timef 03/24/2026

The Small Business Administration lent $378 billion to keep businesses afloat. Getting paid back is proving difficult.

The agency announced the more specific plans and timelines after years of suggesting it may build a lunar outpost.

A new satellite could transform how water is studied worldwide. But to help unlock its capabilities, scientists first needed to take critical measurements on a mountaintop.

Some airlines and travelers, especially in the Middle East and elsewhere in Asia, are bearing the brunt of the pain, while others are doing better.

Global markets are under pressure again amid doubts that the fighting in the Middle East can end anytime soon.

Australia used to incinerate the large fruit bats, but research suggests they bring hundreds of millions of dollars in benefits to the country’s economy.

Australia used to incinerate the large fruit bats, but research suggests they bring hundreds of millions of dollars in benefits to the country’s economy.

Artificial intelligence could reshape work, but for now a low-hire, low-fire labor market is the main impediment for young people seeking employment.

The number of unscripted series has plummeted by a third since 2022. As the industry rapidly changes, an era is quietly vanishing.

President Trump had set off a drastic market reaction on Monday by backing away from a threat to strike Iranian energy infrastructure.

Once a week, patients in an Argentine hospital with Parkinson’s disease use the movements of tango to help address issues of balance, stiffness and coordination.

A reassessment of damaged 3,500-year-old statuary adds to evidence that Queen Hatshepsut wasn’t the villain that scholars long took her to be.

The country’s experiment with psychedelic medicine has led to positive outcomes, psychiatrists say, but also highlights the limitations of the nascent field.

The Defense Department said it would close the Pentagon’s work area for journalists, among other changes, after a judge found the existing media policy unconstitutional.

The deployment comes as a battle over Department of Homeland Security funding has led to closed security checkpoints, long lines and missed flights.

President Trump once assailed the Obama administration for making cash payments to Iran. Now he supports sanctions relief that could give the country a $14 billion windfall.

Trump officials said on Monday that the war in Iran had emphasized the need to reduce vulnerabilities for energy and technology.

Democratic state attorneys general are fighting the Justice Department’s clearance of a $14 billion deal by Hewlett Packard Enterprise, arguing it was ineffective and corrupt.

American and European oil and gas companies are expected to earn a lot more as prices surge but are worried about the future.

The world’s most popular YouTube celebrity, who markets to children and has bragged about crypto trades, is getting into banking. Senator Elizabeth Warren has concerns.