From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

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"The middle class is shrinking" might be the assertion of the decade. Progressives and populists alike use it to justify nearly all government interventions, from tariffs to minimum-wage hikes to ...

Halfway through a decade of post-Covid golf prosperity, the verdict on 2025 is in: Golf design in the United States is strong and getting stronger. Judging by the courses that opened this year, ...

Kids are arriving on college campuses with fewer skills and diminished attention spans. But, rather than challenge students, many colleges are lowering institutional standards to accommodate them.

Trump’s battleship plan clashes with decades of U.S. naval strategy and technology shifts Experts described it as a "prestige project," a "bomb magnet" and said that "this ship will never sail." Even ...

President Trump said the U.S. Navy would build a new ‘Trump-class’ battleship, with construction of the first ship to begin almost immediately. Photo: Alex Brandon/Associated Press President Trump ...

Absent much drama, Wednesday's National Signing Day was a celebration of the work programs have done to assemble top-ranked classes. The Early Signing Period's Wednesday start (Dec. 3-5) formally ...

USC heads into the first day of the early signing period with the top-ranked recruiting class. Kirby Lee / Imagn Images LOS ANGELES — Lincoln Riley has addressed his future at USC several times in ...

The dream of a Hawaii vacation is quickly slipping away as rising costs are pricing out middle-class travelers. What was once considered to be an attainable trip for many is quickly becoming a luxury ...

Playing the GOLF World Top 100 is often cast as the Mount Everest of golf travel. Augusta, for most, is as remote as the death zone. But the climb is not as forbidding as it sounds. Of the courses on ...

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