Food assistance funding cliff approaching as shutdown persists
WASHINGTON — U.S. Senate Democrats urged Republican leaders Wednesday to pass a bill to extend critical food assistance for the…
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Shutdown double whammy: SNAP food benefits ending and federal workers go unpaid
HYATTSVILLE, Maryland — Ginette Young lined up with hundreds of furloughed federal workers ahead of a special food bank distribution…
Judge blocks Trump shutdown layoffs, citing political retribution
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration cannot carry out layoffs that it announced after the government shutdown began Oct. 1 and…
Trump claims immunity, seeks to erase felon status with appeal in NY court
President Donald Trump sought to remove his status as the only felon to be elected president by appealing his conviction…
US Senate in bipartisan vote rejects Trump tariffs on Brazil as coffee prices spike
WASHINGTON — Five Republican U.S. senators joined Democrats Tuesday to terminate President Donald Trump’s national emergency that triggered steep tariffs…
Thousands of preschoolers could lose access to Head Start due to shutdown
WASHINGTON — Funding for scores of Head Start programs hung in the balance as the government shutdown continued Monday without…
Upcoming federal food assistance pause intensifies shutdown fight
WASHINGTON — The stakes of the ongoing government shutdown rose Monday as the U.S. Department of Agriculture doubled down on…
Amid tariffs, costs and prices are increasing, Cleveland Fed says
Since taking office in January, President Donald Trump has imposed a vast, shifting array of tariffs. Many economists predicted that…
Members of Congress refused entry to USAID agency shuttered by Trump administration
WASHINGTON — Democratic members of Congress were denied entry Monday to the U.S. Agency for International Development, after billionaire Elon…
White House announces tariffs on products from Canada, Mexico, China
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump plans to implement tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China on Saturday, potentially starting off a…
New Trump budget chief wrote Project 2025's agenda for empowering the presidency
WASHINGTON — Incoming White House budget director Russ Vought has spent much of his career learning the detailed, often convoluted…
Justice Department antitrust division looking at health care conglomerates, pharmacy drug middlemen
Huge health conglomerates have another reason to worry that their business model might be disrupted. On a visit to Columbus…
Republican voters speak out against Trump even as Ohio’s outcome seems pretty certain
Republican Donald Trump was a controversial political figure even before he launched his first presidential campaign. He carries a laundry…
Portman, Manchin make case for bipartisanship in an increasingly polarized Congress
In Cincinnati Monday, outgoing West Virginia Democratic U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin and former Ohio Republican U.S. Sen. Rob Portman made…
Trump: NYC rally where Puerto Rico was labeled ‘island of garbage’ was a ‘lovefest’
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump repeated his hard-line immigration position in an hourlong appearance from his Florida country club Tuesday,…
Experts: Don’t necessarily expect to know the winner on Election Night
Anybody who lived through the 2020 election probably doesn’t want to hear this, but a panel of experts last Thursday…
Speakers at six-hour Trump rally in NYC insult Puerto Ricans, mock Harris’ race
Former President Donald Trump promised “America’s new golden age” of closed borders and world peace as he rallied a capacity…
Trump again says U.S. is a ‘garbage can for the rest of the world’ in anti-immigrant tirade
Former President Donald Trump in Austin, Texas, on Friday attacked Vice President Kamala Harris over her approach to immigration and…
College students fight barriers to casting ballots as early voting begins
In the final weeks of the presidential campaign, each side is scouring swing states to get as many voters as…
Early voting now underway, Trump and Harris crisscross the battleground states
With less than two weeks now until Election Day, millions of Americans have already cast their ballots via the mail…
