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A sign in an Indianapolis store shown on Aug. 1, 2023, says SNAP benefits are accepted. A new analysis by the Congressional Budget Office...

President Donald Trump announces a “crime emergency” in Washington, D.C., during a White House press conference on Aug. 11, 2025....

Violent crime fell by 4.5% last year, including a nearly 15% drop in homicides.

President Donald Trump delivers remarks during a joint press conference with French President Emmanuel Macron in the East Room at the...

Alabama's Austal is full speed ahead on Offshore Patrol Cutter The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Argus becomes the first Offshore Patrol Cutter...

President Donald Trump’s freeze on $8 billion of congressionally appropriated funding to the National Institutes of Health was illegal, the Government Accountability Office reported Tuesday.

President Donald Trump pushed ahead with his promise to raise tariffs on foreign goods by Aug. 1, signing an order late Thursday increasing import taxes on products from nearly every U.S. trading partner.

U.S. Senate Appropriations Chair Susan Collins, a Maine Republican, left, and the top Democrat on the committee, Sen. Patty Murray of...

Agency announced a proposal to rescind the landmark “endangerment finding,” which says that greenhouse gases are a threat to public health.

(Ian Taylor / Unsplash) As the U.S. backs off hefty tariffs in recent trade deals, strain on the global economy is easing, the...

New data from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration shows that while some progress has been made in reducing mental illness and substance abuse, 86.6 million Americans aged 18 and older had either a mental illness or substance use disorder in 2024.

A federal judge in Massachusetts said Monday the federal government must continue to provide funds to Planned Parenthood through Medicaid.