News for February 13, 2026

The U.S. State Department has told nonprofit libraries to stop processing passport applications, ending a service that Otis Library and many others say local residents depend on.

The Justice Department is suing Harvard to get admissions data it says is needed to check whether the university still considers race in admissions.

A federal judge temporarily blocked President Donald Trump’s administration from cutting $600 million in public health grants to Illinois and three other Democratic-led states.

America’s job growth is being driven by elder care, but Medicaid cuts and a shrinking worker pool are putting heavy pressure on the low-paid workforce that supports older adults and people with disabilities.