President Donald Trump's administration ordered a temporary freeze on federal grants and loans, sparking widespread confusion among Arizona companies, agencies, and other recipients of federal dollars.

The order is temporarily on ice, but uncertainty swirls around which programs would and wouldn't be hit by the federal aid freeze.

"My staff has confirmed reports that Medicaid portals are down in all 50 states following last night's federal funding freeze," the senator from Oregon said on the social media platform X on Tuesday. "This is a blatant attempt to rip away health insurance from millions of Americans overnight and will get people killed."

The Biden administration said Medicare will negotiate discounts with drug companies on 15 drugs prescribed to treat cancer, diabetes and asthma.

Ozempic and Wegovy are among the 15 drugs added to Medicare's list of medications that will be negotiated for lower prices. This is part of an effort to lower prescription drug prices for Medicare recipients. Costs for these drugs and others will be discussed between the federal government and drug manufacturers.

The powerful hospital lobby and corporate monopolies in the health care and insurance businesses, advantaged by the federally ill-considered disregard for the provisions of antitrust statutes, burdene

Arizona law bans gender reassignment surgery for anyone under 18. Trump signed an executive order that cuts federal funding for gender-affirming care for anyone under 19.

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Many in Arizona's retirement communities are bracing for potential economic shifts under President Trump's policy blueprint. But retirement landscapes in Arizona communities have already

The funding pause was scheduled to go into effect at 3 p.m. on Tuesday in Arizona. It doesn't affect funding that is provided directly to individuals — such as Medicare and Social Security — and it is designed to only impact programs that are related to the flurry of executive orders Trump signed when he took office.

The pharmaceutical giant Pfizer will pay nearly $60 million to resolve charges that a company it acquired paid kickbacks so that physicians would prescribe a specific migraine drug to patients.

The Arizona House of Representatives is the lower chamber of the Arizona State Legislature. Alongside the Arizona State Senate, it forms the legislative branch of the Arizona state government and works alongside the governor of Arizona to create laws and ...