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FEMA denied Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker's request for a disaster declaration covering eight counties hit by August 2026 storms, flooding, tornadoes and wind damage, FEMA Administrator Cameron Hamilton's office said...
U.S. District Judge Melissa DuBose in Rhode Island ruled on September 29, 2026, that the Trump administration unlawfully sought to withhold Violence Against Women Act grant funding from more than two dozen...
On Sept. 22, 2026, Vice President JD Vance and other officials announced the cancellation of roughly 315,000 ACA enrollments -- covering about 760,000 people -- alleging the enrollees were fraudulently signed up or do...
Pennsylvania's Department of Health reported 731 measles cases on Sept. 16, 2026, up 38 from two days earlier, with 141 patients hospitalized, Reuters reported. The update came a day after the state reported four...
The Interior Department rejected more than 130 partnership agreements worth over $25 million for projects at national parks including Yellowstone, Yosemite, Zion and Joshua Tree, according to internal documents reported...
Democratic attorneys general from 20 states and the District of Columbia filed two lawsuits on September 9, 2026 challenging Trump administration rules that narrow protections under the 1973 Endangered Species Act. One...
Trump signed an executive order, "Supporting America's Ranchers," on September 4, 2026, giving Interior Secretary Doug Burgum 90 days to determine whether the gray wolf and the Mexican wolf have met Endangered Species...
The Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers issued a supplemental proposed rule on September 4, 2026 that the agencies said would likely reduce the number of water bodies subject to Clean...
Rep. Rosa DeLauro, the senior Democrat on House Appropriations, disclosed on September 3, 2026 that the Defense Department and the National Institutes of Health had signed an interagency agreement giving the Pentagon...
Army physician Theresa Long testified in an August 14 deposition, published by Politico on September 3, that she is working with Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to examine...