Politics & Government News

9:30 PM on Thursday, July 23

The confirmed death toll from the recent capsizing of a state ferry off Guyana’s coast has climbed to 72, with more bodies recovered as a multinational team struggled to salvage the partially submerged vessel

6:59 PM on Thursday, July 23

A federal judicial panel has allowed a new Tennessee congressional map that splits apart a majority-Black district in Memphis

6:41 PM on Thursday, July 23

Alaska has sent more than 3,000 letters to residents asking them to verify their citizenship ahead of this year's elections

5:16 PM on Thursday, July 23

Justice Elena Kagan says the Supreme Court may be deeply conservative but it is not simply a rubber stamp for President Donald Trump

5:06 PM on Thursday, July 23

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney says Canada will continue to negotiate a new trade deal with the U.S., but the country is willing to respond should new threatened tariffs come into effect

5:00 PM on Thursday, July 23

4:59 PM on Thursday, July 23

The Trump administration is seeking to rename Manhattan’s Penn Station as part of a planned $8 billion redesign of the country’s busiest transit hub

4:56 PM on Thursday, July 23

The Ashaninka Indigenous people, who reclaimed their territory on the Brazil-Peru border decades ago, now face threats from gangs and drug traffickers

4:52 PM on Thursday, July 23

A group of tribes and environmentalists is urging California to study the feasibility of reintroducing grizzly bears

4:30 PM on Thursday, July 23

Tennessee State University president Dwayne Tucker has placed athletic director Mikki Allen on administrative leave following an internal investigation which was prompted by a vote of no confidence from six coaches at the school

4:04 PM on Thursday, July 23

President Donald Trump is going ahead with new double-digit tariffs on dozens of U.S. trading partners just as the clock runs out Friday on stopgap levies he imposed after a stinging defeat at the Supreme Court

2:21 PM on Thursday, July 23

The government has withdrawn subpoenas that would have compelled three New York Times reporters to testify about their sources for articles about President Donald Trump’s Qatari-gifted Air Force One jet

12:10 PM on Thursday, July 23

A nun who was taken into immigration custody last month in Texas is speaking out for the first time about her arrest while walking to Mass

11:02 AM on Thursday, July 23

President Donald Trump has celebrated the Los Angeles Dodgers at the White House, calling the team “one of the great brands anywhere in the world.”

10:37 AM on Thursday, July 23

President Donald Trump is having governors and electricity companies join a pledge aimed at shielding U.S. consumers from higher utility bills because data centers

8:19 AM on Thursday, July 23

A Turkish governor has been sacked after photos of him in tight cycling shorts went viral

7:32 AM on Thursday, July 23

President Donald Trump says he is imposing new double-digit tariffs on dozens of U.S. trading partners

2:21 AM on Thursday, July 23

Young protesters in India are camping on the streets of New Delhi

11:01 PM on Wednesday, July 22

The U.S. Navy is backing away from statements that it would begin to restrict press and public access to sailors’ service histories

8:21 PM on Wednesday, July 22

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio says the Trump administration is ready to help end the war in Ukraine but acknowledges there's no quick path to a deal