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Every year, millions of families face difficult decisions about how to care for aging parents or relatives. One of the...

The Iran war is causing the greatest disruption in global oil supplies ever. As part of a coordinated international action,...

In 2017, Puerto Rico experienced the longest blackout in U.S. history—11 months—after two hurricanes knocked out its power grid. Almost...

From the humble AA battery to most advanced semiconductors—modern electronics depend on minerals. The U.S. has designated 60 minerals as...

Thousands of pedestrians and cyclists are killed on U.S. roadways each year. Bad weather, excessive speed, and poor decisions can...

For avid skiers, low or no snowfall can mean less time on the slopes. For small businesses in ski communities,...

As many as one in three Americans dies with Alzheimer’s disease or a related dementia. The number of diagnoses is...

In recent years, Medicare’s spending on hospice has nearly doubled. We looked at this spending and found that the way...

Last month, Congress overwhelmingly passed the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act—legislation aiming to increase the supply and affordability of...

WASHINGTON (May 15, 2025) Today, the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) issued revisions to Standards for Internal Control in the Federal...