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The president-elect and his Republican Congress will surely change health care -- but first, they have to decide how.
As the first governor on the job in almost half a century, either one of them will present new opportunities for the White House.
The cereal’s new look shows how and why one small state could change the rules nationwide.
Presidential contenders have plans for making college more affordable. But it's an issue not easily solved from the Oval Office.
When government lets the market fix policy problems, it often fails.
The strategy that's improved the management of fires has, paradoxically, made it harder to know who’s really in charge of putting them out.
In the decade since the storm, the federal government's involvement in disaster relief has risen -- and so have tensions with localities.
A recent incident involving Double Stuf Oreos highlights the debate about how much supervision of children is too much.
The militarization of police has come under fire, but it’s just a distraction from the real civil rights issues.
The Wisconsin Congressman's bold anti-poverty plan picks battles with conservatives and liberals, reducing its chances of passage.
By letting citizens live in vulnerable places even after disaster strikes, governments plant the seeds for future disasters.
More than 225 years after the first one, states are considering whether to call a second as a way to rein in the feds. But no one really knows what a convention can and can’t do and how it would work.
The feds aren't just handing out money -- they're redistributing clout.
A new federal law gives the military a domestic function it hasn't had before.