Politics & Government News

7:43 PM on Thursday, June 11

A top Alaska elections official has threatened to disqualify from the August primary a U.S. Senate candidate who shares the same name and party affiliation as incumbent Republican Dan Sullivan

4:35 PM on Thursday, June 11

The U.S. government can continue collecting the 10% worldwide tariff it imposed in February while legal challenges to the levies continue to work their way through the courts, a federal court ruled Thursday

3:37 PM on Thursday, June 11

The return of the screwworm parasite to the U.S. has some politicians trying to figure out who to blame

2:51 PM on Thursday, June 11

The state of North Dakota and the federal government have settled a lawsuit the state brought to recoup the costs of policing protests of the Dakota Access Pipeline nearly a decade ago

2:39 PM on Thursday, June 11

A church, a nonprofit, and a barbershop are suing the Laramie County Sheriff’s Office over its 287(g) agreements with ICE

2:06 PM on Thursday, June 11

Ohioans will soon need a photo ID to vote by mail, a significant change from previous requirements

1:41 PM on Thursday, June 11

The Justice Department has announced charges against a Guatemalan woman accused of using false identification to gain custody of migrant children

1:41 PM on Thursday, June 11

A Mexican journalist has been shot and killed in Veracruz, marking the second media worker killing in the state this year

1:30 PM on Thursday, June 11

The U.S. government has announced sanctions against Cuba’s state-owned oil and gas company in a move expected to further increase tensions between the two countries

1:16 PM on Thursday, June 11

President Donald Trump is nominating Jay Clayton, the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York and a former Securities and Exchange Commission chairman, as director of national intelligence

1:16 PM on Thursday, June 11

The Trump administration has put up $750,000 to charter a private yacht to evacuate a single American citizen from a remote South Pacific island after she had been aboard a cruise ship at the center of a deadly hantavirus outbreak

1:06 PM on Thursday, June 11

Slovenia’s new conservative government has abolished an entry ban on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and two of his ministers

1:00 PM on Thursday, June 11

11:49 AM on Thursday, June 11

First lady Melania Trump and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent have announced the launch of Fostering the Future Accounts, designed to help foster children

10:34 AM on Thursday, June 11

India’s viral Cockroach Janta Party has launched a nationwide protest campaign

7:54 AM on Thursday, June 11

The opening of a Canadian-U.S. bridge across the Detroit River, which President Donald Trump had previously threatened to block, has been delayed due to unresolved issues

7:08 AM on Thursday, June 11

President Donald Trump says he’s called off new military strikes on Iran hours after threatening to escalate the 3-month-old war

6:25 AM on Thursday, June 11

U.K. Defense Secretary John Healey has resigned, saying the government is not willing to spend enough on the military at a time of rising threats

11:04 PM on Wednesday, June 10

A New Mexico judge has dismissed a challenge over the legality of the state's fledgling universal childcare program

11:04 PM on Wednesday, June 10

A key surveillance tool that allows the United States to collect intelligence abroad appears certain to expire