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MAY 28, 2026
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a swearing-in ceremony for the interim U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia, Jeanine Pirro, at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., May 28, 2025. REUTERS/Leah Millis
Opinion by - Roxanne Cooper
You know, I've been thinking a lot about failure lately. Not the kind of failure that happens to ordinary people—the type where...
MAY 28, 2026
Signage for a job fair is seen on 5th Avenue after the release of the jobs report in Manhattan, New York City, U.S., September 3, 2021. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The number of Americans filing claims for unemployment benefits increased marginally last week amid relatively low layoffs, despite the dragging war with Iran.
Initial claims for state unemployment...
MAY 28, 2026
Ogallala Aquifer: The largest US groundwater supply is running out.
The largest underground water supply in the United States—responsible for sustaining a vast share of the nation’s farming—is steadily running dry, raising concerns about future food production and price volatility as supplies come under strain.
The Ogallala Aquifer, which lies beneath eight Great Plains states from South Dakota to Texas, provides roughly 30 percent of...
MAY 28, 2026
SpaceX IPO. - Jorge Villalba / iStock Unreleased via Getty Images
SpaceX is targeting a $1.75 trillion valuation on its June 12 IPO, making it history’s largest public offering, with dominance in satellite broadband, rocket launches, and defense contracts; Alphabet (GOOG) and Alibaba (BABA) both experienced sharp declines after their IPO debuts before recovering years later.
IPOs larger than...
MAY 23, 2026
Climate Choices Plastic Film Recycling. - Joshua A. Bickel
NEW YORK — Soft, stretchy plastics can make up grocery bags, bubble wrap and more. They're impossible to avoid and harder still to properly dispose of.
If thrown in the trash, they can take up to hundreds of years to degrade in landfills and release harmful microplastics into the environment. Over 3 million tons...
MAY 23, 2026
The U.S. Department Of Homeland Security logo is displayed on a sign at a Citizenship and Immigration Services office on January 16, 2026 in San Diego, CA. —Kevin Carter—Getty Images
Most people applying for green cards from within the United States will be required to leave the country and apply through consulates abroad under sweeping changes announced by the Trump...
MAY 19, 2026
In a major financial blow to the national transporter, the Supreme Court has ruled that the Indian Railways is not a "deemed distribution licensee" under the Electricity Act, 2003, and thus liable to pay Cross-Subsidy Surcharge (CSS) and Additional Surcharges (AS) on all units of electricity consumed by an open access arrangement, similar to any other industrial...
MAY 19, 2026
Donald Trump on Air Force One, Maryland - May 16,2026. (AP Foto/Luis M. Alvarez)
A BBC reporter has suggested Donald Trump’s latest Iran U-turn may have more to do with his rising unpopularity with American voters than any desire to end the war.
The US president said he had called off plans to launch fresh strikes on the country because a peace deal could be...
MAY 19, 2026
Donald Trump speaks to the media aboard Air Force One on May 15, 2026. - Alex Wong/Getty Images
On the morning of Monday, March 23, President Trump pulled his first “TACO” of the Iran war. After four weeks of fighting, with oil prices already up 55%, Trump had given Iran an ultimatum on Friday: make a deal within 48...
MAY 19, 2026
Illustration: Brendan Lynch/Axios
Democrats erupted Monday over President Trump's $1.8 billion "anti-weaponization" fund for MAGA allies who claim political persecution, vowing to investigate what they called textbook corruption.
Why it matters: With each passing month, Trump is weaving the financial interests of his family, his allies and his political movement more tightly than ever into the fabric of the American presidency.
Driving the news: The weaponization...
