Louisiana lawmakers have been pushing to keep food assistance flowing to 17% of the state’s residents and to adjust next spring’s election timetable.

Extremely dangerous Category 5 Hurricane Melissa is slowly approaching Jamaica and will bring catastrophic winds, flash ...

With the federal government shutdown nearing the one-month mark, Americans are starting to see the cascading effects of programs shuttered by lapses in federal funding. Some states are scrambling ...

Senate Republicans, including Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.), have introduced legislation that would reinstate Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits during the government shutdown.

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said that he has talked to President Trump about the constitutional limitations that would ...

Two decades after a Republican-controlled Congress gave gun manufacturers immunity from being sued over crimes committed with their firearms, blue state Democrats upset ...

Toyota has confirmed that Century, long the crown jewel of its Japanese portfolio, will now become a full-fledged luxury ...

Louisiana joined a coalition with over 20 other states in support of President Donald Trump’s birthright citizenship policy.

Maine’s elections in recent years have been relatively free of problems, and verified cases of voter fraud are exceedingly ...

Amanda Porretto isn’t sure she’ll ever have children. At 27, she is the average age of new mothers in the United States, ...

A man came down after climbing the Mississippi River Bridge superstructure and prompting an hours-long closure overnight.

KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) — Hurricane Melissa strengthened Tuesday as it crawled toward Jamaica, where officials and residents ...