Birth numbers were flat last year, as the nation saw fewer babies born than it did before the pandemic, the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention said.

A storm system has spun up in the Gulf of Mexico north-west of Ft Myers, Florida, on the first official day of the Atlantic hurricane season, but it does not pose any threat.

President Joe Biden plans to veto the Republican-led measure overturning his widely popular plan to cancel up to $20,000 in federal student loans for 43 million people.

The Department of Transportation is fining the airline for failing to provide timely refunds to passengers for flights to and from the US during the Covid pandemic.