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Gov. Sam Brownback delivers his State of the State address to a joint session of the Kansas Legislature in Topeka, Kan., on Jan. 10. Lawmakers are considering whether to expand Medicaid, which Brownback opposes.

As ACA Repeal Vote Nears, Kansas Debates Expanding Medicaid

An estimated 300,000 Kansans could qualify for health care coverage, which comes as Congress debates replacing the Affordable Care Act.

A federal firefighting plane drops a load of fire retardant over a smoldering hillside in Middletown, California, Sept. 15, 2015.

Federal Firefighting Aircraft Can Operate Out Of Brown Field

San Diego County Supervisor Dianne Jacob wanted the U.S. Forest Service to base firefighting aircraft at the Ramona Airport, where Cal Fire's local aviation wing is based. Federal authorities say the Ramona runway is too short.

Demonstrators march from an encampment on the banks of the Cannonball River to a nearby construction site for the Dakota Access Pipeline to perform a daily prayer ceremony in September 2016.

Key Moments In The Dakota Access Pipeline Fight

An overview of multiple legal challenges and protests since the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers considered approving a section of the pipeline near the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation in North Dakota.

Gloria Single and her husband Bill Single in the dining hall of the skilled nursing floor at Pioneer House nursing home in Sacramento. AARP Foundation attorneys say California needs to more tightly enforce laws that prohibit evictions of the sort that separated the Singles, and sped up her physical decline.

AARP Foundation Sues Nursing Home To Stop Illegal Evictions

Gloria and Bill Single lived together in a nursing home until she was evicted without warning. Complaints about illegal evictions from nursing homes are up 73 percent in California since 2011.

A mailer sent by the conservative Lincoln Club portrays county supervisor candidate Nathan Fletcher as a pro-gun conservative. Fletcher is a Democrat and supports gun control.

#ShowUsYourMailers: Lincoln Club Mailer Is Attack Ad In Disguise

The conservative Lincoln Club of San Diego County opposes Democrat Nathan Fletcher for District 4 county supervisor. So why do its campaign mailers pretend to support him?

Former FBI Director Robert Mueller attends the ceremonial swearing-in of FBI Director James Comey at the FBI headquarters in 2013.

Special Counsel Robert Mueller Had Been On White House Shortlist To Run FBI

The Trump White House had been considering Robert Mueller to lead the FBI. Then, the Justice Department moved in and asked him to serve as special counsel in its Russia investigation.

President Trump will propose a budget that he says "puts America first," with increased military spending and cuts to domestic programs.

Trump To Propose $54 Billion Defense Increase, Cuts To Domestic Programs

In the first look at his spending plan, the president is proposing boosts for the military and law enforcement — at the expense of other domestic spending. Congress will need to write the final plan.

Nicotine, heavy metals and tiny particles that can harm the lungs have been found in e-cigarette aerosol, according to the surgeon general.

June Ballot Measure Would Ban All Flavored Tobacco Products In San Francisco

City supervisors tried to ban menthol cigarettes and vape flavors in 2017, but tobacco purveyors funded a drive to put the measure to voters instead. Now dueling ads vie for hearts and minds.

In August 2014, Dr. Thomas Frieden, director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, talked with Doctors Without Borders staff during a visit to an Ebola treatment center in Monrovia, Liberia.

Trump Proposes Deep Cuts In Detecting Disease Outbreaks Worldwide

The budget would eliminate $120 million a year from an ambitious U.S. program that aims to set up an early-warning system for infectious diseases.

A Border Patrol agent looks over the U.S.-Mexico border wall in Calexico, Calif., on Jan. 31. Apprehensions at the southern border fell dramatically: from more than 40,000 per month late last year to 18,754 in February, and just 12,193 in March.

In Trump's First 100 Days, A Dramatic Reduction In Immigration

From refugees and visa holders to asylum seekers and illegal border-crossers arriving at the southern border, the flow of immigrants to the U.S. has plummeted.

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