Chicago has numerous nicknames, including Chi-town, Windy City and Second City. The city is a center for business and finance and is considered one of the world's top global financial centers. Since ...

Republicans’ exploitation of the government’s closure is the tell that they prefer it this way. By Frank Bruni Republicans, who hold a governing trifecta, have adopted a mostly passive stance while ...

This page was updated Sept. 12, 2023, to add data for 2015 through 2019 that was released as part of a court case. For the first time, Americans can see the rise — and fall — of legal opioids entering ...

The Trump administration has promised vast changes to U.S. science and environmental policy—and we’re tracking them here as they happen. ByNational Geographic Staff In 2017, the arrival of the Trump ...