A leader on the General Assembly’s budget panel pledged Thursday to propose a state-funded nutrition benefit for the tens of thousands of residents expected to lose federal SNAP assistance by March 31 ...

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CHAPEL HILL — The second year of the Bill Belichick era at the University of North Carolina carries with it even more questions than the first did. The biggest one: Will it include more victories?

The legislation authorizes $900 billion for the Pentagon, provides a pay raise for troops, and has some measures to reassert congressional oversight. By Megan Mineiro Reporting from the Capitol The ...

The House on Wednesday voted to pass a bill that could imprison health care providers for providing gender-affirming care for minors. The bill — titled the “Protect Children’s Innocence Act” and ...

The House passed a bill on Wednesday that would criminalize gender transition treatment for minors. The measure, sponsored by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., passed by a 216-211 vote with some ...

House Republicans passed a bill they say will lower healthcare costs for a broad swath of Americans by roughly 11%. It's a victory for Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., who has been managing deep divisions ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Two of Michigan's representatives in Congress have teamed up on a new bill that would create a cost-sharing program to help parents with childcare expenses. Congresswoman Hillary ...

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Although not a household scientific name like Albert Einstein or Isaac Newton, Indian mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan—who tragically died in 1920 at the age of 32—was one of the greatest minds in ...

South Main Street in Sheffield, Illinois. The town is part of a 136-square-mile opportunity zone. The One Big Beautiful Bill Act makes the opportunity zone program permanent and also introduces some ...

The measure had little chance of consideration in the Senate, where it would need bipartisan support to move, but it reflected the priorities of the Republican majority. By Annie Karni and Aishvarya ...