Kimberly White/Corbis via Getty Images Social Issues 5m read New study blames iPhones for a significant drop in US fertility rates through the recession Did you own an iPhone between 2007 and 2011? It could have helped reduce the nation’s fertility rate, so could other things.
Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images Government Oversight 3m read A judge says Trump can’t charge businesses $100,000 to hire H-1B workers A federal judge ruled President Donald Trump’s fee on H-1B visa applications is unconstitutional, providing immediate relief for businesses.
Getty Images Law and Order 4m read As term nears end, Supreme Court weighs presidential powers As the Supreme Court justices prepare for their long summer break, some of the most significant cases on their docket have yet to be decided.
Nick Potts/PA Images via Getty Images Politics 4m read DOD fixes religious affiliation list after LDS members protest non-Christian label The DOD reversed its removal of Latter-day Saints members from the military’s recognized Christian faiths after bipartisan backlash.
Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images, Ronaldo Schemidt/AFP via Getty Images Politics Apr 30 8m read House advances $75B ICE funding; Gas tops $4 as Iran standoff drives costs
Asif Hassan/AFP via Getty Images, Win McNamee/Getty Images Politics Apr 22 9m read Ceasefire extended, but Iran talks freeze; Virginia redraw could shift House control
Fatemeh Bahrami/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images, Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images U.S. Apr 16 8m read Iran threatens oil choke as US targets banks; Gabbard files referrals over impeachment whistleblower
Ezra Acayan/Getty Images Energy Apr 14 4m read Russia’s oil export revenue jumped 94% in first month of Iran war
AP Photo/Vincent Thian, Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images U.S. Apr 14 10m read China enters Iran talks as diplomacy grows; Trump refuses apology to pope
Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images Politics Apr 7 4m read How many times has Trump changed his mind about additional Iran strikes?
Alex Brandon-Pool/Getty Images, Mauricio Paiz/NurPhoto via Getty Images Immigration Apr 2 9m read Trump says Iran war ‘near end’ but vows more strikes; Artemis II launches in historic moon mission
Morteza Nikoubazl/NurPhoto via Reuters Connect International Mar 30 3m read Trump threatens to obliterate Kharg Island oil hub if Strait of Hormuz doesn’t open ‘immediately’
Timothy A. Clary/AFP via Getty Images, Morteza Nikoubazl/NurPhoto via Getty Images U.S. Mar 23 11m read Air Canada runway crash kills 2; Iran Hormuz crisis jolts oil supply
Ronen Zvulun/POOL/AFP via Getty Images, Alessandro Rampazzo/AFP via Getty Images U.S. Mar 20 10m read Netanyahu backs off Iran oil strikes; Denmark prepped for US threat
Andrew Harnik/Getty Images, Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images U.S. Mar 19 12m read Trump warns Iran over Qatar attack; FBI probes Kent over intel leak
J. David Ake/Getty Images Energy Mar 13 3m read Why record US oil output isn’t keeping gas prices low
Media Office of Iraqi Ports/Handout via Reuters, Andrew Harnik/Getty Images U.S. Mar 12 10m read Iran hits oil tankers in the Gulf; Trump insists US already won war
AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File Politics Mar 6 4m read A weak jobs report adds pressure as oil prices take off and stocks sink
U.S. Navy via AP, Sefa Karacan/Anadolu via Getty Images U.S. Mar 2 11m read Iran conflict escalates: new strikes, US aircraft crash, oil spike
Roberto Schmidt/Getty Images International Mar 2 2m read Oil prices jump after Iran strikes, Saudi refinery hit; Gas prices could rise
Edgar Frias/AP Photo Energy Jan 7 5m read Crude math: Analyzing Trump’s deal to buy 50 million barrels of Venezuelan oil
Jesus Vargas/Getty Images Energy Jan 5 5m read Trump wants US oil companies back in Venezuela. Here’s why they left
Aart van Bezooijen via Vessel Finder International Dec 31, 2025 4m read Tanker’s painted Russian flag complicates US-Venezuela oil blockade
DEBAJYOTI CHAKRABORTY/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images Energy Oct 16, 2025 3m read Trump claims Modi agreed to end Russian oil buys
Joe Raedle/Getty Images Energy Jul 29, 2025 6m read Trump’s push for cheap gas and ‘drill, baby, drill’ are at odds, experts say
GIUSEPPE CACACE/AFP via Getty Images Energy Jun 24, 2025 4m read Oil prices down after Iran, Israel agree to ceasefire
Carlos Avila Gonzalez/San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images Cost of Living May 6, 2025 3m read Fire erupts at Valero refinery in California weeks after closure announcement
DroneBase/Reuters Energy Apr 15, 2025 2m read Keystone Pipeline restarts after oil spill in North Dakota