According to new data from the U.S. Census Bureau, last year saw poverty in the U.S. decline the most in 16 years. The report released on Tuesday morning shows the official poverty rate in the United States declined to 13.5 percent in 2015, a 1.2 percentage drop from 2014. That is the largest drop seen on a year-over-year basis since 1998 and 1999. 

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

President Barack Obama and the top four congressional leaders met at the White House on Monday as Congress neared an interim spending plan that seemingly everyone on Capitol Hill can endorse except one critical faction: conservative House Republicans.

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Obama Threatens to Wage A Cyber War against Russia. Accuses Moscow of Intervening in US Elections. Following the G20 conference in Hangzhou, President Obama said that the issue of Russian hackers invading America’s cyberspace was a critical issue he raised during the summit amid a bout of anti-Russia hysteria in the United States provoked by claims that Putin has converted Republican nominee Donald Trump into an agent of the Kremlin in addition to concerns regarding the DNC Leaks.

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A cure for type 1 diabetes is closer than ever after scientists showed they can switch off the disease for six months in animals – which would equate to several years in humans. In 2014, researchers at Harvard University discovered how to make huge quantities of insulin-producing cells, in a breakthrough hailed as significant as antibiotics.
 

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

For nearly 27 years, one man knew where Jacob Wetterling was. Late last month, Danny Heinrich agreed to confess to killing the 11-year-old boy — setting in motion a flurry of difficult negotiations between defense attorneys, investigators and prosecutors that would put him behind bars for decades and finally unlock the secrets to a mystery that has long haunted the state of Minnesota.

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This Labor Day, the AFL-CIO’s Tefere Gebre believes we must recognize the important role immigrant workers play in our country.

Working people are a force in this election year and our activism is poised to move America forward. They realize the promise of the historic Civil Rights movement and the labor movement with its commitment to empowering voters. 

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Theresa May has had a difficult start to the G20 summit as President Barack Obama said the UK would not be the priority for a US trade deal and Japan issued an unprecedented 15-page warning about the consequences of Brexit.

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Hurricane Hermine was rotating ever closer to Florida's northwest coast early Friday, flooding streets, toppling trees and knocking down power lines, authorities and forecasters said.

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Donald Trump flew into a nation he has constantly berated during his campaign to meet President Enrique Peña Nieto and said they discussed a wall Trump has vowed to build on the US southern border, but not his demand that Mexico pay for it -- an assertion the Mexican president later disputed.

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.