Americans are facing the highest death toll from influenza since 2018, just as more people become vulnerable because of growing vaccine skepticism taking hold in statehouses...
WASHINGTON — In a sweeping executive order signed Thursday, President Donald Trump called on Education Secretary Linda McMahon to “take all necessary steps to facilitate the...
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) announced Monday it will phase out medical treatments for gender dysphoria, aligning with President Donald Trump’s recent executive order defining...
When the FDA announced in January, before President Joe Biden’s term ended, that it would ban a dye called red dye No. 3 in food and ingested...
The Chesapeake Bay Foundation on Thursday condemned the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) most recent sweeping deregulatory actions, calling them an existential threat to the Chesapeake Bay’s...
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Education Department’s move Tuesday to cut more than 1,300 employees sparked concerns across the country over the ramifications the layoffs could have on...
WASHINGTON — A federal judge in California ordered the Trump administration to immediately reinstate thousands of jobs for probationary federal workers fired as part of billionaire...
U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., is one of three Democratic lawmakers spearheading a legislative effort to reinstate thousands of veterans who were fired from federal jobs...
Among the thousands of federal workers who’ve been forced out or taken buyouts in the past month, surely some would be perfect fits for the many...
In a move to prevent what they call an unnecessary and damaging trade war, U.S. Sens. Tim Kaine and Mark Warner of Virginia on Wednesday introduced...
WASHINGTON — In her first hours as the new Education secretary, Linda McMahon wasted no time informing U.S. Education Department employees in an email titled “Our Department’s...
WASHINGTON — U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced that another round of active-duty troops will head to the U.S.-Mexico border in the coming weeks at the...
WASHINGTON — Republicans in Congress have gotten a crash course in Medicaid during the last few weeks, as they eye the health care program for lower-income...
WASHINGTON — Elon Musk, the world’s richest man, claims American taxpayers could receive a $5,000 refund from the federal government — despite no apparent support in...
WASHINGTON — Congressional Democrats at a press conference lambasted the U.S. House GOP’s budget resolution Tuesday, expressing concerns over the impact of potential tax cuts for wealthy...
WASHINGTON — A federal judge in Maryland on Monday partly granted a request from Quakers and other religious groups to limit the U.S. Department of Homeland...
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration Wednesday appealed a nationwide injunction in a suit brought by a coalition of Democratic attorneys general challenging President Donald Trump’s executive order...
WASHINGTON — Immigrant advocacy groups on Thursday succeeded in a request to a District of Columbia federal judge to temporarily block the Trump administration from deporting...
WASHINGTON — Temporary special government employees working at the behest of the U.S. DOGE Service, under President Donald Trump and billionaire campaign donor Elon Musk, can...
A federal judge Thursday heard a request from eight religious groups to issue a nationwide injunction to block a Department of Homeland Security policy that broadens...
WASHINGTON — Republicans in Congress have begun taking their first steps on the long and winding road that constitutes the budget reconciliation process. GOP lawmakers plan...
WASHINGTON — Robert F. Kennedy Jr. secured Senate confirmation Thursday to become secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, overcoming concerns about dozens of...
WASHINGTON — Brooke Rollins was easily confirmed by the U.S. Senate on Thursday as the next secretary of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Senators backed her...
WASHINGTON — U.S. House Republicans released their budget resolution Wednesday, laying out a vision for raising the debt limit and drafting a reconciliation package that is...
Warns of Threats to Medical Research and Public Health U.S. Senator Mark R. Warner (D-VA), a member of the Senate Finance Committee, spoke on the Senate...
WASHINGTON — Former Hawaii U.S. Rep. Tulsi Gabbard will serve as the next director of national intelligence, after the U.S. Senate confirmed her nomination Wednesday. Gabbard —...
WASHINGTON — The Justice Department Tuesday appealed to the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals after a Maryland judge issued a nationwide block on President Donald Trump’s...
If the Trump administration succeeds in shutting down the federal United States Agency for International Development, known globally as USAID, state colleges and universities stand to...
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Senate Budget Committee chairman warned Tuesday that immigration and border security funding is running low, and urged House Republicans to go along...
Virginia High School League changes transgender athlete policy From Virginia Mercury On Monday, the Virginia High School League (VHSL) announced it would comply immediately with the...