Native Americans want to avoid Medicaid snafus as work requirements loom

Jonnell Wieder earned too much money at her job to keep her Medicaid coverage when the COVID-19 public health emergency ended in 2023 and states resumed checking whether people were eligible for the program. But she was reassured by the knowledge that Medicaid would provide postpartum coverage for her and her daughter, Oakleigh McDonald, who

Appeals Court Won’t Invalidate Part of Voting Rights Act

Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill talks with the media in front of the Hale Boggs Federal Building in New Orleans on May 19, 2025. David Grunfeld/The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate via AP After rejecting Louisiana’s request that it invalidate a key provision of the federal Voting Rights Act in a state-level redistricting lawsuit, a federal

Trump admin. revokes clearances of 37 current and former U.S. officials

Tulsi Gabbard, the director of national intelligence, said Tuesday in a memo posted on X that the Trump administration is revoking the security clearances of 37 current and former national security officials. She accused them of having engaged in the “politicization or weaponization of intelligence” to advance personal or partisan goals, failing to safeguard classified