Is There Really a Chronic Disease Epidemic? It’s Complicated.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. wants to return the nation to a time when he believes Americans were healthier. Not so fast, many researchers say.

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Deepfake Laws Bring Prosecution and Penalties, but Also Pushback

Dozens of A.I.-related regulations enacted in the past two years now lead to fines, incarceration and legal challenges from the likes of Elon Musk.

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The House Passed Trump’s Megabill. Bond Investors Are Worried.

Republicans brought the president’s tax cuts one step closer to reality, but Wall Street remains on edge about the fiscal costs.

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Goodbye, City Hall. Hello, Green-Wood Cemetery.

Meera Joshi, former deputy mayor for Eric Adams, is taking a new job with the famous Brooklyn burial ground.

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Funding Cuts Are a ‘Gut Punch’ for STEM Education Researchers

More than half of the National Science Foundation grants terminated since April fund programs that would help students train in science, engineering and math.

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Here are some of the changes to the House bill that passed on Thursday morning.

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Pope Leo’s Doctoral Dissertation: Thoughts on Power and Authority

“There is no room in Augustine’s concept of authority for one who is self-seeking and in search of power over others,” he wrote in the 167-page text.

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All the Actions the Trump Administration Has Taken Against Harvard

The pressure campaign to try to force the nation’s oldest and wealthiest university to fall in line with President Trump’s agenda has sprawled beyond just one singular task force or agency.

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After Biden and Connolly, Some Democrats Wonder: Should Age and Term Limits Exist?

After Joe Biden’s cancer diagnosis and Representative Gerry Connolly’s death, some in the party want more elected officials, as one Democrat put it, to seek an earlier “escape hatch from politics.”

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Kennedy and Trump to Reveal ‘Make America Healthy Again’ Report

The report is already receiving pushback from some Republicans and the agriculture industry over fears about the health secretary’s longtime crusade against agricultural chemicals.

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