Saharan dust has already landed in the United States, and now a larger plume is headed for Florida as well. But what is Saharan dust, and what could it do once it arrives? Here’s what you need to know ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Washington is hours away from another federal government shutdown, with prospects looking bleak for a last-minute compromise in Congress to avoid closures beginning at 12:01 a.m.

The Pentagon is sending the Ford Carrier Strike Group, with several warships and thousands of sailors, to the region as the Trump administration ramps up attacks on boats it claims are carrying drugs.

The funds in most retirement accounts are pretty basic: stocks and bonds. Now, an executive order signed by President Trump aims to lay the groundwork for an array of "alternative assets," including ...

U.S. stocks careened, yet again, after President Donald Trump threatened to crank his tariffs higher on Monday. While the word "recession" has been thrown around lately, is one really looming? What ...

In the lexicon of economic afflictions, “stagflation” is one of the bad ones. The term (a portmanteau of “stagnation” and “inflation”) was first popularized by British politician Iain Macleod to ...

Christopher Tounsel has previously received funding from the Council of American Overseas Research Centers. A series of advances by the Sudanese military has led some observers to posit that the ...