The president and his allies have berated local officials. Yet the federal government has often made it harder for those ...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A federal judge in San Francisco is weighing whether the Trump administration violated federal law by ...

Over a third of the United States federal government's revenue comes from the country's four most-populous states, but they often get back less than they contribute. Known as "donor states," 19 states ...

Trump's expansion of federal authority over Washington, D.C., is in many ways unprecedented, but calls to mind other times ...

The DC National Guard began appearing in the nation’s capital on Tuesday after President Donald Trump announced a day earlier ...

The Food Bank of South Jersey said it distributed a record 23 million pounds of food in 2024, and it's on track to surpass ...

A federal judge in Rhode Island has sided with a coalition of domestic violence support groups, including one in Pennsylvania ...

A judge is considering why it was necessary for the Trump administration to sue Maryland's entire federal bench over an order ...

Over the last 250 years, the federal government has encroached on the responsibilities of the states. One way this shows up is the amount of resources used by the federal government.

States with the lowest and highest balance of payments As of 2022, New Mexico had the highest balance of payments, receiving more federal funds than what its businesses and residents paid in taxes ...

A federal executive order (EO) issued in March has created questions about the government’s right to access states’ data — especially in cases where that information was collected with a ...