Colorado health officials are beginning to map out a plan for how to deal with federal changes to Medicaid under congressional Republicans’ and President Donald Trump’s recently enacted “big, ...

Marijuana advocacy groups have long pushed for the federal government to soften its stance. As a candidate, Trump appeared open to relaxed regulation, posting on his social media platform last year ...

Immigrant-rights advocates undertook a daylong “community stoppage” Tuesday with a 24-hour boycott of various businesses, plus rallies opposing federal immigration enforcement operations. The action, ...

It’s the equivalent of a new payroll tax or a 17% cut in the size of the military, according to a top think tank.

President Trump is calling up the D.C. National Guard and federal law enforcement to address crime in the capital.

The law Trump invoked applies only to the District of Columbia because it lacks a governor to approve or deny the federal intervention. “Washington, D.C. is in a unique position and is uniquely ...

When President Donald Trump announced on Monday that he was taking over Washington’s Metropolitan Police Department and ...

Private investors are the biggest holders of national debt – $24.4 trillion as of March 2025 – followed by federal trust funds and retirement programs.

President Donald Trump is taking a new look at reclassifying marijuana as a less dangerous drug in a move that could nudge ...

U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Tuesday said he was hopeful the Senate would confirm Stephen Miran, now chair of the Council of Economic Advisers, to fill a temporary vacancy on the Federal ...

Months after President Donald Trump ordered the nation’s military academies to scrap policies that allowed admissions officials to consider race, an anti-affirmative action group this week dropped a ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. government’s gross national debt has surpassed $37 trillion, a record number that highlights the ...