Bipartisan House Bill Aims to Improve Housing Affordability
House Financial Services Committee ranking member Rep. Maxine Waters, D-CA., and Chair French Hill, R-AR., listen to a hearing on Capitol Hill on June 24, 2025. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images Stay up to date with our Up First newsletter sent every weekday morning. Republicans and Democrats in the House
Justice Department Gives Trump Tax Immunity and $1.8B Fund
D.O.J. gave Trump and his family immunity from tax audits and set up a $1.8 billion fund for victims of "government weaponization." Former government lawyer Andrew Weissmann explains the settlement.
Perception Warfare: From Fauda to Hezbollah’s Drone Clips
The footage lasts just three minutes. An Israeli flag flies over a position in the village of al-Bayada, in occupied southern Lebanon. One drone approaches the flagpole while another observes from above. The flag falls after the impact. The final frame displays a digitally rendered, torn Israeli flag with the words: “Al-Bayada does not welcome
Minnesota Bans Prediction Markets, First State to Do So
Minnesota has enacted the most far-reaching crackdown on massively popular services like Kalshi and Polymarket. Steve Karnowski/Associated Press hide caption toggle caption Steve Karnowski/Associated Press Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz has signed the nation's first law banning prediction market sites from operating in the state, the most far-reaching crackdown on massively popular services like Kalshi and
States sue over new graduate loan limits for nursing degrees
A nurse checks a patient's blood pressure. kieferpix/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption kieferpix/Getty Images A coalition of 24 states and the District of Columbia filed a lawsuit in federal court Tuesday challenging a Trump administration rule that limits access to federal student loans for borrowers earning a graduate degree in several popular, healthcare-related fields.
Make Habits Stick: The Tiny Habits Formula
Have you ever accidentally broken a good habit? Like, you forgot one time to do yoga, and somehow it never happened again? Suddenly, a behavior you spent weeks working on is just wiped out. You did everything right — so what went wrong? For a habit to stick, you need to do more than just
Study: Abrupt USAID Shutdown Linked to Rising Violence
Refugees carry food at a distribution center run by the World Food Programme at Kakuma Refugee Camp in Turkana, Kenya. After U.S. aid that paid for the food was curtailed, protests broke out. Andrew Kasuku/AP hide caption toggle caption Andrew Kasuku/AP Does foreign aid have an impact on violence — on wars, on street fights
Silwan residents say Israel is pushing Palestinians out
Fakhri Abu Diab, a community leader, walks by the remains of his family home after it was demolished by Israeli forces, in the Silwan neighborhood of East Jerusalem. Ammar Awad/Reuters hide caption toggle caption Ammar Awad/Reuters EAST JERUSALEM — Fakhri Abu Diab, 62, has lived on the same property in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of
Artificial eggs could enable bird de‑extinction
A Colossal Biosciences worker performs a wellness check on an artificial egg. Colossal Biosciences hide caption toggle caption Colossal Biosciences Trevor Snyder pulls open an incubator and gently lifts out a device that looks like a high-tech coffee pod. It's black, with a honeycomb bottom. A clear flat top reveals what's inside. "This is a
San Diego mosque shooting kills five; judge dismisses Trump’s IRS suit
Good morning. You're reading the Up First newsletter. Subscribe here to get it delivered to your inbox, and listen to the Up First podcast for all the news you need to start your day. Today's top stories San Diego police are investigating a shooting at the Islamic Center of San Diego in Clairemont, Calif., as