The U.S. national debt hit the $40 trillion threshold, and about one-fourth of that debt has been incurred while President Donald Trump has been in office. Spending by the federal government has accelerated dramatically as the U.S. population has aged, with increased enrollment in Social Security and Medicare pushing spending on those entitlement programs higher and contributing to the growth in federal budget deficits.The recent rise in interest rates — coupled with the larger national debt — has exacerbated that trend, with interest expenses from servicing the national debt now topping $1 trillion per year. While presidents and congressional majorities…

New York City is full of a bunch of pricks. The rise of GLP-1 drugs has led to a sharp uptick in injuries among Big Apple sanitation workers — thanks to needles being carelessly tossed in the trash. So far in 2026, 57 needle-stick injuries have been reported among city Department of Sanitation workers — already exceeding the 51 recorded in all of 2025 and the 37 reported in 2024. Only 25 workers were pricked in 2019. Brooklyn has reported the most cases this year, with 16, followed by the Bronx and Queens, with 11 each. Staten Island, despite being…

If you want to lose weight, you’ve got options, from medications like GLP-1s to apps like Noom. But an ancient — thousands of years old — diet could trump them in one big way. With it, people eat highger-quality food over time, which research suggests keeps weight down for longer. That’s the big upside of the Mediterranean diet, which emphasizes olive oil, whole fruits and vegetables, and fish over red meat. The University of North Carolina developed “Med-South,” which adapts these principles to Southern favorites. Researchers in a new study pitted the Med-South program against the Weight Watchers program, a standard…

In the lobby of a mid-tier Palo Alto hotel in June 2000, PayPal cofounder and chief technology officer Max Levchin sat on an indoor fountain, getting ready to speak at a payments industry event. “This may be the last conference I’m going to speak at about PayPal, because I think we’re going to die,” he told his then-girlfriend (and now-wife) Nellie and PayPal advisor Scott Banister.Fraud was decimating his fast-growing, 18-month-old startup. Criminals were creating fake seller accounts at PayPal, making bogus purchases with stolen credit cards and quickly funneling the money into bank accounts they controlled. At the peak…

Vancouver police have confirmed that they are looking into the possibility that “Lucky,” the man found in the Netherlands, is a missing person from the Vancouver area. The man, who has been nicknamed “Lucky,” collapsed on a street in Amsterdam on May 10, 2023.He was taken to hospital, where medical professionals concluded the man had suffered a brain hemorrhage or stroke.It was determined after he received medical care that he was left with aphasia, which affects how people speak, read, write and understand what other people say.The man can reportedly say a few words in English, but otherwise doesn’t communicate…

SaveYou have reached your maximum number of saved items.Remove items from your saved list to add more.AAASoon after I landed in the federal press gallery in 1989 as a wet-behind-the-ears political correspondent, a call came from the prime minister’s office.“Hawkie would like to see you,” said a voice.I grabbed a notebook and, in a lather of anticipation, hurried down labyrinthine corridors of the giant new Parliament House.Was the prime minister of Australia about to deliver me a scoop?Bob Hawke sat enthroned in a vast office, its walls panelled in the rich wood of a single Huon pine rescued from a…

