Politics & Government News

3:07 PM on Thursday, April 2

California Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed an executive order for California to independently review federal supply-chain risk designations for businesses

2:56 PM on Thursday, April 2

A new Kentucky law could shield agrochemical maker Bayer from lawsuits claiming it failed to warn that Roundup weedkiller could cause cancer

1:33 PM on Thursday, April 2

Governors in Florida and Mississippi have signed laws requiring officials to verify voters' citizenship

1:24 PM on Thursday, April 2

The Trump administration has scaled back its plans to dismantle the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

1:06 PM on Thursday, April 2

An inspection at the nation’s largest immigration detention facility found dozens of violations of national standards that potentially exposed detainees to excessive force, disease, and other unsafe conditions

12:57 PM on Thursday, April 2

The Belarus parliament has passed a bill to introduce punishments for people who promote LGBTQ+ causes, in an echo of similar laws that have been set up in neighboring ally Russia

11:42 AM on Thursday, April 2

The Trump administration is appealing a judge’s order blocking the federal government from taking punitive measures against artificial intelligence company Anthropic after a dispute with the Pentagon over military use of AI

11:37 AM on Thursday, April 2

Mississippi lawmakers have passed a bill that could imprison people for up to 10 years for distributing abortion-inducing medication

11:33 AM on Thursday, April 2

Lawyers for Mahmoud Khalil, the former Columbia University graduate student fighting deportation, have asked Judge Emil Bove to step aside from an appellate panel that could weigh in on his case because of Bove’s previous role as a top Justice Department official involved in investigating student protesters

11:25 AM on Thursday, April 2

The husband of a South Florida vice mayor has been charged with fatally shooting his wife at their home, according to an affidavit

11:07 AM on Thursday, April 2

According to documents viewed by The Associated Press, a three-judge panel says the chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court can potentially resume his duties following a sexual misconduct investigation

10:38 AM on Thursday, April 2

FBI agents have arrived in Cuba to investigate the fatal shooting of five men aboard a U.S.-flagged speedboat in February that the Cuban government said was trying to infiltrate the island

10:30 AM on Thursday, April 2

Russia plans to send a second oil tanker to Cuba, according to Energy Minister Sergei Tsivilyov

9:51 AM on Thursday, April 2

A court In Moscow has sentenced a German artist to 8 1/2 years in absentia after convicting him over his carnival creations mocking Russian President Vladimir Putin

9:50 AM on Thursday, April 2

Twelve people deported from the U.S. have arrived in Uganda, according to the Uganda Law Society

5:26 AM on Thursday, April 2

President Donald Trump has used his first major address since launching his war in Iran to assure Americans all his military objectives will be completed “shortly” and urge a skeptical electorate to give him more time

5:25 AM on Thursday, April 2

Pakistan confirms it is holding peace talks with Afghanistan's Taliban government in China

11:14 PM on Wednesday, April 1

Britain has accused Iran of holding the global economy hostage as diplomats from over 40 countries discuss ways to press Tehran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz

11:11 PM on Wednesday, April 1

A bipartisan group of senators is aiming to relieve high insulin costs for more Americans

11:06 PM on Wednesday, April 1

President Donald Trump says he'll soon sign an order to pay all Department of Homeland Security employees who have gone without paychecks during the partial government shutdown that has reached 48 days