Politics & Government News

3:23 AM on Sunday, July 19

China's top anti-graft watchdog has announced an investigation into a former president of China Development Bank

4:13 PM on Saturday, July 18

Hungary's president has signed a constitutional amendment ending his term, resolving a dispute with the new government

11:33 AM on Saturday, July 18

David Crowley has reentered Wisconsin's Democratic primary for governor, two weeks after suspending his campaign

10:29 AM on Saturday, July 18

Georgia Sen. Jon Ossoff has attracted national attention and praise from across the political left with his sweeping indictments of President Donald Trump

10:06 AM on Saturday, July 18

A Brazilian Supreme Court justice has rejected a request from lawyers for former President Jair Bolsonaro for him to be visited under house arrest by Argentine President Javier Milei

9:15 AM on Saturday, July 18

Donald Trump has shifted his tone on former President Jimmy Carter, whom he once sharply criticized

1:26 AM on Saturday, July 18

Mount Olympus, the mythological home of ancient Greece’s 12 Olympian gods, may soon join UNESCO’s World Heritage List

1:16 AM on Saturday, July 18

The Trump administration has announced new, sweeping restrictions on U.S. funding for nongovernmental organizations, foreign governments and U.N. agencies that promote access to abortion overseas

1:14 AM on Saturday, July 18

The Trump administration's new, sweeping restrictions on U.S. funding for nongovernmental organizations, foreign governments and U.N. agencies that promote access to abortion overseas is delivering new momentum to U.S. anti-abortion groups

8:24 PM on Friday, July 17

A federal prosecutor in Texas has shared new details about the shooting of Mexican national Lorenzo Salgado Araujo by an ICE officer in early July

7:41 PM on Friday, July 17

The U.S. Interior Department has canceled a rule meant to protect plants and animals that are determined to be threatened with extinction

7:12 PM on Friday, July 17

A federal judge has ruled that South Dakota can't enforce its abortion advertising ban against a reproductive health nonprofit

7:05 PM on Friday, July 17

A federal judge in Boston has ruled the Trump administration can’t use an obscure clause relating to agency priorities to make funding cuts

5:07 PM on Friday, July 17

A lawmaker sponsoring a key piece of federal college sports legislation says he believes the bill likely has the support it needs to make it through the upper chamber

4:50 PM on Friday, July 17

A federal appeals court ruled Friday that New Jersey’s bans on assault firearms and magazines that can hold more than 10 rounds are unconstitutional

1:34 PM on Friday, July 17

The U.S. government is planning to auction off massive sections of water surrounding American Samoa for potential deep-sea mining

12:45 PM on Friday, July 17

The United States has not renewed the national emergency declaration over Hong Kong, lifting some sanctions but keeping an executive order that revoked Hong Kong's special trading status

12:02 PM on Friday, July 17

President Donald Trump says Darline Graham, the sister of the late Lindsey Graham, has his support to run for a full term to replace her brother in the U.S. Senate

12:01 PM on Friday, July 17

Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley plans to reenter the Democratic primary for Wisconsin governor

8:29 AM on Friday, July 17

Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin has pledged to aggressively pursue voter fraud cases at the White House complex after President Donald Trump revived debunked election theories in a primetime speech