The Missouri House of Representatives passed two joint resolutions (HJR 173 and HJR 174) Tuesday that could set a path to eliminate the state’s personal income tax in the coming years.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) wants the Eleventh Circuit to toss a federal judge off a case, claiming the jurist—who has ruled routinely against the state on First Amendment grounds—is too biased.

A Southern California city violated the state’s flagship environmental protection law when it greenlit a housing project on land containing numerous indigenous tribal remains, the state said in a lawsuit.

An Indiana public school teacher failed to convince a federal appeals court to block a state law prohibiting any instruction on human sexuality to students below fourth grade.

Conservation groups challenged the Interior Department’s move to rescind a Biden-era coal mine rule in federal court, saying it will make it more difficult for communities to hold state regulators and mining companies accountable for violations.

The Justice Department has kept its word to go after corporate diversity, equity and inclusion with a first-of-its kind federal contractor settlement, leading companies to grapple with practices that could strap them with subpoenas, court dates, or hefty payments to the government.

The US Supreme Court cleared some brush on the path to federal court for private parties pursuing federal goals in a transformational and unanimous 8-0 opinion, Donald Kochan, a law professor at George Mason University’s Antonin Scalia Law School, writes.

OpenAI sits at the center of a growing conflict over defense contracts, commercialization, and control of frontier AI. These disputes reveal a deeper issue: How AI companies are structured may shape how they balance profit, safety, and national security.

At least two fully laden Iranian tankers have sailed out of the Persian Gulf and past a US blockade this week, part of a flotilla that has made its way around the warships and ferried roughly 9 million barrels of oil to the market.

Canada’s new chief trade negotiator to the US said she wants to see “some mutuality” from Washington in recognition of “significant” concessions it’s already made to address President Donald Trump’s grievances, as a review looms for the US-Mexico-Canada Agreement.

The US Immigration Detention Facility known as “Alligator Alcatraz” will remain open after a federal appeals panel ruled Tuesday that the agency didn’t need to conduct an environmental review before constructing the center.

US President Donald Trump indefinitely extended a ceasefire with Iran after the two sides failed to meet for more peace talks, with the war developing into a game of brinkmanship over the critical Strait of Hormuz.

Traders are building up bets that bond market volatility will keep falling, even as a US-Iran peace agreement remains elusive.

High diesel prices resulting from conflict in the Middle East and confusion over a vital trade route could complicate US supply chains all year, and policymakers have few options to blunt the impact on businesses.

A House panel Wednesday will examine US progress in expanding domestic shipbuilding one year after President Donald Trump vowed to expand the nation’s maritime industrial base.

Lobbyists are raising alarms in Washington that the war in Iran is threatening the world’s supply of helium, which is vital for manufacturing semiconductors.

Lobbying firms with ties to President Donald Trump continue to dominate K Street, but those with Democratic ties say business is picking up ahead of a possible shift in Congress in this fall’s midterm elections.