The U.S. Postal Service won’t deliver mail ballots in states that refuse to turn over lists of voters under a proposed rule, the agency’s chief executive said Wednesday, angering Democrats who warn the decision will disenfranchise voters.

With fall elections looming larger and larger on the horizon, President Trump and his allies are pursuing ever more brazen efforts to cling to power and we’ll discuss some of them and the pushback they’re attracting in an extended conversation with States Newsroom national democracy reporter, Jonathan Shorman

US House GOP pushes through budget blueprint for Iran war funding, farm aid

Accepting a job in California can turn an ordinary career decision into a major life transition. For professionals leaving Boston, the move to San Diego may involve a new office, a different neighborhood, unfamiliar routines, and thousands of miles between the old and new homes. The challenge is fitting a household relocation around a professional…

The racial wealth gap is widening as many workers of color go without retirement savings. Retirement savings, not home equity, is the largest driver of American household wealth, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

When six-year-old Dominique Moody died in December 2025, she weighed 27 pounds. Members of the N.C. House Oversight Committee say Mecklenburg County social service workers overlooked years of abuse.

Southern states are bracing for a potential invasion of the New World screwworm that could disrupt livestock markets and raise already high meat prices. So far, the parasite has yet to land in the United States, but it has been spreading across Mexico and Central America. Previously eradicated from the United States in the 1960s, the fly can infest livestock, pets, wildlife and in rare cases, humans.

Powerful U.S. officials past and present faced families, survivors and first responders Friday at ceremonies to honor the 25th anniversary of the day 2,977 Americans died in terrorist attacks in Virginia, New York and Pennsylvania.

Anderson Clayton came to lead the NC Democratic party in 2023 with a long list of goals, including appealing to rural voters. That list got longer this year.

In State College, university housing can change hands on a very different schedule from an ordinary residential property. One tenant may be moving out while another needs to move in almost immediately, leaving property managers, students, landlords, and families with little room for delays. Furniture, boxed belongings, and shared-area items all need to leave one…