David Sherfinski

The Trump administration wants to limit abortion access at the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), raising fears among advocates for reproductive rights that the president will use his second term to enact "extreme" new restrictions.

Last month, the VA moved to roll back benefits for department healthcare beneficiaries that include access to abortions and abortion counseling.

U.S. President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown is upending lives, testing the U.S. court system and providing a lucrative income for the private prison industry.

Major prison companies have talked up the financial opportunities already flowing in from the construction of new or expanded detention facilities to house immigrants detained or awaiting deportation.

As U.S. President Donald Trump ramps up his immigration crackdown and mass deportation plans, federal spending on immigration enforcement is also rising.

Following Trump's "big, beautiful bill" bill passed in July, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has received a massive boost in funding to the point where it rivals – and even is projected to top, in some cases - the total military budgets of major countries around the world.

As the U.S. marks the 20th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, more than 180 current and former Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) staffers warn cuts and leadership failures at the agency could lead to another calamitous disaster response.

In August 2005, Katrina killed nearly 1,400 people and caused an inflation-adjusted $205 billion in damages to become the most destructive hurricane in U.S. history.

As U.S. President Donald Trump pursues his immigration crackdown, his administration is believed to be in the midst of overhauling U.S. worker visas intended for specialty occupations like the tech industry.

The Trump administration is reportedly working on an overhaul to the H-1B system that includes revisions to eligibility requirements and new wage requirements.

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has released a major report, crafted by a handful of scientific experts, that challenges widely accepted conclusions on the climate crisis, including the role of humans in causing it.

The roughly 150-page Critical Review of Impacts of Greenhouse Gas Emissions on the U.S. Climate has generated vociferous condemnation from the scientific community and a lawsuit that accuses the Trump administration of "a plan hatched and carried out in secret" to undermine scientific consensus.

Extreme heat across the United States has left millions of Americans struggling to stay cool as dangerously high temperatures reach as far north as New England and the Pacific Northwest.

Not only is extreme heat the nation's leading weather-related killer, but the rise in global temperatures contributes to worsening climate-related disasters like wildfires around the world.

President Donald Trump's "big, beautiful bill" passed by the U.S. Congress in July is poised to roll back credits for clean energy and boost the use of fossil fuels, according to experts and environmental advocates concerned about its impact on climate change.

It's also poised to increase wildfire risk by rolling back key funding for prevention and preparedness programmes, which could impact wildfire response, according to an analysis from the Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR).

President Donald Trump's 'big, beautiful' budget bill, which seeks to roll back climate and clean energy-related provisions, was passed by the U.S. Congress this week.

The Trump administration has called the measure "transformative" and said it will head off looming tax hikes and unleash "clean, American-made energy."

After wreaking havoc on the homeowners' insurance market in the United States and beyond in recent years, climate change is coming for your car insurance premium.

After a flat first half of 2025 that even saw some reductions in rates, the average premium is projected to rise by 4%, and potentially more, by the end of the year, according to a study released on Tuesday by Insurify, the online insurance comparison site.