Minnesota’s Republican congressional delegation is trying to put pressure on Secretary of State Steve Simon to comply with ...

President Donald Trump said Saturday that he has instructed Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem not to intervene in protests or unrest in Democratic-led cities unless local officials formally ...

President Donald Trump listens as Cordt Holub of Dysart, Iowa, speaks during a roundtable on farm subsidies in the Cabinet Room of the White House, Monday in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) Buy ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — The government shutdown may not only affect food assistance programs but also other federally funded programs. Right now, there’s growing concern that the government ...

The federal government on Tuesday said it will release $3.7 billion in congressionally approved funding to restart a low-income heating assistance program that had been paused during the ...

The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. As temperatures cool across Eastern Iowa, local officials are warning that the ongoing federal ...

As winter tightens its grip on Minnesota, the federal government shutdown freezes critical funding for the state’s Energy Assistance Program (EAP), nationally known as LIHEAP, leaving thousands ...

County social services offices are applying updated federal rules that went into effect Sunday.