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Experts said many people today feel overwhelmed by the news, but there are ways to reduce such anxiety, in part by reducing scrolling.

Health researchers began sharing warnings on social media several days ago, urging members of the community to make copies of federal data before the information was removed from the CDC website.

Rubio has to balance aggressive Trump policies with Latin America's willingness to cooperate. The Panama Canal will be contentious.

Global warming is worsening droughts, making sea levels rise, and fueling deadly storms. Now scientists have a new problem to add to that list: Climate change is helping rat populations thrive in U.S. cities.

Trump's executive order calling on campuses to address antisemitism has university leaders, faculty and students concerned as the president vows to revoke visas of pro-Palestinian international students who have taken part in protests.

Eight hostages held by Hamas militants are returned to Israel as Palestinian prisoner releases proceed — but can the Gaza cease-fire hold?

President Trump, in his first days in office, has released a series of executive orders that will reshape the country's immigration system. We lay out the key changes.

As the Trump administration rushes to eliminate federal jobs, even the national parks — among the country's most beloved and least politicized institutions — are in the crosshairs.

With Syria's corruption-ridden economy in shambles after the overthrow of Bashar Assad, the caretaker government's priority is to raise cash and bring stability.

The California infernos were baptism by fire in Washington politics for Reps. Luz Rivas, George Whitesides and Laura Friedman.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. faced aggressive questions about his skepticism of vaccines and other issues during the first of two scheduled Senate confirmation hearings.

Trump is likely to succeed in expanding presidential powers on some fronts because the Constitution generally puts vast power in the hands of the president.

Princess Beatrice, who is ninth in line to the British throne, has welcomed her second child with her husband, millionaire property tycoon Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi.

As President Trump takes a hammer to reproductive rights, a Mississippi legislator proposes making it illegal to ejaculate without the 'intent to fertilize an embryo.'

Republicans have long styled themselves as the party of law and order and 'backing the blue,' but Trump freed people who attacked police. How does that make the country safer?

Churches took in refugees from battle-scarred Central America in the 1980s, a precursor to their current focus on undocumented immigrants.

Taiwan is an ideal place for Chinese filmmakers to evade censorship. But the island democracy has its own restrictions on what Chinese films are allowed to air.

Scores nationwide and in California have yet to rebound from pandemic-era declines. Some outcomes continue to get worse. Low math and English scores, California and L.A. included, mark the nation's report card.

California will help lead a coalition of states in suing to block a White House budget office order halting "all federal financial assistance."

The Trump administration's use of U.S. military aircraft to return deportees has raised alarms throughout Latin America.

Trump has left the Republican faithful scrambling to explain and defend his actions beyond blind cult-of-personality loyalty. With the slim GOP majorities in Congress, that's not politically manageable

Questions about former Vice President Kamala Harris' plans have swirled since she lost her presidential bid — notably about whether the former California senator and attorney general will run for governor next year.

Colombia attempted to stand up to Trump's immigration demands, with mixed results. Mexico appears to be playing it safer.

With little power in Republican-led Washington, D.C., California Democrats struggle to mount a countereffort to President Trump's agenda.