Politics & Government News

6:02 AM on Monday, April 6

Wisconsin voters will choose a new state Supreme Court justice on Tuesday in an election that will either maintain or expand the court’s liberal majority

6:01 AM on Monday, April 6

Skyrocketing power demand from massive data centers and rising household electric bills are injecting a wave of attention into who is getting elected to watch over electric utilities

6:01 AM on Monday, April 6

Voters in a northwest Georgia congressional district will elect a new representative on Tuesday to replace Republican Marjorie Taylor Greene, who resigned in January following a public rift with President Donald Trump

3:13 AM on Monday, April 6

South Korea’s spy agency says it would now be fair to view the teenage daughter of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un as his heir

5:06 PM on Sunday, April 5

The Trump administration has taken a new tack in celebrating Easter

8:05 AM on Sunday, April 5

Congo will receive some deportees from the U.S. as part of a new deal under the Trump administration’s third-country program

7:53 AM on Sunday, April 5

7:07 AM on Sunday, April 5

The U.S. Secret Service says it's investigating overnight reports of gunfire near Lafayette Park, which is across the street from the White House

6:35 AM on Sunday, April 5

The Trump administration has shut down the CIA World Factbook, and there's much lamenting about the demise of a free source that many people used to check basic facts about countries

6:19 AM on Sunday, April 5

Democrat Graham Platner is attracting support for his Maine Senate campaign from voters willing to forgive his past transgressions and embrace his populist message

6:08 AM on Sunday, April 5

Swedish authorities have released a tanker sanctioned by the EU that was detained on suspicion of causing an oil spill in the Baltic Sea

5:17 AM on Sunday, April 5

France says China has executed a French citizen convicted of drug trafficking after more than 15 years on death row

1:03 AM on Sunday, April 5

Cameroon’s parliament has approved a constitutional amendment to reintroduce the vice president position, a move the opposition says will strengthen President Paul Biya’s power

11:03 PM on Saturday, April 4

An immigrant family is grappling with the ordeal suffered by a 3-year-old girl who endured alleged sexual abuse while her father fought for five months for her release from federal custody

12:52 PM on Saturday, April 4

The Trump administration is arguing that a judge’s order to halt construction of a $400 million ballroom creates a security risk for the president

11:31 AM on Saturday, April 4

The Trump administration has revoked the green cards or U.S. visas of at least four Iranian nationals connected to the current or former Iranian government, including two who have been detained by immigration authorities and are to be deported

10:59 AM on Saturday, April 4

A federal judge has halted efforts by the Trump administration to collect data that proves higher education institutions aren’t considering race in admissions

3:47 AM on Saturday, April 4

U_S_ President Donald Trump has again warned Tehran over his Monday deadline to open the crucial Strait of Hormuz and allow ship traffic to flow again, and Iran has responded by threatening to open “the gates of hell.”

11:59 PM on Friday, April 3

U.S. President Donald Trump has threatened Iran over his Monday deadline to reopen the crucial Strait of Hormuz so ship traffic can flow again

11:09 AM on Monday, March 23