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US fertility rate hit a record low last year, extending a nearly two-decade decline

US fertility rate hit a record low last year, extending a nearly two-decade decline

Published by Daniella Wilson

Get the Well Enough newsletter with Harry Bullmore for tips on living a healthier, happier and longer life Get the Well Enough email with Harry Bullmore Get the Well Enough email with Harry Bullmore The U.S. fertility rate hit a record low last year, extending a nearly two-decade decline. Fewer women had children and many delayed starting families, according to provisional data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Fertility has been trending lower in the U.S. for nearly two decades, with the general fertility rate falling nearly 23% since 2007, the agency’s data showed. The number of babies born in 2025 declined 1% from a year earlier to roughly 3.6 million. The general fertility rate – the number of births per 1,000 women aged 15 to 44 – also slipped 1% to 53.1, the data showed. The 2025 figures underscore a long-running shift in U.S. childbearing patterns, with declines among younger women continuing to outweigh gains at older ages. The number of babies born in 2025 declined 1% from a year earlier to …

GOP spikes DHS funding plan, extending shutdown

GOP spikes DHS funding plan, extending shutdown

Published by Sam Flores

With an end to the Department of Homeland Security shutdown in sight, House Republicans on Friday bristled at the deal their Senate colleagues sent them overnight, potentially imperiling the funding bill and threatening to extend the shutdown that’s led to worsening airport delays. The Senate early Friday morning advanced a bill to fund most of DHS, except for Immigration and Customs Enforcement and parts of Customs and Border Protection, in a move to end the partial government shutdown that has disrupted air travel across the U.S., as Transportation Security Administration agents go without paychecks and miss work. That bill immediately met resistance in the House. Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La, on Friday afternoon confirmed a plan to ditch the Senate proposal and instead try to pass a stopgap funding bill for all of DHS through May 22. The stopgap measures advanced out of the House Rules Committee on Friday, teeing up a vote as soon as later this evening. “This gambit that was done last night is a joke,” Johnson told reporters. “The Senate Democrats have …