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House Budget Committee Chairman Jodey Arrington, R-Texas, (center), flanked by Rep. Brendan Boyle, D-Pa., the ranking member (left), and Rep. Ralph Norman, R-S.C., (right). House Republicans work on a budget plan to advance President Trump's priorities, including $4.5 trillion in tax cuts, on Capitol Hill in Washington on Feb. 13.

Republican proposals to cut Medicaid could be politically fraught

Republicans are proposing deep cuts to Medicaid to finance tax cuts and other priorities. Pushback is coming not only from Democrats, but also from hospitals that rely on revenue from the program.

Farmer Gale Livingstone alongside volunteers Sydney Harris, Lewis Taylor, Emmani Phillips-Quigley and Jimi Palmer plant seeds at Deep Roots Farm in Upper Marlboro, Md.

Black farmers among those left in limbo amid federal funding freeze

The federal government has historically discriminated against Black farmers. The recent funding halt from the Trump administration presents yet another hurdle to those who have spent decades fighting for equity in farming.

Cottages at Carolina Beach on Sept. 28, 1958, were surrounded by water in the wake of that year's Hurricane Helene.

Exactly 66 years ago, another Hurricane Helene rocked the Carolinas

Hurricane Helene raked the coast of the Carolinas on September 27, 1958, but did not actually make landfall, according to the National Hurricane Center.

A man uses a snow blower following a snowstorm on Friday in Atlanta.

A winter storm wraps up in the South, with travel delays and power outages persisting

The significant winter storm had passed in the South by Saturday morning, but travel issues and power outages were still ongoing.

These are the U.S. citizens held hostage in Gaza

Seven of the nearly 100 hostages held in Gaza are U.S. citizens, several of whom are confirmed dead.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture building in a 2019 file photo. Workers around the sprawling federal agency were told Friday that their jobs had been eliminated as part of sweeping layoffs from the new Trump Administration.

Layoffs accelerate at federal agencies with more cuts to come

Federal agencies continued to lay off workers Friday. The cuts come after President Trump signed an executive order this week directing agencies to prepare for "large-scale" reductions in force.

Workers at the Wake County Board of Elections prepare to mail absentee ballots in September in Raleigh, N.C.

Republican lawsuits over overseas and military voting hit setbacks in 3 swing states

In Michigan, North Carolina and Pennsylvania, Republican legal challenges to the legitimacy of ballots cast by U.S. citizens living abroad, including U.S. military members, have hit setbacks.

<b></b>San Diego County Board of Supervisors Chairwoman Nora Vargas spoke with San Diego press about the county’s plan for the end of Title 42 and the increase in refugees and migrants coming into the country and into San Diego County, May 10, 2023.<br/>

District 1 candidate calls for special election to fill seat

Vargas announced on Dec. 20 that she wouldn't serve a second term after winning re-election in November.

How did racist mass texts bypass some anti-spam guardrails after the election?

Americans across the country received harmful hate messages via text after the election. The communication industry has been trying to figure out how it happened.

Nicholas Hamlett, seen on these images from his wanted poster, was the subject of a weekslong manhunt following the Oct. 18 murder of Steven Lloyd. Authorities say Hamlett befriended Lloyd and lured him into a wooded area in Tennessee, killing him in an attempted identity theft plot.

A man told 911 a bear chased him off a cliff. Weeks later, he was arrested for murder

Authorities say Nicholas Hamlett killed a man in Tennessee in an attempt to steal his identity, and reported it to police as a bear attack. He was arrested in South Carolina after a weekslong manhunt.

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