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AmeriCorps cuts prompt Colorado and other Democratic-led states to sue Trump administration
In Colorado, Gov. Jared Polis said in a statement, AmeriCorps members help support wildfire mitigation, students in schools and expanded mental health access.

Trump notches a commanding win in the Iowa caucuses as DeSantis edges Haley for second place
Former President Donald Trump scored a record-setting win in the Iowa caucuses on Monday with his rivals languishing far behind, a victory that affirmed his grip on the 2024 Republican...

Poll: Cut federal spending — but not big-ticket programs
In the federal budget standoff, the majority of U.S. adults are asking lawmakers to pull off the impossible: Cut the overall size of government, but also devote more money to...

Anti-Trump GOP voters mostly loyal in 2022, but not entirely
Rep. Lauren Boebert’s grip on Colorado’s 3rd Congressional District didn’t seem in question heading into last year’s midterms. But in the end, the congresswoman who gained a national reputation as...

Many in U.S. doubt their own impact on climate, according to poll
Americans are less concerned now about how climate change might impact them personally — and about how their personal choices affect the climate — than they were three years ago,...

Biden says he’s mulling health emergency for abortion access
President Joe Biden said Sunday he is considering declaring a public health emergency to free up federal resources to promote abortion access even though the White House has said it...

Supreme Court leak shakes trust in one more American pillar
Is there a new American motto: In nothing we trust?

Abortion grows as priority issue for Democrats, new poll shows
With Roe v. Wade facing its strongest threat in decades, a new poll finds Democrats increasingly view protecting abortion rights as a high priority for the government.

AP-NORC poll finds deep divide over Biden vaccine mandate
A survey of Americans on President Joe Biden’s plan to require most workers to get either vaccinated or regularly tested for COVID-19 finds a deep and familiar divide: Democrats are...

Americans warier of U.S. government surveillance, AP-NORC poll finds
As the 20th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks approaches, Americans increasingly balk at intrusive government surveillance in the name of national security, and only about a third...