Did you know that the average person makes 35,000 decisions each day? And that’s using brains that haven’t evolved much since humans first came into existence hundreds of thousands of years ago.

The Trump administration fired Susan Monarez as director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Wednesday — just weeks into the job — after she resisted pressure to alter vaccine policy and fire senior staff.

The Annunciation Catholic School gunman left “hundreds of pages of writings” revealing he idolized notorious mass shooters and was “obsessed with the idea of killing children,” acting U.S. Attorney for Minnesota Joe Thompson said Thursday.

Two children, ages 8 and 10, were killed and 17 people (14 of them children) were injured when a shooter opened fire during morning Mass at Annunciation Catholic School in Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O'Hara said Wednesday. Two of those injured are in critical condition. All the injured victims are expected to survive.

Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook rejected President Trump’s attempt to fire her late Monday over allegations of mortgage fraud, saying she will not resign and will challenge his authority. On Tuesday, she sued to block the move.

Just as universities across the US start the school year, many are experiencing a wave of false active shooter calls to the police, also known as "swatting" calls or incidents.

Sticking with President Trump’s efforts to crack down on crime, on Monday he signed an executive order aiming to end cashless bail in Washington, D.C. and possibly across the U.S.

First it was Los Angeles, then Washington, D.C. Now, President Trump says he wants to send the National Guard into Chicago — with or without the state’s approval.

Ghislaine Maxwell, convicted sex trafficker and Jeffrey Epstein’s accomplice, told Justice Department officials last month that President Donald Trump was “never inappropriate with anybody” during the years he knew Epstein.

FBI agents raided the Maryland home of President Trump’s former National Security Adviser John Bolton early Friday in a national security probe involving classified documents.

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Tennis legend Serena Williams has revealed that she turned to GLP-1 weight loss medication after years of struggling to lose weight post-pregnancy — even while training hours a day as a professional tennis player. She has been taking the medication consistently since April, and has lost 31 pounds to date.

California legislators passed the first of three bills aimed at drawing new congressional maps Thursday, in response to Texas Republicans – the day before – approving new congressional maps that could add five GOP seats ahead of next year’s midterm elections. They’re expected to pass all three bills and send them to Governor Gavin Newsom’s desk to sign later today.

resident Trump directed his attorneys on Tuesday to review the Smithsonian museums in Washington, D.C, which are free to the public, criticizing them as being too “woke” and focused on negative themes like slavery rather than highlighting positive aspects of American history.

There’s a clear winner in the latest restaurant wars: Casual Dining. Think: Chili’s and Olive Garden vs. McDonald’s and Sweetgreen. And it’s the opposite of what many analysts expected, as Americans have started to pull back on spending.

Texas Democrats returned to the state House this week, where a controversial plan to redraw congressional maps is expected to pass as soon as tomorrow. More than 50 state Democrats had fled Texas for two weeks to deny the GOP-controlled legislature a quorum.

President Trump said Tuesday that the U.S. will not send ground troops as part of security guarantees for Ukraine as he works to broker a peace deal.

President Trump, hosting Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky at the White House on Monday, opened the door to deploying U.S. troops as part of security guarantees for Ukraine to enforce a peace deal with Russia.

President Trump and Russia’s Vladimir Putin are currently meeting in Anchorage, Alaska — the first meeting between the two nations’ leaders since Putin’s 2022 full-scale invasion of Ukraine. On the flight over, Trump told reporters that his goal for Friday’s talks was to secure a “ceasefire rapidly.”

President Trump and Russia’s Vladimir Putin are currently meeting in Anchorage, Alaska — the first meeting between the two nations’ leaders since Putin’s 2022 full-scale invasion of Ukraine. On the flight over, Trump told reporters that his goal for Friday’s talks was to secure a “ceasefire rapidly.”