What is the new child tax credit amount? For the 2025 tax filing year, the child tax credit will increase to $2,200. Eligible parents will see this amount in their tax returns next year. The credit ...

Puerto Rico’s block grant food assistance program already doesn’t stretch enough to meet the needs of its recipients. Congress just froze one way to boost it.

The Supreme Court’s decision Monday allowing President Donald Trump’s administration to conduct mass layoffs at the Department of Education is renewing concerns that the gutting of the agency will ...

LGBTQ+ adults are twice as likely to use Medicaid as their main insurance. Trump’s new tax law could create insurmountable hurdles for their health care.

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"Jane Doe” and medical organizations are suing Kennedy over his directive to no longer recommend COVID-19 vaccines to pregnant people and children.

Women immigration lawyers approach their cases and their own communities with empathy and education — while navigating policies meant to deter and detain.

Schools and lawmakers are grappling with how to address a new form of peer-on-peer image-based sexual abuse that disproportionately targets girls.

Among the candidates in the Illinois Senate primary are Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton and Reps. Robin Kelly and Raja Krishnamoorthi.

Nory Sontay Ramos thought her immigration check-in was routine. Five days later, she and her mother were swiftly deported to Guatemala — a country she barely remembers.

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There are zero openly gay and bi men actively competing in America’s top pro sports leagues. What’s keeping the closet door shut?