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President Donald Trump speaks to the media in the Oval Office at the White House, Tuesday, June 10, 2025, in Washington, as Interior Secretary Doug Burgum, Director of the Office of Management and Budget Russell Vought and Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem, look on. ( (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Colorado, 20 other states challenge billions of dollars in Trump administration funding cuts

June 25, 2025 at 8:38 a.m.

The lawsuit is asking a judge to limit the Trump administration from relying on an obscure clause in the federal regulation to cut grants that don鈥檛 align with its priorities.

President Donald Trump waves to the media as he walks on South Lawn of the White House, in Washington, Sunday, March 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Judge in Colorado lawsuit temporarily halts Trump plan to cut $600 million for teacher training

March 11, 2025 at 5:19 p.m.

U.S. District Judge Myong Joun sided with Colorado and seven other states that had requested a temporary restraining order.

Colorado state Sen. Tony Exum Jr. holds a placard during a rally to unveil an eviction protections bill being advanced by Democratic lawmakers Wednesday, Jan. 24, 2024, in Denver. Monthly rent has outpaced income across the U.S., and forced many to make tough decisions between everyday necessities and a home. In turn, a record number of people are becoming homeless and evictions filings have ratcheted up as pandemic-era eviction moratoriums and federal assistance ends. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

A record number of Americans can’t afford their rent. Lawmakers are scrambling to help

February 7, 2024 at 6:00 a.m.

Single mom Caitlyn Colbert watched as rent for her two-bedroom apartment doubled, then tripled and then quadrupled over a decade in Denver 鈥� from $750 to $3,374 last year.

This photo provided by Harvard University shows Claudine Gay. Harvard University announced Thursday, Dec. 15, 2022, that Gay will become its 30th president, making her the first Black person to lead the Ivy League school and only the second woman. (Stephanie Mitchell/Harvard University via AP)

Claudine Gay to be Harvard鈥檚 1st Black president, 2nd woman

December 15, 2022 at 9:09 p.m.

Harvard University has named Claudine Gay as its next president, making her the first Black person and the second woman to lead the Ivy League school. Gay is currently a...

Prince Beatty is photographed on Monday, ...

Landlords finding ways to evict after getting rental aid

February 11, 2022 at 11:13 a.m.

Although the $46.5 billion Emergency Rental Assistance Program has paid out tens of billions of dollars to help avert an eviction crisis, some tenants who received help are finding themselves...

Registered nurse Rachel Chamberlin, of Cornish, ...

U.S. hospitals seeing different kind of COVID surge this time

January 5, 2022 at 12:07 p.m.

Hospitals across the U.S. are feeling the wrath of the omicron variant and getting thrown into disarray that is different from earlier COVID-19 surges.

Biden to allow eviction moratorium to expire Saturday

July 29, 2021 at 6:38 p.m.

The Biden administration announced Thursday it will allow a nationwide ban on evictions to expire Saturday, arguing that its hands are tied after the Supreme Court signaled the moratorium would...

FILE – In this March 10, 2021, file photo, Isabel Miranda’s 4-year-old son, Julian, rides his bike into the hallway of their rental apartment in Haverhill, Mass. A federal judge has ruled, Wednesday, May 5, 2021, that the Centers for Disease Control exceeded its authority when it imposed a federal eviction moratorium to provide protection for renters out of concern that having families lose their homes and move into shelters or share crowded conditions with relatives or friends during the pandemic would further spread the highly contagious virus. Miranda and her family would no longer have this eviction protection if this ruling stands. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola, File)

After court nixes eviction ban, race is on for federal help

May 9, 2021 at 8:54 p.m.

The recent court ruling striking down a national eviction moratorium has heightened concerns that tenants won鈥檛 receive tens of billions of dollars in promised federal aid in time to avoid...

Bonney Ginett sifts through paperwork for ...

States struggle to get rent relief to tenants amid pandemic

March 30, 2021 at 4:36 p.m.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced last July that New York would spend $100 million in federal coronavirus relief to help cash-strapped tenants pay months of back rent and avert evictions.

Ashley Bullard, left, sits on the porch of her family鈥檚 rural home in North Sandwich, N.H., on March 26, as her daughters Raven, center, a senior in high school, and Willow, right, a freshman at Brandeis University, try to complete their classwork from home on a limited internet connection. (Charles Krupa, The Associated Press)

Those without broadband struggle in a stuck-at-home nation

April 12, 2020 at 1:00 p.m.

In Sandwich, N.H., a town of 1,200 best known as a setting for the movie 鈥淥n Golden Pond," broadband is scarce. Forget streaming Netflix, much less working or studying from...

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