Bipartisan affordable housing bill heads to Trump’s desk
The 358-32 House vote sends the bill to Trump, who has signaled support, despite last-minute conservative objections over election security measures.
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Miscarriage management remains muddled 4 years after Dobbs
Four years after Dobbs, hospitals still deny miscarriage care amid vague medical exceptions, leaving patients like Mylissa McNeill with permanent injury and debt.
An Ohio company won a no-bid contract to keep the Reflecting Pool clear. It turned green instead.
The Ohio firm's owner is a twice-convicted felon and Trump donor who gave $350,000 to his campaigns and lives near Mar-a-Lago.
States are changing fire codes to make housing cheaper. Some safety experts are worried.
The International Association of Fire Fighters warns a single stairwell forces firefighters and fleeing residents to share the same escape route during a blaze.
Trump ‘trampled’ voter privacy by feeding info into Homeland Security system, judge says
Judge Sooknanan's 75-page ruling vacates DHS directives and could block a planned expansion that would tie homeland security grants to state voter-roll compliance.
Several Republican-led states rebrand Pride Month
Utah Gov. Spencer Cox reversed three years of Pride Month declarations, while Tennessee Rep. Andy Ogles deleted a post saying homosexuality has no place in America.
Mildly blue or a blue tsunami? 9 states will decide if Dems flip control of U.S. Senate
Democrats need to flip four seats on a map favoring Republicans, with Trump's 39% approval rating and Iran-driven inflation shaping the fight for a 53-47 Senate.
60-day clock starts for negotiations with Iran over strait, nuclear future
Sen. Bill Cassidy calls the deal the worst foreign policy blunder in decades, as Trump signed the 14-point pact at Versailles after the G7 summit.
Trump couldn’t send troops to the polls without approval of Congress under Dem bill
Sen. Elissa Slotkin's Protect Our Polls Act has little chance in the GOP-led Senate, but follows Republicans blocking similar amendments in the NDAA.
When teens drive less, they don’t register to vote. Here’s how civic groups are adapting.
Three million unlicensed teens will be eligible to vote by 2028, and the SAVE America Act could ban the high school drives now filling that gap.
US Education Department offers two-year trim on student loan interest rates
The $6 billion benefit, open to loans originated after July 2012, arrives as millions of SAVE plan borrowers face 90-day deadlines to enter legal repayment.
Trump changes pregnancy-prevention program to promote childbearing
Health researchers say the Title X overhaul will disproportionately harm low-income and minority women while failing to raise the birth rate, as clinics face a Jan. 2027 reapplication deadline.
FEMA nominee pressed on whether Trump favors disaster funding requests from GOP states
A Politico analysis cited at the hearing found Democratic states had 23% of disaster requests approved, versus 89% for Republican-controlled states.
Lawmakers demand info on Trump use of national park fees to pay for D.C. repairs
The $90 million diversion leaves parks like Carlsbad Caverns with tens of millions in unmet repairs, and a newly renovated $14 million reflecting pool is already growing algae.
More Americans are hungry in the face of federal cuts, rising grocery prices
More than 4 million Americans lost SNAP benefits since February 2025, and 23 state attorneys general are now urging the Senate to reverse cuts in the pending farm bill.
Special ed, civil rights to be shifted out of Trump’s shrinking Department of Education
OSERS moves to HHS and OCR to DOJ, marking the 12th interagency transfer as unions and Senate Democrats warn students with disabilities will lose services.
Republicans in US Senate left in dark by Trump on Iran deal, but want details and a vote
Sen. Bill Cassidy says the deal may qualify as a treaty requiring two-thirds Senate approval, while Sen. Chris Murphy calls it essentially a surrender.
Man charged in killing of West Virginia guard member pleads not guilty to new charges
The Trump DOJ is pursuing the death penalty across six of the 17 counts but told Judge Amit Mehta it cannot yet provide a timeline for proceedings.
As men fought in cages at the White House, women urged Americans to take a ‘deep breath’
About 70 people gathered at a Springfield watch party as Jane Fonda's Committee for the First Amendment drew more than 1 million viewers nationwide.
Surging stock market, Trump policies boost wealth for top 1%
The richest 1% now hold 31.9% of U.S. wealth, the highest share the Fed has recorded since 1989, as a CBPP analysis finds Trump's tax law will hurt 70% of households by 2034.
