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President Biden waves to members of the press as he walks on the South Lawn of the White House after stepping off Marine One on Nov. 10, in Washington, D.C. Biden is under pressure to do more as prices continue to surge.

Inflation is surging and people are hopping mad

Inflation is the highest it's been in more than 30 years, imposing a financial burden on households and putting President Biden under pressure.

Britain's Prime Minister-elect Liz Truss pledged to deliver on a range of issues after being named the new Conservative Party leader on Monday. Truss will be the U.K.'s third female prime minister, following Margaret Thatcher and Theresa May.

Liz Truss is the U.K.'s next prime minister

Truss, who currently serves as foreign minister, will be the U.K.'s new prime minister, after the Conservative Party named her as its next leader on Monday, replacing the outgoing Boris Johnson.

What the CDC is doing to monitor and protect against bird flu

CDC director Dr. Mandy Cohen tells NPR that while the risk of bird flu spreading to humans is low, the U.S. government is taking precautions to avoid spread of the virus.

Climate solutions do exist. These 6 experts detail what they look like

We asked six climate experts what questions you should ask yourself whenever you come across something claiming to be a "climate solution".

Labour leader Keir Starmer gives a speech during a visit to Hitchin, in Hertfordshire, England, while on the election campaign trail on Monday.

What to know about the U.K. election, with Labour forecast to knock out Conservatives

Polls forecast a wipeout for the governing Conservatives. The Labour Party's leader, a centrist human rights lawyer, is widely predicted to become the next prime minister.

Members of the Writers Guild of America East picket at the Warner Bros. Discovery NYC office on July 13, 2023 in New York City.

Union membership grew last year, but only 10% of U.S. workers belong to a union

In 2023, unions added 139,000 members, but the share of the U.S. workforce that's unionized declined from the year before due to even faster growth in nonunion jobs.

Lead in the drinking water is still a problem in the U.S. — especially in Chicago

The Windy City has the most lead pipes of any U.S. city. A study estimates that more than two-thirds of children there are exposed to lead in their home tap water.

AT&T says cell service is back after a widespread outage and some disrupted 911 calls

Reports of outages spiked around 3:30 a.m. ET Thursday, affecting more than 71,000 customers within a few hours. The FBI says it has been in contact with AT&T about the disruptions.

University of Michigan Central Campus sign

University of Michigan could help develop one of four DOE-funded large-scale carbon capture factories

The University of Michigan's Global CO2 Initiative hopes to lend its expertise in analyzing carbon capture technologies in order to help develop one of four air CO2 capture factories the Department of Energy plans to fund.

A much smaller North American International Auto Show opens this week in Detroit

The North American International Auto Show opens to the media this Wednesday, and to the public on Saturday.

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