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 ...

Tax changes, big and small, are coming in 2026. New tax rules were signed into law as part of the 2025 Reconciliation Legislation, also known as the Big, Beautiful Bill (BBB). This sweeping ...

The centerpiece of the Trump administration’s revamp of the U.S. Navy is the largest surface combatant America will build since World War II. The U.S. Navy will buy two new “battleships” as part of ...

Lindsey Ellefson is Lifehacker’s Features Editor. She currently covers study and productivity hacks, as well as household and digital decluttering, and oversees the freelancers on the sex and ...

A recent spate of lawsuits from reality TV contestants could ripple across the industry. By Winston Cho A former contestant on Love Is Blind has sued the makers of the Netflix dating series for a ...

Your first couple years in college, you take pretty standard stuff. English 1, English 2, American History 1: Pre-World War I, American History 2: Post-World War I, Economics 1, etc. But once you ...

Darrow is striking it rich by scouring the internet for corporate misdeeds. But one of its revenue sources—sharing legal awards—raises ethical concerns among some lawyers. At first glance, a 2021 ...

Do you think you're middle-class in Georgia? Depending on inflation and your cost of living, what defines people as "middle class" changes and evolves. This informal socioeconomic tier is often ...

The income needed to be considered middle class varies dramatically depending on which state you live in, according to new research. The Pew Research Center found about half of U.S. adults live in a ...