Scott Dance

WASHINGTON -- El Nino threatens to dump torrential rains on California this winter. With a megadrought in the American West since 2000, that water should be welcome.

WASHINGTON — El Nino threatens to dump torrential rains on California this winter. With a megadrought in the American West since 2000, that water should be welcome.

The Trump administration had threatened to withhold some Homeland Security money unless states explored paper balloting and citizenship verification.

The Trump administration cannot withhold emergency preparedness grants from states that do not change how they conduct elections, a federal judge ruled Monday.

The changes to elections that FEMA sought were in line with President Donald Trump's false and largely debunked claims of widespread voter fraud.

Loggers are finding it impossible to profitably harvest some federal forests. That leaves more fuel for fires to accumulate.

WASHINGTON -- When the U.S. Forest Service opened 947 acres in a remote section of western Colorado to commercial logging in July, officials expected at least a few companies to

WASHINGTON -- When the U.S. Forest Service opened 947 acres in a remote section of western Colorado to commercial logging in July, officials expected at least a few companies to jump at the opportunity.

WASHINGTON -- The White House is using federal disaster relief as leverage while Republicans fight to keep power in Washington, with President Donald

States that tend to vote for Democrats have faced a longer wait for aid and seen their requests rejected more often, according to analyses of federal disaster declarations during Trump's second term.