segregation

2:49 PM on Thursday, August 6

A Georgia woman says she was wrongly diagnosed with aggressive cancer due to a labeling error and underwent an unneeded hysterectomy

2:45 PM on Thursday, August 6

The U.S. has seen a rise in cases of cannabis hyperemesis syndrome, a nausea condition caused by heavy marijuana use

2:11 PM on Thursday, August 6

Authorities say a dead body has been found inside a central California home burned by a wildfire that investigators believe was accidentally started by sparks from a chain saw

1:43 PM on Thursday, August 6

1:42 PM on Thursday, August 6

Mexico has sent 1,500 more troops to Michoacan after the U.S. suspended avocado inspections due to a threat

1:38 PM on Thursday, August 6

Meta on Thursday said that one of its artificial intelligence models accessed the internet on its own and hacked another company, the latest in a series of disclosures about AI models going rogue

1:35 PM on Thursday, August 6

Republican Sen. Mitch McConnell of Kentucky says he’s been discharged from a rehabilitation center and will continue his recovery from home

1:30 PM on Thursday, August 6

Scientists say two dust storms that blanketed the Phoenix area in thick haze this week were among the most intense to hit the region in years

1:23 PM on Thursday, August 6

Stocks edged lower on Wall Street as oil prices rose and more company earnings reports rolled in

1:20 PM on Thursday, August 6

A judge in Michigan has cleared the way for a civil trial in the 2022 death of a Black man who was shot in the back of the head by police

12:23 PM on Thursday, August 6

President Donald Trump has been highlighting his economic achievements, pointing to record stock market highs and claims of increased hiring, manufacturing, and investment

12:03 PM on Thursday, August 6

Republican Sen. Jon Husted of Ohio is calling on Rep. Max Miller to resign his House seat and abandon his fall reelection bid

9:48 AM on Thursday, August 6

Stock in Elon Musk’s space company rose Thursday even after many SpaceX insiders were freed up to sell for the first time

8:52 AM on Thursday, August 6

Federal officials have traced a multistate salmonella outbreak to jalapeño peppers from a grower in Sinaloa, Mexico

10:08 PM on Wednesday, August 5

Stocks edged lower on Wall Street as oil prices rose and more company earnings reports rolled in

9:07 PM on Wednesday, August 5

A Senate committee has voted along party lines to hold Dr. Anthony Fauci in contempt of Congress over his refusal to answer questions at a hearing on his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic

4:38 PM on Monday, August 3

Customs and Border Protection has ordered construction crews building Trump’s second border wall to stop drilling wells in drought-stricken New Mexico after ranchers said pumping the groundwater needed to mix cement could threaten their livestock