WASHINGTON, May 21, 2026 — Key Takeaways: For years, first-time homebuyers across America have lost bidding wars not to other families but to companies with unlimited cash and no mortgage contingency. In 2025, first-time buyers accounted for just 21% of…
WASHINGTON, May 21, 2026 — Two police officers who defended the U.S. Capitol from a mob on January 6, 2021 — one of whom was pinned against a door as a rioter ripped the mask off his face while the…
WASHINGTON, May 21, 2026 — The United States and Iran are in the final stages of a framework peace negotiation that American officials describe as closer to resolution than any prior round of talks — but no agreement has been…
WASHINGTON, May 21, 2026 — The federal student loan system has been through more consequential changes in the past 18 months than in the previous two decades combined. Courts have intervened. Plans have been killed. A new repayment structure is…
NEW YORK, May 20, 2026 — By the time Jalen Brunson hit his seventh and eighth points of the fourth quarter off James Harden’s hip — a move so automatic it looked choreographed — Madison Square Garden had found its…
NEW YORK, May 20, 2026 — Key Takeaways: On Monday night, Victor Wembanyama scored 41 points and 24 rebounds and the Spurs beat the defending champions in double overtime in Oklahoma City. On Tuesday night, Jalen Brunson scored 38 points,…
AUSTIN, May 20, 2026 — Key Takeaways: The Trump primary machine does not take days off. Two days after Thomas Massie fell in Kentucky and three days after Bill Cassidy fell in Louisiana, the president turned his endorsement apparatus toward…
WASHINGTON, May 20, 2026 — The United States government moved Tuesday to close its borders to foreign travelers from three African nations as an Ebola outbreak killed at least 134 people, infected more than 500, and reached a confirmed American…
WASHINGTON, May 20, 2026 — More Americans filed for bankruptcy in the first three months of 2026 than in any first quarter since the pandemic disrupted the courts in 2020. The numbers are not the result of a single catastrophic…
FRANKFORT, Ky., May 20, 2026 — Representative Thomas Massie of Kentucky, one of the most ideologically consistent and politically independent members of Congress in the modern era, lost his Republican primary Tuesday night to Ed Gallrein — a former Navy…
NEW YORK, May 19, 2026 — At 6 p.m. Eastern time on Monday, a rock the size of a blue whale — somewhere between 50 and 115 feet across, traveling at 29,000 miles per hour — passed Earth at a…
NEW YORK, May 19, 2026 — Key Takeaways: Monday night in Oklahoma City, the basketball world got what it came for. Victor Wembanyama and the San Antonio Spurs walked into the home arena of the defending NBA champions, played two…