Politics & Government News

6:51 PM on Wednesday, June 10

President Donald Trump's UFC fight on the White House's South Lawn requires a monumental effort from more than seven federal agencies, hundreds of staff working onsite daily and about $60 million

5:30 PM on Wednesday, June 10

A new report by the National Park Service says construction of the 250-foot-high triumphal arch that President Donald Trump wants built near the Lincoln Memorial could occur 20 hours per day, year-round, as officials push to complete the project within three years

5:27 PM on Wednesday, June 10

Two leading House Republicans are meeting with Taiwan’s opposition leader as she travels to Washington this week

5:16 PM on Wednesday, June 10

President Donald Trump is accusing the Democratic Party of hypocrisy for supporting Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner despite his own history of misconduct against women

5:00 PM on Wednesday, June 10

Congressional candidate Brad Lander has gotten his day in court over the misdemeanor charge lodged against him

4:34 PM on Wednesday, June 10

A federal judge has rejected a government watchdog’s request for a court order temporarily blocking the Trump administration from forging ahead with a new $1.776 billion settlement fund for compensating people who claim to be victims of a weaponized government

4:19 PM on Wednesday, June 10

President Donald Trump is naming Brian Johnson as his choice for the next director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

4:16 PM on Wednesday, June 10

The Florida Supreme Court has allowed the use of a new U.S. House map drawn by Republicans in the midterm elections

4:16 PM on Wednesday, June 10

In 2020, California shifted responsibility for investigating fatal police shootings from local authorities to the state attorney general

4:10 PM on Wednesday, June 10

The FBI has seized more than a dozen websites that officials say were part of a Chinese effort to target American workers who have access to classified or sensitive government information

4:03 PM on Wednesday, June 10

Anthropic has joined calls for the AI industry to find ways to cushion people from AI's disruptions to the workforce

3:49 PM on Wednesday, June 10

President Donald Trump has a surprising take on a new report that shows inflation spiking to its highest level in three years

2:19 PM on Wednesday, June 10

A lapse in a law that allows the U.S. to gather intelligence abroad has grown more likely as President Donald Trump is resisting calls from Republicans and Democrats on Capitol Hill to immediately name a permanent director of national intelligence

12:40 PM on Wednesday, June 10

Federal prosecutors have unsealed an indictment against eight pro-Palestinian activists accused of conspiring to run a criminal intimidation campaign against University of Michigan officials while trying to force the school to cut financial ties to Israel

12:08 PM on Wednesday, June 10

Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney says a new bridge across the Detroit River that U.S. President Donald Trump threatened to block may take longer to open than anticipated

11:19 AM on Wednesday, June 10

The United Nations say that a violent crackdown on a protest in western Afghanistan has killed at least one person

9:07 AM on Wednesday, June 10

Veteran Japanese politician Yohei Kono has died at 89

7:28 AM on Wednesday, June 10

The U.S. has launched airstrikes against Iran, and President Donald Trump says more are coming, as Tehran fired back at countries in the region

5:01 AM on Wednesday, June 10

China is hosting an international conference in Xinjiang to promote economic development efforts in the northwestern region, which once was the site of mass political detentions

11:10 PM on Tuesday, June 9

Bill Gates says he made an error in judgment by ever meeting with Jeffrey Epstein as the Microsoft co-founder faces questions behind closed doors from lawmakers about his relationship with the disgraced financier