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Democrats’ prospects in a trio of key U.S. Senate races are improving, an influential elections forecaster said Thursday, though Republicans are still favored to retain control of the chamber after the mid...
BROOKLYN, N.Y. — On a recent weekday evening, Avram Kline kicked a soccer ball to his son on the bright green pitch in Brooklyn Bridge Park, where the skyscrapers of Manhattan loom just across the East Riv...
For many incarcerated people, getting a full night’s sleep is almost impossible. Bright lights, loud noise, overnight head counts, early morning meals and other routine features of prison and jail operatio...
Advertisements for Polymarket and Bud Light lined an eight-sided cage on the White House grounds ahead of mixed martial arts fights scheduled for Sunday.
For decades, making an untraceable firearm required specialized tools, technical expertise and hours of work. Today, it can start with a downloaded file and a consumer-grade 3D printer. As advances in additi...
As more discussions about supplying adequate, affordable childcare are had across the state, childcare centers continue to struggle with staff retention. Beth Ann Lang, deputy chief executive officer of Chil...
In June 2025, I wrote that PortKC, Kansas City’s ubiquitous subsidy-granting agency, was too powerful, too poorly run, and subject to too little oversight. Evidence from the past year has only strengthened...
As the U.S. Supreme Court pulls back from the landmark federal law designed to safeguard the voting rights of minorities, more states are stepping in to prohibit discrimination in state and local elections....
The New World screwworm has arrived in the United States. The flesh-eating parasite poses potentially life-threatening risks to pets, wildlife and livestock. While the risk is concentrated in a few states, e...
The Trump administration must determine how it will remove nuclear materials from Iran after both countries sign documents to end the war.
A federal judge issued a preliminary injunction halting the Trump administration's $1.8 billion "anti-weaponization" fund for one week.
For the first time in nearly two decades, Congress missed a deadline for reauthorization of a key surveillance authority.
The Ultimate Fighting Championship cage matches set to take place on the White House South Lawn on Sunday will go on as scheduled.
Local Cannabis said it was adapting to evolving requirements, but regulators say products were not properly tested in the form consumers buy them.
Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway and 13 other Republican attorneys general want to ban mifepristone as a threat to clean water.
Missouri courts have repeatedly rejected ballot language as unfair or misleading, turning direct democracy into a growing political battleground.
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is walking back, for now, a plan to sweep up data on millions of Americans who vote by mail under President Donald Trump’s executive order restricting mail ballots....
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump significantly bolstered funding for immigration enforcement Wednesday when he signed into law a nearly $70 billion package that will keep key federal agencies operating...
WASHINGTON — Democrats in the U.S. House on Wednesday called for greater protections for transgender and diverse students, criticizing congressional Republican and Trump administration efforts to dissolve...
WASHINGTON — A bill to crack down on financial aid fraud passed the U.S. House on Wednesday. The measure, which passed 249-172, would require the U.S. Department of Education to set up an identity fraud...
WASHINGTON — A bipartisan pair of U.S. senators promoted their legislation Wednesday to set national standards for college athletes’ compensation, calling the compromise bill the best available option. G...
Advocates warn new federal rules could strain a state Medicaid system already dropping eligible people due to missed or unprocessed forms.
Missouri is about to exhaust its surplus lawmakers and elected officials are going to have to make deep cuts, according to a new report.
GAO finds millions of dollars wasted, safety and security at risk in Texas detention center