A group of Idahoans are calling on the state's leaders to protect Medicaid as conversations around cuts in Washington D.C. continue.

The Medicaid website was down, but the portal was expected to be back up shortly, said White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt. She wrote on X that no payments had been affected and that they were still being processed and sent.

Medicaid is a joint federal and state program that provides health care coverage to low-income individuals and families. It services over 79 million Americans.

They say congressional Republicans' talk of cutting trillions from Medicaid leaves the state with a dire choice: cut coverage for 630,000 low-income Virginians or pick up a bill of $2.5 billion a year.

The spending freeze on federal assistance could affect everything from aid to nonprofits, universities, small business loans and state and local government grants.

A judge has blocked President Donald Trump’s freeze on federal loans and grants until Monday, but the sense of confusion hit hard in this government-dependent region.

A new report from Georgetown University sketches the present Medicaid system and makes clear the threat of potential cuts from Congress.

As lawmakers in Washington, D.C., prepare a massive tax cut and spending bill, it seemed worthwhile to learn about what Medicaid means to rural areas. It also seemed worthwhile to learn about what ...

A judge in Washington, D.C., sided with plaintiffs who claimed the White House’s freezing of billions of dollars in congressionally-approved funding violated the law.

WASHINGTON — President Trump began his second term Monday with a sweeping order aimed at reversing dozens of former President Biden’s top priorities, from regulations aimed at lowering health care costs, to coronavirus outreach, Affordable Care Act expansions, and protections against gender-based discrimination.

Last week, just days after his inauguration, Donald Trump eliminated the membership of a key committee that handles aviation security. And on Wednesday night, a passenger plane collided with a military helicopter in the Washington, D.C., area.

A judge temporarily blocked implementation of a sweeping White House effort to pause potentially trillions of dollars in federal grants, loans and other financial-assistance programs, a directive that created chaos as states struggled to access funding portals dealing with Medicaid,