Politics & Government News

8:12 PM on Friday, June 5

A federal judge has sided with 20 Democratic states and halted an effort by the Trump administration to force states to comply with a range of conditions to get billions of dollars from the federal food aid program

7:38 PM on Friday, June 5

California Democratic Rep. Doris Matsui has advanced to the November ballot after facing a reelection challenge from a younger Democrat

7:25 PM on Friday, June 5

The U.N. food agency says millions of people are being pushed into acute hunger by the Iran war, as it warned would happen if the conflict escalated and oil prices remained high

7:25 PM on Friday, June 5

7:09 PM on Friday, June 5

President Donald Trump is keeping open the possibility of speaking directly with Taiwan’s President Lai Ching-te— even after Beijing has publicly urged him not to

6:37 PM on Friday, June 5

Southeastern Conference commissioner Greg Sankey said there’s no talk of a merger with the Big Ten and called the notion that the SEC wants to form a super league as “not consistent with the truth.”

6:35 PM on Friday, June 5

The U.S. attorney’s office in Los Angeles says it has opened “multiple election fraud investigations” related to California’s elections and sent a prosecutor to the county’s vote-counting center

5:39 PM on Friday, June 5

President Donald Trump is calling for the U.S. military and national security agencies to accelerate their use of artificial intelligence

5:19 PM on Friday, June 5

A range of social movements in Mexico are capitalizing on impending FIFA World Cup celebrations next week to put pressure on authorities and make demands

5:01 PM on Friday, June 5

The Defense Department has announced a significant reduction in the number of religious affiliations it officially recognizes

4:32 PM on Friday, June 5

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s office has condemned comments by U.S. Vice President JD Vance, who blames immigration for the death of a university student

4:19 PM on Friday, June 5

President Donald Trump says he will attend Game 3 of the NBA Finals on Monday at Madison Square Garden — and says he doesn't have much sympathy for ordinary Americans who can't afford the sky-high ticket prices

3:22 PM on Friday, June 5

Lawyers representing the federal government argue that a court cannot stop construction of a White House ballroom because it was already underway and because of the sensitive security concerns they say the structure is meant to address

3:07 PM on Friday, June 5

The Chicago Bears are looking to build a stadium in Northwest Indiana after a proposal to provide financial incentives for the NFL team to build its new home in Illinois stalled in the state legislature

2:59 PM on Friday, June 5

The Energy Department says a small nuclear reactor under development at a national lab has reached a crucial milestone that could allow it to produce electricity in the next few years

2:40 PM on Friday, June 5

With virtually no strings attached, Congress is on the verge of providing a massive infusion of cash to the Homeland Security Department

1:57 PM on Friday, June 5

Inflation is rising again, squeezing budgets and making essentials harder to afford

1:53 PM on Friday, June 5

President Donald Trump says he wants his new acting director of national intelligence to cut the office, which has already been significantly scaled back during his second term

10:15 AM on Friday, June 5

Russian President Vladimir Putin has rejected a proposal by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy for a face-to-face meeting, saying he sees “no point” in it

8:19 AM on Friday, June 5

A federal judge has struck down a Trump administration policy that made it harder for immigrants from dozens of countries to enter and stay in the U.S. The judge criticized the policy for putting immigrants' lives in "indeterminate legal limbo" and accused the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services of ignoring the law