By Rachel Acenas President Donald Trump has secured a commitment from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to invest $1.4 trillion in the United States over the next decade, the White House announced Friday. The agreement comes after UAE officials met with Trump this week at the White House. The 10-year framework is aimed at boosting ..read more

By Reuters The Food and Drug Administration approved Alnylam’s drug to treat a rare and deadly heart disease on Thursday, allowing the entry of a new type of medicine in a market dominated by Pfizer’s blockbuster Vyndaqel. Alnylam is banking on the success of the drug, chemically called vutrisiran, to reach profitability and invest in ..read more

By Ryan Morgan Israeli forces launched a wave of strikes across parts of Lebanon in response to rocket launches targeting the Galilee region on March 22. In a press release, the Israeli military reported its air forces intercepted a trio of rockets that had crossed over from Lebanon into Israeli airspace on Saturday. The Israeli ..read more

By Naveen Athrappully The United States Postal Service (USPS) said Thursday it has saved billions of dollars annually by cutting 50 million work hours, closing unnecessary facilities, and increasing plant productivity. The changes translate to $2.5 billion in annual savings, the agency said in a March 20 statement. Reductions are part of USPS’ Delivering for America ..read more

By Naveen Athrappully Federal authorities arrested 68 members of the notorious gang Tren De Aragua this week, according to a new report from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). “In less than 100 days, the Trump Administration has arrested 394 members of the Tren De Aragua—a vicious gang known for human trafficking, kidnapping, drug trafficking ..read more

By Bill Pan In a lesser-noticed executive order issued on March 20, President Donald Trump directed federal agencies to grant his designees complete access to unclassified government data. The order, somewhat overshadowed by an order to dismantle the U.S. Department of Education, mandates that federal officials designated by the president or agency heads receive “full ..read more

By George Citroner Scientists have discovered “sweet taste” receptors in the heart that respond to artificial sweeteners like aspartame. This could potentially explain the long-observed link between sweetened beverages and heart problems. The findings of the study, conducted by Loyola University researchers, were presented at the 69th Biophysical Society Annual Meeting in Los Angeles from ..read more

By T.J. Muscaro NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams should be paid more after their eight-day test flight of the Boeing Starliner spacecraft turned into a nearly 10-month post on the International Space Station, according to President Donald Trump. The president made his opinion on that matter clear to members of the press in ..read more

By Jack Phillips A Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) representative said that the IRS has a number of decades-old, infrastructure-related problems and said that recent cuts have allowed the agency to save $1.5 billion. Speaking to Fox News on Thursday, DOGE representative Sam Corcos said that while “a huge part of our government is collecting ..read more

By Naveen Athrappully The number of homes sold across the United States rose in February from a month earlier amid an improvement in housing inventory, according to the National Association of Realtors (NAR). Total existing-home sales rose by 4.2 percent from January to hit 4.26 million units in February on a seasonally adjusted annual rate ..read more