A group of Idahoans are calling on the state's leaders to protect Medicaid as conversations around cuts in Washington D.C. continue.

The Medicaid website was down, but the portal was expected to be back up shortly, said White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt. She wrote on X that no payments had been affected and that they were still being processed and sent.

Medicaid is a joint federal and state program that provides health care coverage to low-income individuals and families. It services over 79 million Americans.

The spending freeze on federal assistance could affect everything from aid to nonprofits, universities, small business loans and state and local government grants.

A judge has blocked President Donald Trump’s freeze on federal loans and grants until Monday, but the sense of confusion hit hard in this government-dependent region.

A new report from Georgetown University sketches the present Medicaid system and makes clear the threat of potential cuts from Congress.

A judge in Washington, D.C., sided with plaintiffs who claimed the White House’s freezing of billions of dollars in congressionally-approved funding violated the law.

As lawmakers in Washington, D.C., prepare a massive tax cut and spending bill, it seemed worthwhile to learn about what Medicaid means to rural areas. It also seemed worthwhile to learn about what ...

The White House’s Office of Management and Budget issued a memo ordering a temporary halt to “all federal financial assistance,” potentially paralyzing a vast swath of federal programs.

They say congressional Republicans' talk of cutting trillions from Medicaid leaves the state with a dire choice: cut coverage for 630,000 low-income Virginians or pick up a bill of $2.5 billion a year.

The D.C. fire chief has said that recovery is now underway, as bodies are pulled out of the Potomac River. With many of Trump’s executive orders and policy memos disrupting the normal function of government, could this disaster have been prevented by a competent administration?

In a first-of-its-kind lawsuit, the D.C. attorney general’s office accuses developer Petra of skirting rent control by renting only to voucher holders.