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A combination of Colorado state tax credits for low-income families is predicted to lift more than 50,000 children out of poverty.

A new DHS policy could result in the detention of thousands of people who have lawful immigration status.

As critics question President Trump's motivations for war on Iran, it's not just about politics. It's about the Constitution and whether Congress has any hope of checking the president's warmaking.

By the Revolutionary War in the late 1770s, those marking the anniversary of St. Patrick's death on March 17 included Irish immigrants in the Continental Army and those serving the British Redcoats.

A lack of transparency at both the federal and state level is making it increasingly difficult for journalists and citizens to hold government to account.

The Iran war is affecting the whole Middle East. An expert on the region looks at four key issues that shed light on the war's likely end and political consequences.

The war that began Feb. 28 hews to a familiar, dangerous pattern, writes an Iran expert, from deep, historical mistrust and incompatible strategic interests to miscommunication and misperception.

More than 20 years after the US military success in Iraq, the outcome of the US effort at regime change wasn't as expected, and authoritarians with close ties to Iran now rule the country.

Why does Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth brag and gloat in his statements about the Iran war? In the MAGA media world, war is a game, a test of masculine fortitude.

Conflict between Washington and the states is perennial and by design. Lack of clarity about who's in charge on what issue keeps power from becoming concentrated.