Democrats invited a morbidly obese woman to defend food stamps in Congress Wednesday, and viewers on X were quick to point ...

Federal cuts to the U.S. Agency for International Development assistance programs will hurt American farmers and the safety ...

Republicans whose constituents rely on nutritional assistance worry that cuts to those programs approved by the House will ...

At a forum on women and food security, Felecia—a single mom of four—described her struggle to make ends meet, even while working multiple jobs. Now a school bus monitor, she’s paid just once a month, ...

The blackout of C-SPAN on America’s streaming services, notably Alphabet’s YouTube and Disney’s Hulu, has caught the ...

Ark., on Wednesday evening led the Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee in releasing its portion of Senate Republicans' policy package, which has noticeable differences from the House ...

Following the bankruptcy-forced sale of 23andMe, lawmakers question whether customer's personal genomic data is truly ...

US President Donald Trump lauded First Lady Melania Trump for her pivotal role in the Take It Down Act's passage, a ...

Vermont Business Magazine U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), member of the Senate Finance Committee, this week welcomed Steve Wright, President and General Manager of Jay Peak Resort, to the U.S.

Sound Off is an opinion forum for Mercury readers to offer brief comments on today’s news. Submissions must be 75 words or fewer and are subject to editing for grammar and clarity. Publication is at ...

Playbook, the unofficial guide to official Washington, isn’t just a newsletter — it’s a podcast, too. With new co-hosts who ...

Prediction markets came under fire as the Senate grilled Trump’s CFTC pick over ties to Kalshi and sports betting contracts.