Jake Bleiberg

Associated Press

A scientist prepares samples while doing research on PFAS at a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency lab. Understanding of chemicals’ risks has been built on IRIS assessments.

What Happens When the EPA Sidelines Its Independent Chemical Referee

May 20, 2026

Subarus at a dealership on the Bedford Auto Mile, Bedford, Ohio, Feb. 20, 2026.

More than 20 States Sue Over New Tariffs

March 6, 2026

Containers in a cargo terminal in Frankfurt, Germany, Feb. 23, 2026.

Judge Rules Companies Are Entitled to Refunds for Overturned Tariffs

March 5, 2026

A FedEx cargo plane on the tarmac at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport, Fort Lauderdale, Fla., April 20, 2021.

Court Rejects Trump Administration Attempt to Slow Tariff Refunds

March 3, 2026

The sign for Tyler Technologies is seen outside the company's offices.

Hacked Software Provider Won't Say if Ransomware Involved

But it did say that none of its products are involved in managing elections.

September 25, 2020

This photo provided by the U.S. Department of Justice shows AR-15 lower receivers, which federal agents have seized, including these unfinished ones taken in 2014 in California, for firearms investigations nationwide. For decades, the federal government has treated the mechanism called the lower receiver as the essential piece of the semiautomatic rifle, which has been used in some of the nation's deadliest mass shootings. But some defense attorneys have recently argued that the part alone does not meet the definition in the law.

AR-15 Design Feature Could Derail Charges

Some judges have ruled that a lower receiver alone cannot be considered a gun.

January 14, 2020