In light of President Trump’s executive order directing government agencies to restrict and remove federal research funding from universities that infringe on students’ rights to free speech, Campus Reform compiled existing government data to determine exactly how much federal research money is doled out each year. And, to some states, it could mean billions lost.

There are many reasons and theories on why the costs of insulin have continued to rise much faster than inflation has in the past twenty years. But, the answer is complex and layered.

China has cut plastic shipments from the U.S. by 99.1% causing recycling and waste companies to now slap municipalities with higher service fees. China’s ban on imported plastic leaves fewer options to recycle. Some shipments had been diverted to Canada, but it looks like most plastic waste will end up in landfills.

The Supreme Court ruled in favor of the Trump administration Tuesday, allowing federal officials to detain and deport illegal immigrants after they have served their time in the U.S. for other crimes.

Two Kroger locations, South Post Oak Road and Buffalo Speedway, in Houston will soon debut a driverless car to deliver groceries to homes.

A petrochemical terminal is on fire at an oil storage facility in Deer Park, Texas just outside of Houston and has been raging throughout the day Sunday. City officials have warned residents to shelter in place and further advised them to close air ventilation systems in their homes and close all windows.

Undocumented immigrants travelling in family units have been crossing the Southern U.S. border in record numbers. The number of families arrested has pushed total border apprehensions to an 11-year high in February.

By the time you reach 65 years old, average healthcare costs are $11.3K per person, per year in the United States. This is nearly triple the annual average cost of when you’re in your 20s and 30s. Even if your insurance company or Medicare covers most of that bill, the typical American can still be on the hook for a very large sum of money to cover their healthcare costs as they age.

President Trump has vetoed the Senate resolution, his first since taking office.

The Fed’s quantitative easing (QE), also known as large-scale asset purchases, inflated asset prices and bailed out baby boomers at the political cost of pricing out millennials from many asset markets, including homes and the stock market. That has since driven wealth inequality across the country to levels never seen before. When expansionary monetary policy drives asset prices higher than wage growth, the average person, or the entire bottom 90% of Americans, fall behind the curve.

…the experimental solar-powered drone can beam 5G connectivity to anywhere in the world.

BRENHAM, Texas — Blinn College baseball  was swept by Alvin Community College, 11-3 and 11-2, on Friday at Leroy Dreyer Field. With the pair of losses, Blinn falls to 9-8 […]

The continued increase in borrowings saw total credit storm above $4 trillion, and hitting a new all time high of $4.034 trillion on the back of a America’s ongoing love affair with auto and student loans, and of course credit cards.

Some 1,000 healthcare workers have lost their licenses to practice in Florida due to their inability to pay off their student debt. There are additionally 12 other states that have the power to take away healthcare licenses for unpaid student loans. However, so far Florida is the only state actually enforcing the law. Could we see others join as student debt and delinquency continues to grow?

The popularity of standing desks is growing.  The general consensus is that standing is more beneficial than sitting to help combat a sedentary lifestyle.  This, supposedly, is the incorporation of a standing desk into our lives.  But, are standing desks really the best option for your health and productivity?

The number of outstanding U.S. $100 bills has doubled since the financial crisis, with more than 12 billion of them across the world, according to the latest data from the Federal Reserve. C-notes have passed $1 bills in circulation. Generally, economists believe the surge is related to people around the world wanting to hoard cash but, multiple factors could explain the increase in C-notes.

Stamford-based Purdue Pharmaceuticals, which is facing thousands of lawsuits pertaining to its role in stoking the opioid epidemic that has been blamed for the surge in drug overdose deaths. It now considering filing chapter 11 bankruptcy to halt the mountain of lawsuits and negotiate its legal claims with plaintiffs.

When government-guaranteed checks keep rolling in, there’s no incentive for colleges and universities to lower their prices. In fact, they do the opposite.

Figures released by UNICEF today have drawn attention to the current “alarming global surge of measles cases”. 98 countries recorded an increase in cases from 2017 to 2018, with 74 percent of the total rise accounted for by just ten countries. 

The number of farmers filing for bankruptcy has soared to its highest level in a decade. And with high levels of debt, bankruptcies are expected to rise into the 2020s.