By Aliss Higham is a Newsweek reporter based in Glasgow, Scotland. Her focus is reporting on Social Security, other government benefits and personal finance. She has previously extensively covered U.S.

(TNND) — Chronic absenteeism remains a big problem for American students, a new report from RAND researchers shows.And chronic absenteeism remains more common now than it was before the pandemic upended school life a few years back.The RAND researchers estimated that around 22% of K-12 students...

See all topicsThe Trump administration’s strategy to “Make America Healthy Again” will bypass aggressive action on farm-used pesticides or regulatory crackdowns on ultraprocessed foods, according to a draft document obtained by CNN.The MAHA Commission, led by US Health and Human Services Se...

1 of 3 | President Donald Trump shows the signed proclamation marking the 90th anniversary of the Social Security Act in the Oval Office at the White House with Social Security Commissioner Frank Bisignano on Thursday. Photo by Will Oliver/UPI | License PhotoAug. 14 (UPI) -- Nine decades after th...

Submit your letter to the editor via this form. Read more Letters to the Editor.Is US sleepwalkingtoward Armageddon?Re: “Trump orders US nuclear subs moved over statements from Russia’s Medvedev” (Page A3, Aug. 2).Are we sleepwalking into Armageddon?

Porter County Museum is hosting a free demonstration of historical trades interpreted by living-history reenactors from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Aug.

T he hotel room is cold, antiseptic, the only sound the gentle whisper of central air. I can’t go outside, my fixer tells me, or I might be kidnapped. From my window high up in the most expensive hotel in town, I look down at a baseball field and a new luxury condominium complex under construc...

More than 400 attendees will arrive from 27 states, setting a record for participation since the event began in 2014. To scholars, tourism officials, and others in the history world, History Camp is just one example of growing public interest in the past, particularly during the ongoing kickoff o...

As national Republican leaders scrutinize the value of college degrees, the Trump administration is ramping up investments in job training — a move Texas education advocates say mirrors state efforts in recent years to prioritize workforce needs over traditional higher education. President Dona...