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Mexico’s President hits back with furious response to allegations that those close to him have ties to drug cartels.

Sven Loeffler/Getty Images/iStockphoto Sven Loeffler/Getty Images/iStockphoto A large trove of more than 500 sensitive technical documents posted online anonymously last week details one Chinese technology company’s hacking operations, target lists …

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New information has emerged about the former FBI informant charged with making false bribery claims about the Bidens. Prosecutors say Alexander Smirnov has contacts with Russian intelligence. MARY LOUISE KELLY, …

The U.S. Department of Education announced it’s erasing $1.2 billion in federal student loans. At the same time, the department is struggled to implement a new application for federal student …

A wind turbine is seen near Pinnacle Wind Farm in Keyser, West Virginia. This onetime coal town is emblematic of a nation-wide attempt to shift to renewable energy. Haiyun Jiang/NPR …

More Southern states are talking about expanding Medicaid to cover low-income residents. They’ve resisted the option for a decade, but are now running into competition for healthy workers.

Despite being addictive and deadly, menthol cigarettes were long advertised as a healthy alternative to “regular” cigarettes — and heavily advertised to Black folks in cities. Jackie Lay/NPR hide caption …

Federal prosecutors say that former FBI informant Alexander Smirnov admitted to authorities that “officials associated with Russian intelligence were involved in passing a story” about President Biden’s son, Hunter Biden. …

Former President Donald Trump attends a pre-trial hearing Thursday for charges he faces in a New York hush money case. Two civil judgments in New York put Trump on the …