Medical experts are dismayed over a federal report’s claim that kids are overprescribed asthma medications, saying it minimizes how many lives the drugs save.

Safe treatment protocols for asthma management have been carefully studied over the years, said Dr. Perry Sheffield, a pediatrician and professor at the Icahn School of Medicine at ...Read more

DENVER — President Donald Trump’s vow to carry out mass deportations of immigrants has sparked fear and outrage among some Coloradans since he took office on Jan. 20. It’s drawn approval from others. Most of all, his pledge has brought uncertainty to many across the state.

The administration’s underlying goal, according to reporting by ...Read more

The Trump administration is pushing to reshape the federal housing safety net by slashing spending and shifting the burden of housing millions of people to states, which may be ill-equipped to handle the mission.

President Donald Trump’s recent budget request to Congress for fiscal year 2026, a preliminary plan released in early May and known...Read more

Adriana Lorenzo has stopped letting children play outside after 10 a.m. at the child-care program she runs from her Boyle Heights home. That's the time she's heard ICE agents start knocking on doors.

She's added extra locks to the outside gate, canceled field trips to the park and library and reassured frantic parents that she won't let federal...Read more

As Gabriela crossed the stage at her kindergarten graduation in Chicago, she scanned the audience, desperately searching for a familiar face. But her mother was nowhere to be found.

Still, wearing a pink dress and ballerina flats, Gabriela, 6, smiled and twirled around holding a bouquet on her way home. An older neighbor who sometimes cares for...Read more

Immigration arrests in Los Angeles have been headline news and the subject of legal disputes for the past few weeks, but Angelenos watching the drama play out on television and in their communities may be confused about who exactly is putting people in handcuffs and hauling them off.

After all, some of the federal agents involved in the raids ...Read more

HARRISBURG, Pa. — Financial crises threaten to force service cuts at the state's two largest transit agencies. A deadlock in Congress could vastly reduce federal aid. Opinions are divided on whether legalization of recreational marijuana is possible.

State lawmakers, under intense pressure, face those dilemmas as Pennsylvania's budget ...Read more

Despite vows of transparency, annual financial disclosures filed by Michigan lawmakers this month provided an incomplete picture of the perks they receive from lobbyists, according to a Detroit News analysis of the records.

As part of the reports required under a 2022 constitutional amendment, Michigan officeholders were supposed to list gifts,...Read more

Less than 48 hours after his release from a federal immigration facility in Louisiana, Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil told supporters in Manhattan a phrase that sustained him through his three-month incarceration was “I believe that we will win.”

“I found myself literally scratching this into my bunk bed and looking at it as I fell ...Read more

China criticized the U.S. strike on Iranian nuclear facilities and reiterated that it’s willing to join international efforts to restore peace in the Middle East.

Beijing “strongly” condemns the attacks on Iran, according to a four-sentence statement from the Foreign Ministry on Sunday.

“The U.S. move seriously violates the purposes ...Read more

The U.S. State Department issued a “Worldwide Caution” alert for American citizens, flagging the potential of travel disruptions and demonstrations following the U.S. strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities.

“The conflict between Israel and Iran has resulted in disruptions to travel and periodic closure of airspace across the Middle East,�...Read more

Roozbeh Farahanipour sat in the blue-green glow of his Westwood restaurant's 220-gallon saltwater aquarium and worried about Iran, his voice accented in anguish.

It was Sunday morning, and the homeland he fled a quarter-century ago had been bombed by the U.S. military, escalating a conflict that began nine days earlier when Israel sprang a ...Read more

A Tennessee federal magistrate judge ordered the release of Kilmar Abrego Garcia on Sunday, denying the government’s motion to keep him detained. But the Beltsville resident might not go free either.

El Salvador native Abrego Garcia was the subject of national outcry after he was arrested and sent to a notorious prison in that country in what...Read more

Donald Trump’s unilateral decision to strike Iran’s key nuclear sites on Saturday notably sidelined Congress just as he needs Republicans lawmakers to unite around one thing he can’t do without them: Pass his legislative agenda.

Senate Republicans are still planning to move ahead this week with votes on Trump’s massive tax and spending...Read more

The head of the United Nations atomic watchdog called for a return to diplomacy after the U.S. strikes on Iran’s nuclear program, saying there’s “a window of opportunity” to return to dialogue.

International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi warned that the global framework for preventing the spread of nuclear ...Read more

Spain obtained an exemption from NATO’s ambitious defense spending target of 5% of GDP after several days of diplomatic wrangling that drew scorn from Donald Trump, right before leaders of the military alliance gather on Tuesday.

“We fully respect the legitimate desire of other countries of increasing their defense investment but we won’t...Read more

As President Donald Trump addressed the nation late Saturday to tell of “very successful” bombs dropped by the U.S. on Iranian nuclear sites, Kentucky politicians took to social media to praise — or challenge — his decision.

Kentucky Rep. Thomas Massie, a Republican and frequent critic of Trump, immediately criticized the bombings, ...Read more

This month, the number of measles cases reported in California so far in 2025 jumped above the total for all of 2024.

There have been 16 measles cases reported in the Golden State so far this year, compared to 15 total last year and just four the year before. The highly contagious, sometimes-fatal disease was considered eradicated in the United...Read more

Tampa was at the heart of the secret bombing campaign that hit three Iranian nuclear facilities early Saturday morning.

Home to MacDill Air Force base and U.S. Central Command, CentCom, military officials in Tampa directed a precision strike under President Donald Trump’s orders to destroy or degrade Iran’s nuclear program.

Defense ...Read more