WASHINGTON -- A senior US State Department official has flatly rejected suggestions that Washington and Moscow are informally continuing to observe the limits of the now-expired, ...

Manufacturers will no longer get a credit toward vehicle emissions standards by installing engines that automatically stop at red lights. By Amanda Holpuch The federal Environmental Protection Agency ...

The United States on Friday accused China of secretly carrying out nuclear explosive tests, even as Washington and Moscow acknowledged the need to urgently begin fresh arms control talks following the ...

It is 85 seconds to midnight on the Doomsday Clock in Chicago and, amid multiple conflicts in West Asia and another in Ukraine, humanity has never stood so close to a nuclear war. But on February 5, ...

The United States and Russia are entering a new phase of nuclear relations with no treaty limiting their arsenals, as President Donald Trump calls for a sweeping new arms control agreement and Russian ...

For the first time in over half a century, the US and Russia have no legally binding agreement limiting their strategic nuclear forces. Does the nuclear race begin now as the New START treaty expires ...

Russia on Wednesday said it was no longer bound by limits on the number of nuclear warheads under the bilateral New START treaty, which is set to end Thursday after the Trump administration failed to ...

New START, the last treaty limiting the nuclear arsenals of Russia and the U.S., will expire on Feb. 5. Once it does, there will be no limit to the number of nuclear weapons the U.S. or Russia can ...

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A tax and spending package introduced new tax breaks on overtime pay and tips for eligible workers. The new rules, which apply to tax years 2025 through 2028, have income and employment-type ...

President Donald Trump's tax break on overtime payment, signed into law through the 'One Big Beautiful Bill,' has come under scrutiny as several states have passed laws to cut the benefits extended ...

When food stamp benefits faced a cutoff, nonprofit groups and local governments filed lawsuits, winning court orders requiring the resumption of payments. And when military troops risked having to ...