Politics & Government News

6:03 PM on Thursday, December 11

A Democratic Senator says the head of the Federal Aviation Administration has not sold off his multimillion-dollar stake in the airline he led since 1999 despite a promise to do so as part of his ethics agreement

5:46 PM on Thursday, December 11

The U.S. Mint has unveiled designs for coins commemorating the 250th anniversary of American independence

4:57 PM on Thursday, December 11

The House voted to repeal President Donald Trump's executive order from earlier this year that aimed to remove collective bargaining rights for hundreds of thousands of federal employees

4:41 PM on Thursday, December 11

The commission that oversees public television in Arkansas has voted to sever ties with PBS, making it the first state to end its contract with the broadcast giant

4:33 PM on Thursday, December 11

The Federal Reserve’s governing board unanimously approved the reappointment of nearly all of the Fed’s 12 regional bank presidents, a group that has come under scrutiny by the Trump administration

4:27 PM on Thursday, December 11

Local officials in Florida’s capital city have voted to sell a city-owned golf course built on top of the graves of enslaved people to a once-segregated country club

4:21 PM on Thursday, December 11

The IRS Criminal Investigations unit is doing more than just cracking down on tax evaders

3:37 PM on Thursday, December 11

Indiana Senate Republicans reject new congressional maps in defiance of Trump’s redistricting push

3:34 PM on Thursday, December 11

The rival leaders of divided Cyprus have met to inject fresh momentum in efforts to resume long-stalled formal talks to resolve the island’s 51-year-old ethnic cleave

3:26 PM on Thursday, December 11

The House has voted to dismiss an effort to impeach President Donald Trump

2:29 PM on Thursday, December 11

A grand jury has declined for a second time in a week to re-indict New York Attorney General Letitia James

1:34 PM on Thursday, December 11

The Trump administration is expanding its crackdown on diversity, equity and inclusion by ordering national parks to remove certain items from gift shops

1:16 PM on Thursday, December 11

The U.S. has imposed sanctions on three nephews of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro

1:09 PM on Thursday, December 11

A presidentially appointed council's meeting to announce reforms to FEMA was unexpectedly canceled, according to two people familiar with the matter

12:53 PM on Thursday, December 11

A man accused of killing a Ukrainian refugee on a North Carolina train has appeared in federal court

12:11 PM on Thursday, December 11

Senators from both parties are pushing to change a defense bill after crash investigators and victims' families warned it could undo key safety reforms

8:53 AM on Thursday, December 11

Hopes for solving a major health insurance issue are fading in Washington

7:04 AM on Thursday, December 11

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem has defended the Trump administration's immigration policies during a contentious House committee hearing

11:08 PM on Wednesday, December 10

The Senate has rejected legislation to extend Affordable Care Act tax credits, essentially guaranteeing that millions of Americans will see a steep rise in costs at the beginning of the year

4:35 PM on Monday, December 1

A gerrymandering battle is spreading among states after President Donald Trump pushed for new U.S. House districts ahead of next year's elections