One way is a process known as civil contempt. That involves a judge issuing an order holding either the government writ large or an officer of the government in contempt. The judge could impose daily ...

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell on Wednesday reiterated the long-held view of Fed chairs going back decades that growth ...

This is a 205% increase in the number of layoffs compared with March of 2024, and a 60% increase from the 172,017 cuts announced one month prior. It was the third-highest number o ...

California is suing the federal government over Donald Trump's on-again-off-again tariffs, the governor and attorney general ...

Elon Musk’s team is leading an effort to link government databases, to the alarm of privacy and security experts.

Attorney General Pam Bondi announced Wednesday that the Justice Department is filing a civil lawsuit against Maine's ...

A federal judge on Friday ruled that the United States must bring back a man who was mistakenly deported to El Salvador last ...

Which states have the most (and best-paid) federal employees? As of September 2024, over 1.8 million people were employed by the federal government of the United States. However, the federal ...

Luigi Mangione asked a federal judge in New York on Friday to stop the government from seeking the death penalty if he’s ...