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Fort Union Trading Post National Historic Site hosts its Rendezvous event every June. This year, volunteers are prepping for an event with fewer National Park Service staff amid federal funding cuts. (Photo provided by National Park Service)

Volunteers prep for Fort Union Rendezvous amid National Park Service ‘whiplash’

By: Erin Hemme Froslie The third full weekend in June is always the busiest part of the summer at Fort Union Trading Post near Williston, North Dakota. This is when the National Park Service historic site hosts its Rendezvous, which draws about 3,000 visitors. This year, however, the event has been in flux as organizers […]
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May 12, 2025

Treasury advises Congress must deal with debt limit before August or face default

By: Jennifer Shutt WASHINGTON — The Treasury Department announced Friday that Congress must address the debt limit before August, setting a firm deadline for Republicans to wrap up work on the “big, beautiful bill” that will raise the nation’s borrowing limit by up to $5 trillion. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent wrote in a letter to congressional leaders […]
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May 11, 2025
Cam Hamilton, at the time senior official performing the duties of the administrator at FEMA, testifies before a House Appropriations subcommittee on May 7, 2025. (Screenshot from House webcast)

FEMA leader ousted, one day after publicly opposing agency’s elimination

By: Jennifer Shutt WASHINGTON — The Trump administration has ousted the leader of the Federal Emergency Management Agency and replaced him with another official, States Newsroom has confirmed. Cam Hamilton, senior official performing the duties of the administrator at FEMA, was let go just one day after he testified before Congress about the size and […]
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May 8, 2025
U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., speaks about her bill renaming the Gulf of Mexico to the “Gulf of America” on Thursday, May 8, 2025, at the U.S. Capitol in Washington D.C. (Screenshot via U.S. House Clerk livestream)

Gulf of Mexico to be renamed ‘Gulf of America’ under bill passed by US House

By: Shauneen Miranda WASHINGTON — The U.S. House approved a measure Thursday that would codify part of President Donald Trump’s executive order renaming the Gulf of Mexico as the “Gulf of America.” The bill — which was passed on a nearly party-line vote, 211-206 — calls on the head of each federal agency to “update each document and map […]
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May 8, 2025

States’ nuclear energy growth needs federal action to follow Trump’s vocal support

By: Allison Pragg WASHINGTON —  President Donald Trump and his team have signaled a strong interest in continuing to strengthen federal support for nuclear power, an energy source Democratic states are increasingly open to expanding. The administration’s loudly pro-nuclear position creates a rare point of overlap between Trump and his predecessor, Joe Biden, whose signature […]
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May 5, 2025

Three-quarters of Americans oppose Medicaid cuts, poll shows

By: Jennifer Shutt WASHINGTON — A majority of Americans, including most Republicans, oppose major cuts in federal funding for Medicaid, according to a poll released Thursday by the nonpartisan health research organization KFF. The survey shows that 76% of those questioned wouldn’t support  Congress slashing the amount of spending dedicated to the state-federal health program for lower-income Americans and […]
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May 1, 2025

Fast-building states get more babies-Declines in births have been reversed in some Western states

By: Tim Henderson The number of births in some Western states that are adding new housing rose last year, reversing losses the year before in many cases, according to new federal statistics released Wednesday. Increases from 2023 to 2024 were highest in Colorado (4.5%), Idaho (3.8%), Utah (3.6%), Washington state and Nebraska (each 2.6%). Births […]
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April 30, 2025

US House GOP starts reconciliation work with increase for border security

By: Ariana Figueroa and Jennifer Shutt WASHINGTON — U.S. House Republicans on Tuesday kicked off their work to build consensus on “one big, beautiful bill,” to fund President Donald Trump’s priorities, including a major funding boost for immigration enforcement and border security.  After returning from a two-week recess, House lawmakers started debating and amending the […]
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April 30, 2025

GOP Senators Urge ‘Long View’ Of Trump Presidency On 100th Day Despite Falling Poll Numbers

By: Adam Pack and Andi Shae Napier Senate Republicans are shrugging off polls suggesting voters are souring on President Donald Trump’s second term, arguing that Trump’s vast policy agenda will boost Americans’ satisfaction with his administration in the long run. Trump’s second term capped off its first 100 days Tuesday amid recent polling suggesting that an increased […]
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April 30, 2025

Trump orders list of ‘sanctuary cities’ to target for funding freeze

By: Amy Figueroa WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Monday evening signed executive orders targeting so-called sanctuary cities by threatening to revoke federal funding and providing legal services and national security assets to law enforcement. The signings fell on the eve of Trump’s first 100 days of his second term, during which his administration has […]
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April 29, 2025
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