Both legal immigrants and undocumented parents face hurdles in getting aid. The problem has grown more acute as children of immigrants account for a growing share of young people.
A proposal to tighten work requirements for federal nutrition programs has generated fissures among Republicans, highlighting the difficult choices ahead in coming up with a budget plan.
A resounding victory by a liberal judge who ran on abortion rights showed that a largely unified political left is keeping up its momentum, and served as a new warning sign to Republicans.
Speaker Kevin McCarthy became the most senior elected official to meet with a Taiwanese president on American soil since the United States established diplomatic relations with Beijing.
Hours after pleading not guilty to 34 counts of filing false business records, former President Donald J. Trump maintained his innocence before a crowd of supporters in Florida. Here’s a fact-check.
The decision may clear the way for potentially consequential testimony that federal prosecutors have long sought as they explore Donald J. Trump’s attempts to stay in office.
Speaker Kevin McCarthy became the most senior elected official to meet with a Taiwanese president on American soil since the United States established diplomatic relations with Beijing.
Brandon Johnson, a progressive Democrat, prevailed over his more moderate challenger after holding the position that officials must take a fundamentally different approach to public safety.
G.O.P. leaders have talked tough about investigating the New York prosecutor bringing charges against the former president, but behind the scenes, they are weighing how to move ahead.
Janet Protasiewicz prevailed in the state’s highly consequential contest for the Supreme Court, which will now be likely to reverse the state’s abortion ban and end the use of gerrymandered legislative maps.