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Issues January 21, 2017

Slideshow: Women's March on Washington

Thousands descended on Washington Saturday for the 'Women's March,' a largely anti-Trump protest covering a range of causes. Click through for scenes from the protest.

Health care January 19, 2017

California withdraws request to let illegal immigrants buy Obamacare insurance

California officials withdrew a request Wednesday to let illegal immigrants buy unsubsidized insurance policies after learning the decision would fall to President-elect Donald Trump’s administration.

Federal Courts January 18, 2017

Appeals court strikes down Chicago's restrictions on gun ranges

The U.S. Court of Appeals on Wednesday handed Chicago another defeat in its effort to restrict the operation of gun ranges in the city.

Issues January 12, 2017

Do or Die: Nevada lawmaker describes convincing last Oregon holdout to surrender

When 27-year-old David Fry held a gun to his head and threatened to pull the trigger with 31,000 people listening in on a livestream, Michele Fiore knew she had only a few precious moments to save the situation.

Issues January 12, 2017

Housing, jobs in high-tax Connecticut could take hit in wake of GE move

General Electric’s big move to Boston this summer could mean much more than leaving an empty corporate campus behind.

States Rights January 12, 2017

Florida prison system under fire amid allegations of abuse, fatal shower scalding

Florida's state-run prison system is being hammered with allegations that guards abused and even killed inmates -- including one incident where, according to a witness, the skin was scalded off a prisoner's body in a shower -- leaving officials scrambling for answers and human rights groups urging the feds to intervene.

States Rights January 12, 2017

Volunteer watchdog group dispatches to western states to monitor 'Jade Helm'

A controversial U.S. military training exercise known as “Operation Jade Helm’ rolls out this week across several southwestern states -- but a group of wary citizen watchdogs will be keeping an eye on them.

States Rights January 12, 2017

NAACP battles Latino groups over push to open public schools for non-English speakers

A push to open two public schools in suburban Washington for immigrants and students struggling with English is pitting black and Hispanic communities – who traditionally have worked in tandem in the area -- against one another.

States Rights January 12, 2017

Lawmakers push to end 'scream rooms' for punishing students

Lawmakers in Washington are calling for legislation that would end the use of padded 'scream rooms' for students – a practice that has been called barbaric and abusive yet is still being used in several states in both public and private schools.

Cities January 12, 2017

De Blasio digs in on liberal agenda, runs into pushback from fellow Dems

Voters knew Bill de Blasio would be turning the Big Apple into a test tube for liberal policies. But he's moving surprisingly quickly as he pushes for changes that would give ID cards to illegal immigrants, hike taxes on top earners and raise the city's minimum wage.

States Rights January 12, 2017

Feds to Alaskans: No road for humans, lots of land for animals

In one of Alaska's most remote outposts, where a thousand hardy souls make their homes, the Obama administration has put the fate of birds and bears above the lives of people, blocking construction of an 11-mile gravel trail connecting a tiny fishing hamlet to a life-saving airport.