President Donald Trump

Burlington-based Terry Precision Cycling is challenging President Donald Trump's tariffs at the Supreme Court on Wednesday along with other small businesses who argue the tariffs exceed presidential power.

A Boston federal judge suggested she was not persuaded by the Trump administration's argument that it is legally barred from using a USDA emergency fund to keep the SNAP benefits coming.

More than two dozen Democratic state leaders are suing the Department of Agriculture after the Trump administration said it would not use contingency funds to pay SNAP benefits during the shutdown.

President Donald Trump approved major disaster declarations for Alaska, Nebraska, North Dakota and the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe late Wednesday, while denying requests from Vermont, Illinois and Maryland.

A ruling this week in a multistate lawsuit that Vermont declined to join is fueling renewed criticism of Republican Gov. Phil Scott’s decision to hand over the sensitive personal information of low-income Vermonters to the Trump administration.

Juan De La Cruz and his family feared the worst when he showed up for a check-in with immigration officials in St. Albans Tuesday. But the Panton resident will be allowed to stay in Vermont while his asylum case is pending.

Dartmouth College was among the recipients of the administration's 10-page proposed agreement Wednesday.

U.S. District Judge William Young in Boston called the case "perhaps the most important ever to fall within the jurisdiction of this district court."

Changes to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, which begin to take effect this week, could imperil eligibility for thousands of Vermonters.

Vermont is hoping that state-level diplomacy will alleviate the strain that U.S. foreign policy has put on the state’s business ties with Canada.