Last year, families of medically complex children found themselves at the center of the Family and Social Services Administration’s response to the 2023 Medicaid forecasting error. A House committee approved legislation that could provide more transparency as the agency makes changes to an important Medicaid waiver.
Legal experts explain what rights immigrant students have and what public K-12 schools must provide to them.
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It's Black History Month and the Up First newsletter wants to highlight local history makers. Do you know anyone who has made a difference and should be celebrated this month? If so, we want to hear.
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Staff at the key cybersecurity agency were initially excluded from government efforts to leave their jobs, but then on Wednesday they were given deferred resignation offers with just hours to decide.
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The federal lawsuit accuses those jurisdictions of "making it more difficult for, and deliberately impeding, federal immigration officers' ability to carry out their responsibilities."
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Extremism experts say a now-familiar playbook to scapegoat transgender people in the wake of high-profile tragedies is part of a political strategy to sow division and expand authoritarian control.
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President Trump carried the majority Arab American city in the 2024 election, driven by widespread anger over the Biden administration's handling of the war in Gaza.
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While some information has been restored, scientists are still alarmed over the removal of data. It's not clear what has changed, and some pages remain offline.
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Three patients with spinal muscular atrophy had improved muscle strength and could walk farther after a month of daily spinal stimulation.
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It's decision day for millions of federal employees who find themselves at a "fork in the road." And, the Trump administration's plans to shut down USAID could have devastating consequences worldwide.
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He says the military should prepare exit options by land, sea and air so that anyone who wishes to can leave for "any country willing to accept them."
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The Everything, Everywhere, All at Once star says the day after he won his Oscar for the role, he woke up thinking, "Was that all a dream?"
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Officials involved in Jan. 6 prosecutions say the Trump administration isn't protecting them from threats. "We don't think they'll care — unless and until one of us gets killed," an official told NPR.
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Kendrick Lamar is headlining the halftime show with special guest SZA. Jon Batiste will sing the national anthem.
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CBS News appears likely to settle a lawsuit filed by President Trump in a case that legal observers say it should win. The network is caught up in Trump's assault on the media and an owner intent on finalizing a sale.
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In his new book, Shift, psychologist and neuroscientist Ethan Kross busts common assumptions about how to manage big feelings and explains why it's OK sometimes to avoid them for a while.
Latest Podcasts
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Nick Schenkel has a review on Aunty Lee's Delights: A Singaporean Mystery, by Ovidia Yu. The “cozy mystery with a bite” is this year’s Big Read selection for Greater Lafayette.
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It’s the summer of 1976 in Wabash, Indiana - Nick Schenkel has a review of an Indiana farm memoir “Pig Boy’s Wicked Bird: A Memoir” by Doug Crandell.