The share of U.S. adults who say they consume alcohol has dropped to 54% — the lowest Gallup has ever recorded since it has gathered data on drinking habits over 90 years. The previous low was 55% in 1958.

The gunman who opened fire at the CDC’s Atlanta headquarters Friday wrote about his “discontent” with the COVID-19 vaccine before dying of a self-inflicted gunshot wound at the scene, Chris Hosey of the Georgia Bureau of Investigation said Tuesday.

President Trump announced Monday that he would place the D.C. police under direct federal control and deploy the National Guard to the streets of Washington to fight crime and clear the city of its homeless population.

The number of working mothers in the U.S. with children under 5 years old has dropped nearly every month this year, with labor force participation falling by nearly 3% from January to June 2025. It comes as many companies have revoked pandemic-era remote work policies and flexible schedules.

Israel’s security cabinet approved Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s controversial plan to seize control of Gaza City by October 7. The plan is aimed at weakening Hamas, demilitarizing the Gaza Strip, and returning the hostages. It comes as Hamas has withdrawn from ceasefire negotiations, as Israel faces growing international criticism over the humanitarian crisis in Gaza.

OpenAI unveiled the fifth generation of its popular chatbot Thursday, with promises that it will write and code better, hallucinate less, and give stronger health advice.

President Donald Trump’s sweeping new tariffs on dozens of U.S. trading partners took effect today, marking a historic shift in American trade policy. “10% is really the new zero,” CNN reporter Matt Egan explained, describing the minimum tariff for countries the U.S. has a trade surplus with.

The new GOP-backed redistricting plan would give white Texans disproportionate power at the ballot box, Texas State Rep. Vince Perez tells Mo News. Perez asserts that the principle of “one person, one vote” should be upheld across states, but warns that Democrats are prepared to retaliate if Republicans don’t back down.

A shooting at a Georgia military base injured several service members Wednesday. All five soldiers wounded in today’s shooting at Fort Stewart in Georgia are in stable condition and expected to recover, according to Brig. Gen. John Lubas, commanding general of the 3rd Infantry Division.

The federal government will stop funding the development of mRNA vaccines through its emergency preparedness agency, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced Tuesday.

Violent crime in the U.S. decreased by 4.5% in 2024 compared to 2023, according to data released Tuesday by the FBI — a trend that appears to be continuing in the first half of 2025.

Electricity prices are rising across the country amid the explosion of data centers to accommodate artificial intelligence, according the latest available data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration.

White House envoy Steve Witkoff is expected to travel to Moscow on Wednesday, potentially meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin. It’s Witkoff’s fifth visit to Russia this year, but it would be his first meeting with Putin in more than three months.

Encouraging news in the fight against colorectal cancer, particularly among younger adults, thanks to updated screening guidelines and increased awareness.

The Texas State House voted Monday 85-6 to track down and arrest more than 50 Democratic lawmakers who left the state over the weekend, aiming to prevent the body from voting on a plan that could eliminate five Democrat-held U.S. House seats.

Disturbing new videos released by Hamas show 24-year-old Israeli hostage Evyatar David and 22-year-old Rom Braslavski in visibly fragile states, nearly 22 months after they were kidnapped on Oct. 7, 2023.

President Donald Trump’s tariffs did not take effect today — but the many countries that failed to make a deal with him ahead of the August 1 deadline will face even higher levies in a week.

A Senate committee has narrowly approved a bill that would ban members of Congress from trading individual stocks — a move aimed at restoring public trust in a group that has profited from privileged access to information. But, the bill still faces a major uphill climb before it passes the full Senate and House.

Amid pressure on Israel to end the war in Gaza, international momentum appears to be building around recognition of a future Palestinian state — but with key caveats.

For many experienced politicians, a 12-point loss in a party primary to a political upstart would have led them to give up. But, former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is doubling down on his campaign to become the next mayor of New York City. He says the reason is simple. Cuomo views Zohran Mamdani, a 33-year-old Democratic Socialist assemblyman, as an “existential threat” to the future of the city.