Detainees told ProPublica that art supplies have been removed in room searches, immigrants have lost access to Gmail and staff hover within earshot during video calls.

The co-author of the Great Barrington Declaration, which rebuked CDC’s response to the coronavirus pandemic, will oversee the nation’s leading public health agency.

Various historical barriers to casting ballots in person make having a mail-in option crucial.

For one Mississippi couple, the U.S. Supreme Court's decision not to revisit its same-sex marriage ruling brings cautious relief.

James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA who died Thursday at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers.

Advocates for moms say Mississippi lawmakers should expand Medicaid, protect food aid, create paid parental leave and invest in child care and early education. 

Crises at the heart of the government shutdown were in focus as the federal food assistance program faced delays and millions of Americans were set to see a dramatic rise in their health insurance bills.

Recommendations surrounding covid vaccinations and other such shots have been confusing. Ultimately, though, little has changed. Here’s what you need to know.

Texas, New York, California and other states say lower-income families risk losing access to SNAP assistance if the government shutdown continues into November.

Like any federal enclave, the federal government has plenary power over the District of Columbia. But Congress has delegated most of that power to local officials; it would take new laws to undo that.

Many states rely on the federal government for the vast majority of their emergency management funding. Now, local leaders are looking for clues about the money — and the future of FEMA itself.

Federal prosecutors have told a judge in Maryland the government plans to initiate deportation proceedings against Kilmar Abrego Garcia and to deport him to a country that is not El Salvador upon his release from a Tennessee jail.

From 2020 to 2024, universities contributed patents underpinning 50% of FDA-approved drugs. 87% of those academic breakthroughs came from American institutions.

It's an attempt to codify DOGE-driven cuts while targeting news outlets Trump officials regard as biased against Republicans.

One of Elon Musk's DOGE operatives discovered that the government has less glut than he'd banked on — and admitting so publicly got him fired.

Many scientists fear the Trump administration’s new standard means putting political appointees in charge, which could undercut independent research.

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has been called "Trump before there was a Trump." Here's why his reshaping of Hungary's political institutions inspires U.S. conservatives.

Exclusive State Department records show: As the Trump administration abandons its humanitarian commitments, diplomats are reporting that the cuts have led to violence and instability while undermining...

Kyrgyz authorities have detained four current and former members of the investigative outlet Kloop, in a continued crackdown on independent media.

The children's series has found a new streaming home — Netflix, PBS stations and PBS KIDS will air new episodes on the same day. And Netflix will also run 90 hours from the Sesame Street library.

President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order aiming to slash public subsidies to PBS and NPR as he alleged “bias” in the broadcasters’ reporting.

The girl was deported Friday with her mother to Honduras, despite her father’s efforts to keep her in the United States.

The National Institutes of Health plans to pool information from private sources like pharmacies and smartwatches.

The news program has faced mounting pressure from both President Trump and its corporate ownership at Paramount, the parent company of CBS News.

New Mexico, Indiana, Kansas, Ohio, Oklahoma and Texas have active measles outbreaks and U.S. measles cases have topped 700 as of Friday.

A Seattle lab has lost janitorial services, hazardous waste support, IT and building maintenance as it waits for the Commerce Department secretary to personally approve all contracts over $100,000.