State lawmakers and governors will have decisions to make in 2026 about the budgets for their biggest social safety net programs. It comes in response to the tax cut and policy law that ...

President Donald Trump’s administration is withholding funding to help needy families with children in five states governed ...

The Trump administration is slashing $10 billion in funds for social services and child care in five Democratic-led states, a Health and Human Services official confirmed to CNN, with the agency ...

Fake student applications, Medicaid for illegal immigrants, and profligate food programs could make California the next ...

A looming enrollment freeze and immigration officials' push to access health data are forcing undocumented Californians to weigh free health care against deportation risks.

Over half a million Californians could lose access to the hugely popular GLP-1 weight loss drugs starting Jan. 1, 2026, after ...

A federal judge in California ruled to allow sharing basic biographical, location and contact information as the Trump ...

A federal judge ruled that the Trump administration can resume sharing some Medicaid data with immigration authorities.

Dec. 15 (UPI) --California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Monday announced the hiring of two former top officials with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention who were pushed out or resigned. Former ...

AI-generated summary reviewed by our newsroom. Read our AI Policy. Stein restores Medicaid provider rates to Sept. 30 levels and reverses cuts Medicaid could run out of money by April or May without ...

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