Louisiana's state government relies on the federal government for more aid than any other state, according to WalletHub. Just how dependent is the state?

Senators in Washington right now are debating a bill that would radically change the way Americans both register to vote and ...

Thousands of TSA and other federal workers with the Department of Homeland Security have been affected by the partial government shutdown, which began in mid-February.

The Supremacy Clause of the U.S. Constitution establishes that federal law is the supreme law of the land. Historical conflicts over the clause include the nullification crisis, the Civil War, and the ...

Mary Moriarty, the attorney for Hennepin County, Minnesota, announced this week that her office will investigate alleged ...

Federal obligations per capita range from under $12,000 to over $24,000 depending on the state. Alaska leads at $24,796 per resident from remote geography, military presence, and federal land ...

Three Democratic governors are reconsidering their stances after earlier saying they wouldn’t opt their states in to the first federal program that will direct taxpayer funds to families so their ...

Local governments said the bill was too broad and could stop them from enacting voters' wishes..

Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk appeared in a White House news conference on Feb. 11, 2025, defending plans to cut "waste" in the federal government with the Department of Government Efficiency.

In recent years, as the United States has suffered a series of damaging climate disasters, experts have warned that the ...