Politics & Government News

7:06 PM on Thursday, August 6

The Justice Department has accused Duke University’s law school of unlawfully considering race in admissions in the latest Trump administration action against higher education institutions

6:38 PM on Thursday, August 6

Some of the savings being touted by Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency are incorrect or lack supporting evidence

6:12 PM on Thursday, August 6

The labor union representing Treasury Department and Internal Revenue Service workers has asked a judge to block a sweeping tax audit immunity agreement for President Donald Trump

5:55 PM on Thursday, August 6

A Louisiana school board and the federal government have agreed to end more than 60 years of oversight meant to end segregation

5:16 PM on Thursday, August 6

In April, President Donald Trump announced that the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool was being renovated to address long-standing cosmetic and structural issues

4:35 PM on Thursday, August 6

Republican Sen. Mitch McConnell of Kentucky says he’s been discharged from a rehabilitation center and will continue his recovery from home

3:23 PM on Thursday, August 6

President Donald Trump has been highlighting his economic achievements, pointing to record stock market highs and claims of increased hiring, manufacturing, and investment

3:14 PM on Thursday, August 6

Known for his Southern drawl, political flexibility and hawkish foreign policy, Lindsey Graham was an influential Republican in the U.S. Senate with an ability to befriend colleagues of different political persuasions

3:03 PM on Thursday, August 6

Republican Sen. Jon Husted of Ohio is calling on Rep. Max Miller to resign his House seat and abandon his fall reelection bid

12:44 PM on Thursday, August 6

An offshore wind company says it's reached a $1.2 billion settlement with the Trump administration to walk away from projects under development off New York, California and Louisiana

12:42 PM on Thursday, August 6

Six years after the world was thrust into a global pandemic, Republicans in power aren’t leaving it in the past

11:06 AM on Thursday, August 6

The printing press, light bulb, internal combustion engine and computer moved the world into a mostly better future

10:55 AM on Thursday, August 6

8:46 AM on Thursday, August 6

Pakistan’s government has issued new guidelines for foreign media, formalizing reporting requirements outside the country's three largest cities

8:15 AM on Thursday, August 6

Cameroon's President Paul Biya has been abroad for two months, sparking criticism and concerns

5:08 AM on Thursday, August 6

A new AP-NORC poll finds that Americans are increasingly noticing the impact of extreme heat on their lives, and they say much of that shift is happening in the West and Midwest

4:19 AM on Thursday, August 6

North Korea has launched a short-range ballistic missile toward the sea, according to its neighbors

12:12 AM on Thursday, August 6

Wisconsin is the latest state where the battle over the direction of the Democratic Party will play out

12:07 AM on Thursday, August 6

A Senate committee has voted along party lines to hold Dr. Anthony Fauci in contempt of Congress over his refusal to answer questions at a hearing on his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic

7:38 PM on Monday, August 3

Customs and Border Protection has ordered construction crews building Trump’s second border wall to stop drilling wells in drought-stricken New Mexico after ranchers said pumping the groundwater needed to mix cement could threaten their livestock