Politics & Government News

2:52 PM on Tuesday, June 16

President Donald Trump’s attorney for the 2020 campaign in Wisconsin and two former aides have all pleaded not guilty to felony forgery charges for their roles in a fake elector scheme designed to overturn Trump’s loss in the swing state

2:34 PM on Tuesday, June 16

Congo's opposition has denounced a bill that could allow President Félix Tshisekedi a third term and called it a power grab

1:15 PM on Tuesday, June 16

President Donald Trump’s administration is further dismantling the Department of Education, moving oversight of special education and civil rights to other agencies

1:12 PM on Tuesday, June 16

African and Commonwealth nations have called for a swift implementation of a landmark treaty protecting the high seas

12:47 PM on Tuesday, June 16

Sean Penn will direct a movie about a police officer who was at the Jan. 6 Capitol riot in 2021, Warner Bros

12:44 PM on Tuesday, June 16

Federal prosecutors have charged 15 people with impeding federal agents during a massive immigration surge in Minnesota earlier this year

12:13 PM on Tuesday, June 16

The Trump administration is giving Indiana more flexibility over how it decides to spend its federal grant money

12:09 PM on Tuesday, June 16

Pennsylvania's highest court has ruled that skill games are considered slot machines under state law

11:41 AM on Tuesday, June 16

Police in Chicago say a person is in custody in an investigation of a large cross set on fire in a well-known park

10:41 AM on Tuesday, June 16

Polish prosecutors say a 44-year-old Russian artist who has been critical of President Vladimir Putin was shot and killed at close range near his home in eastern Poland

8:48 AM on Tuesday, June 16

An endorsement from President Donald Trump is worth a lot in Republican primaries

7:55 AM on Tuesday, June 16

Republicans are waging their latest fight over party identity in Georgia

5:05 AM on Tuesday, June 16

Soon, half of all American schoolkids will live in states that offer public money for a private education

3:58 AM on Tuesday, June 16

A shadowy figure known as El Money orchestrated arson attacks in London linked to British Prime Minister Keir Starmer

3:43 AM on Tuesday, June 16

Iran’s top diplomat said Tuesday that the tentative deal to end the war with the United States would require Israel to withdraw from Lebanon — a condition Israel has already rejected

3:29 AM on Tuesday, June 16

Group of Seven leaders are meeting for talks on Russia’s war in Ukraine and U.S. President Donald Trump's tentative deal with Iran

12:08 AM on Tuesday, June 16

Voters in Washington, D.C. are heading to the polls to select party candidates for mayor and congressional delegate

12:05 AM on Tuesday, June 16

President Donald Trump and G7 leaders are focusing on the Ukraine war and Trump is considering reimposing sanctions soon on Russian oil shipments

12:02 AM on Tuesday, June 16

Alabama voters are deciding party nominations for an open U.S. Senate seat

Tuesday, June 16

Voters in the San Francisco Bay Area congressional district formerly represented by Democratic Rep. Eric Swalwell are casting ballots to decide who will replace him