A photo of a computer screen on displaying Google Maps July 7, 2025 reveals the Gulf of America, where once there was the Gulf of Mexico. (Colin Wood / Scoop News Group)
Vehicles sit submerged as a search and rescue worker looks through debris for any survivors or remains of people swept up in the flash flooding on July 6, 2025 in Hunt, Texas. (Jim Vondruska / Getty Images)
The devastating floods in Texas are prompting questions over the accuracy of weather forecasts and warning systems by local officials and the National Weather Service.
Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont casts his vote at Greenwich High School in Greenwich, Connecticut on November 3, 2020. (Timothy A. Clary / AFP via Getty Images)
President Donald Trump shakes hands with Texas Gov. Greg Abbott after Trump signed an executive order to reduce the size and scope of the Education Department during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House on March 20, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images)
People wait in line as free food is distributed to residents in need at a weekly food bank at Our Lady of Refuge Church in Brooklyn on February 28, 2024 in New York City.(Spencer Platt / Getty Images)
Proposed cuts to food assistance threaten not only to harm food-insecure people, but deprive food banks of valuable data they need to serve their communities.
California opened applications for $50 million in funding designed to improve connectivity and digital skills, but a federal funding freeze puts the program's future in question.
President Donald Trump delivers remarks after signing an executive order on expanding access to IVF at his Mar-a-Lago resort on February 18, 2025 in Palm Beach, Florida. (Joe Raedle / Getty Images)
President Donald Trump named his appointments to the White House Office of Intergovernmental Affairs, which mostly consisted of staff who worked on his presidential campaigns.
Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, accompanied by U.S. President Donald Trump, and his son X Musk, speaks during an executive order signing in the Oval Office at the White House on February 11, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (Andrew Harnik / Getty Images)
Many state officials have said they're waiting to see how the large changes in Washington, D.C., will affect their organizations. Two former state officials offered some advice.
Code for America's Amanda Renteria and former Biden White House adviser Robert Gordon share how they think the fervent activity in Washington, D.C., will affect the delivery…