With federal lawmakers considering deep cuts in funding that states use to help municipalities upgrade their water infrastructure, projects being planned locally have been cast into doubt. One example ...

Crime rings are stealing identities to apply for student loans, then deploying “ghost students” — chatbots that join online classrooms and stay just long enough to collect a financial aid check.

Their decades-long conspiracy involved rigged contracts, NBA tickets, mortgage payments, securities fraud and cash.

Four men, including a former USAID official, pleaded guilty in a $550M bribery scheme; two contractors avoided prosecution ...

Many residents won’t drink the rust- and manganese-tainted tap water in Milford, choosing instead to buy bottled water.

The low-interest, long-term disaster loan program is the largest source of federal disaster recovery funding in the U.S.

Port Heiden is facing an energy crisis. A $300,000 grant from the EPA would have helped the community swap polluting diesel ...

Senate Republicans want to sell the land to build more housing in the West, but the idea is contentious even within their own ...

In the early days of the Gilded Age’s rush for profit, freed people’s savings were siphoned off by politically connected ...

Congressional Republicans are laying the groundwork for a tax cliff at the end of President Trump’s term in office. While the ...

The Education Department planned for the Treasury Department to help manage the country’s student loan portfolio, court ...

NPR analyzes the public opinion polling on Trump's immigration policies. And, ways to protect your home from flooding this ...