Politics

The Trump administration on Thursday revived a policy that gives immigration officers wide authority to deny green cards to people they deem likely to rely on public assistance, a significant change that could deter hundreds of thousands of immigrants from using such programs.

The Trump administration’s crackdown on Medicaid fraud in Minnesota has upended finances and disrupted access to care.

The housing law aims to make homeownership more affordable, primarily by encouraging homebuilding across the country. It's packed with more than 40 provisions, contributed by both Republicans and Democrats, on everything from corporate home ownership to manufactured home construction.

Several dozen states could have to fork over millions of dollars to provide food aid to lower-income residents, if they don’t cut down on payment errors in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.

A federal judge has blocked bans on the usage of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) for soda enacted by the Trump administration.

New data from the West Health-Gallup Affordability Index shows only about half of U.S. adults could afford their healthcare and had access to quality care last year.

Republican backers of Trump’s signature domestic policy bill repeatedly claimed that revisions to the food benefits program wouldn’t affect the most vulnerable. But reports from a dozen states show children are losing access.

We’ve persuaded ourselves that many families can no longer achieve the American middle-class dream the way their parents once did. It’s a political hot button, too — both parties claim to be fighting to preserve Middle America. But there’s another, much better way the middle class can shrink — when everyone moves up and gets richer.

Trump administration wants ill recipients to prove they can’t work every six months. Doctors, advocates and state officials wonder how.