WASHINGTON — A federal judge has issued a nationwide order preventing the National Institutes of Health from changing how much the agency pays universities and medical schools for “indirect costs” that come along with research grants.

LINCOLN — Lawmakers advanced a proposal Monday designed to help new mothers and newborns shortly after birth through postpartum at-home nurse visitations.

Legislative Bill 22, from State Sen. George Dungan of Lincoln, expands on his Nebraska Prenatal Plus Program enacted in 2024, which provides multiple supports for at-risk, low-income families for “healthy moms and healthy babies.”

President Donald Trump held true to campaign promises to overhaul the U.S. immigration system by signing 10 executive orders focused on immigration on his inauguration day. The sweeping nature of these orders has rocked immigrant communities across the country.