Politics & Government News

4:23 PM on Wednesday, November 5

A federal court judge is allowing the Trump administration to reconsider the approval of a major federal permit for a Massachusetts offshore wind farm, which was granted days before the president’s inauguration

4:16 PM on Wednesday, November 5

Mikie Sherrill says she believes she has a mandate as New Jersey's governor-elect to fulfill campaign promises of making the state more affordable

4:10 PM on Wednesday, November 5

Two Pennsylvania counties were forced to replace poll books at all polling places in the middle of voting because of what officials described as mistakes made in creating voter data ahead of Tuesday's election

4:07 PM on Wednesday, November 5

Economic worries were the dominant concern as voters cast ballots for Tuesday’s elections, according to preliminary findings from the AP Voter Poll

4:03 PM on Wednesday, November 5

Mississippi Democrats appear to have broken a Republican supermajority in the state Senate

3:56 PM on Wednesday, November 5

Known around the world for her groundbreaking research on chimpanzees, conservationist Jane Goodall was among a number of noteworthy people who died in October

3:51 PM on Wednesday, November 5

Maine Democratic Rep. Jared Golden says he will not seek reelection

2:40 PM on Wednesday, November 5

Witnesses say a Chicago daycare employee was detained at work during a drop-off time for children, reflecting the Trump administration’s increasingly aggressive enforcement tactics

10:28 AM on Wednesday, November 5

The Bolivian Supreme Court of Justice has annulled the 10-year prison sentence against former interim President Jeanine Áñez, ordering her immediate release

10:23 AM on Wednesday, November 5

There were signs in the AP Voter Poll that there’s plenty of room for Democrats to make up ground among groups that moved toward President Donald Trump in last year’s election

10:10 AM on Wednesday, November 5

Voters have sent a message to President Donald Trump that the economy doesn't feel as though its booming — despite what he says

10:04 AM on Wednesday, November 5

Most California voters didn’t like redrawing their congressional districts to favor Democrats, according to the AP Voter Poll

8:32 AM on Wednesday, November 5

A day after Democrats dominated the first major Election Day since Donald Trump returned to the White House, the president is in Miami to speak at a forum of business leaders and global athletes about what he sees as his economic achievements

1:10 AM on Wednesday, November 5

The Swiss government is looking for a shout-out from the U.N. cultural agency to include yodeling on its list of intangible cultural heritage

12:31 AM on Wednesday, November 5

President Donald Trump wasn’t on the ballot in Tuesday’s elections, but many voters in key races made their choice in opposition to him or considered him to be irrelevant, according to the AP Voter Poll

12:07 AM on Wednesday, November 5

The Trump administration got a chilly reception at the Supreme Court, where a majority of the court questioned President Donald Trump’s novel use of an emergency powers law to impose worldwide tariffs

12:06 AM on Wednesday, November 5

Arguments at the Supreme Court have concluded for the day as the justices consider President Donald Trump's sweeping unilateral tariffs in a trillion-dollar test of executive power

12:05 AM on Wednesday, November 5

Senior Border Patrol official Greg Bovino has defended the use of force by agents accused of using pepper balls and tear gas against protesters in the Chicago area

12:04 AM on Wednesday, November 5

President Donald Trump celebrated his economic achievements on the anniversary of his election victory

4:05 PM on Monday, November 3