With peak wildfire season just around the corner, residents of California and the broader U.S. West are bracing not just for the blazes, but also for ongoing cuts to the federal programs that have ...

As the Trump administration considers cutting federal funds to California, Gov. Newsom and other officials suggest ...

California authorities say the sweeping DOGE staffing cuts at the U.S. Forest Service will mean fewer prescribed burns leading into this year's wildfire season. Here's why that scares them.

At universities in California, Illinois, Louisiana and Texas, students report changes to campus clubs and activities, ...

The state budget for fiscal 2025 includes about $1.8 billion in the federal government's contribution to the state's school ...

While Democrats may seem in retreat around the country, the new mayor of San Francisco, Daniel Lurie, is off to a promising ...

President Donald Trump and his Republican allies in Congress have pitched their sweeping tax-and-spending bill as a way to help the working-class voters who played a crucial role in electing Trump.

Americans face a shortage of affordable homes, but the mega tax and spending bill championed by the Trump administration has the potential to shape housing affordability for years to come.

The Republican White House's domestic policy mega-bill literally hits Republicans where they live, U.S. Sen. Ed Markey, ...

Protesters fill the stairs leading up to the Missouri State Capitol during the “No Kings” protest Saturday in Jefferson City.

The concept of a fast train between Los Angeles and San Francisco makes sense, but the project has always lacked focus.

Cuts to Medicaid and other federal health programs proposed in President Donald Trump’s budget plan would rapidly push more ...