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s forthcoming move back to the United Kingdom is a “private matter,” according to Prime Minister Andy Burnham. Burnham, 56, told the BBC on Thursday, August 20, that the security arrangements for Harry, 41, Meghan, 45, and their two children were “private.” (Harry and Meghan share son Prince Archie, 7, and daughter Princess Lilibet, 5.) “It’s a matter for Harry and for Meghan,” Burnham stated. “We wish them well in the move that they are making.” Multiple outlets — including the BBC, The Telegraph and The New York Times — reported on Wednesday, August 19, that…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Fox News’ “Antisemitism Exposed” newsletter brings you stories on the rising anti-Jewish prejudice across the U.S. and the world.IN TODAY’S NEWSLETTER:- Harvard gets DOJ’s antisemitism lawsuit tossed by hometown judge- Anti-Israel nonprofit under federal investigation over financial dealings- Man charged with assault, hate crimes after allegedly disrupting Shabbat services at NYC synagogueTOP STORY: A federal judge threw out the Trump administration’s high-profile antisemitism lawsuit against Harvard University. The court ruled that alleged campus incidents failed to prove an ongoing pattern of civil rights violations after official warnings were issued. Justice Department officials expressed strong…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Atlanta’s Democratic Mayor Andre Dickens launched a scathing attack on the Democratic National Committee’s leadership Thursday, accusing party leaders of turning their backs on Black voters and the South after the DNC excluded the city from its shortlist to host the 2028 presidential convention. “The DNC continues to make the wrong choices,” Dickens wrote in a scathing letter obtained by Fox News Digital, singling out DNC Chairman Ken Martin after party officials narrowed their convention search to Boston, Denver and Philadelphia.Dickens’ rebuke echoes an argument other Southern Democrats have pressed on the national…

Federal agencies are warning that hackers are actively targeting industrial control systems used across U.S. water plants, factories, energy facilities and other critical infrastructure. The NSA, FBI, Department of Energy, EPA and Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency said Wednesday there is an “active threat” targeting Siemens S7 Series programmable logic controllers.Siemens said Thursday that it had not detected an increased level of attacks or any previously unknown vulnerabilities affecting its industrial control systems products. The devices are used to monitor and control industrial equipment across sectors including manufacturing, energy, water and wastewater, chemicals, food and agriculture. A successful attack could…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A man survived a serious fall into McDonald Creek at Glacier National Park thanks to the intervention of a Good Samaritan bystander. The man who fell was identified as Ken Nurse, who was visiting the Montana park with his wife, family and friends, according to NonStop Local Montana.He tumbled from an overlook and reportedly went over a set of waterfalls on Aug. 13, according to Two Bear Air Rescue, a Montana-based helicopter search-and-rescue organization that responded to the incident.NURSE IMPALED BY POLE DURING HIKE FORCED TO TREK 10 MILES FOR HELP: ‘A FREAK…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! China is testing whether the top of the world can become a new strategic trade corridor, launching regular seasonal container service to Europe through Russia’s Arctic as Beijing and Moscow deepen their commercial and military footprint in a region Washington increasingly views as critical to U.S. security.The service remains limited in scale, with just over eight voyages planned this season, but China analyst Gordon Chang told Fox News Digital that its significance goes beyond the number of containers currently making the journey.”China has a major strategic push on the Arctic for various…

A longtime superintendent of an East Bay school district was placed on administrative leave after claims surfaced he made unwanted advances toward a female district official. San Leandro Unified School District Superintendent Mike McLaughlin is now under investigation by the district, which is probing the allegations. Sources told NBC Bay Area that an alleged incident occurred at an outing with McLaughlin and his directors that involved alcohol. They said at one point he physically touched a female manager. The district hired an independent investigator after multiple employees spoke out about the incident. The district board said if the allegations are…

Forget silk rods and curling socks. Kayla Fawcett found a new beauty tool in the last place you’d expect: her CPAP machine. One night before bed, the Wisconsinite wrapped her hair around the soft tubing of her headgear, clipped it in place and hit record. She sent the video to friends, who convinced her to post it on social media. By morning, she had a head full of bouncy curls — and a viral hit, racking up more than a million TikTok views and a comment section full of people eager to try it themselves. “So many women were commenting…

Germany registered a record of around 14,000 heat-related deaths this summer as Europe struggled through a series of punishing heatwaves, official data showed on Thursday. Around 9,600 of those deaths were recorded in one week in late June when Germany baked in temperatures of over 40C, according to the Robert Koch Institute. The heatwaves and drought have fuelled a historically hot summer in Europe, contributing to a spike in heat-related mortality in the worst-hit countries. Spain’s public health institute registered nearly 4,500 heat-related deaths since 1 June, figures showed on Thursday and French health authorities said they had seen more…