Delaware

Pornstar Stormy Daniels has rejected the notion she was involved in a "sexual and/or romantic affair" with President Trump and that she received hush money to keep that affair quiet during the 2016 election. (AP Photo/Bill Haber)

Private company, pseudonyms used to pay ‘Stormy Daniels’: Report

Diana Stancy Correll · January 19, 2018 12:16 am

Sen. Bill Nelson, D-Fla., has said he will hold up Interior Department nominees until he has proof that department Secretary Ryan Zinke has removed his state from a list of potential offshore drilling sites. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz)

Energy and Environment

Sen. Bill Nelson to block Interior nominees until Ryan Zinke confirms vow to prevent drilling off Florida’s shores

Josh Siegel · January 18, 2018 2:34 am

Energy and Environment

Northeast states sue EPA for denying smog petition

Josh Siegel · December 26, 2017 8:24 pm

California Attorney General Xavier Becerra said Thursday: "These backwards rules will deny millions of women across the U.S. access to healthcare, unconstitutionally permitting discrimination against women." (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

Five states seek to halt Trump’s rollback of birth control mandate

Robert King · November 10, 2017 7:03 pm

Billionaire and casino owner Sheldon Adelson is not only pushing to curb Internet gambling state by state, but he's also supporting federal legislation that would prohibit most online forms of gambling nationwide. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)

Sheldon Adelson and his astroturf lobbyists don’t want to let you gamble online

Matthew Boyer · November 6, 2017 11:27 pm

Licensing is generally justified on the grounds of public safety or fraud protection. But while it makes sense to license people in fields such as healthcare, many local governments regulate careers in which the public benefit is harder to justify: beauticians, tour guides, and tax preparers, among others. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

States rethink occupational license rules

Sean Higgins · October 16, 2017 4:01 am

A group of 18 attorneys general, including Eric Schneiderman of New York, sued President Trump after he decided to halt cost-sharing reduction payments for Obamacare insurers.

18 states, DC file lawsuit against Trump over Obamacare insurer subsidies

Diana Stancy Correll · October 14, 2017 12:52 am

Attorneys general in 15 states and the District of Columbia have filed a lawsuit to protect recipients of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, which the Trump administration started winding down this week. (AP Photo/John Locher)

15 states, DC sue Trump to protect DACA recipients

Kelly Cohen · September 6, 2017 7:17 pm

Nine states agreed on a plan Wednesday to reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 30 percent between 2020 and 2030. The pact includes New York, Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

Energy and Environment

Nine states plan to cut carbon emissions 30 percent by 2030 to combat climate change

Josh Siegel · August 23, 2017 7:51 pm

Sean Coit is communications director for Sen. Chris Coons, D-Del. (Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)

Sean Coit: Communicating as a Democrat in the age of Trump

Al Weaver · July 24, 2017 4:01 am

The Air Force provided no details about the nature the malfunction of the nose landing gear except to say it was the second failure in the past 60 days. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart)

National Security

Giant C-5 cargo planes grounded in Delaware after 2nd nose gear malfunction

Jamie McIntyre · July 18, 2017 4:07 pm

The company assumes that the individual mandate will not be enforced and that cost-sharing reduction subsidies will not be paid. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)

Insurer Highmark requests double-digit rate increases in Delaware

Kimberly Leonard · June 14, 2017 7:09 pm