Politics & Government News

11:56 PM on Friday, April 17

President Donald Trump says the blockade of the Strait of Hormuz will remain and attacks will resume if no agreement is reached with Iran

11:05 PM on Friday, April 17

The stories of Black and Indigenous men who fought during the American Revolution are sometimes overlooked

11:00 PM on Friday, April 17

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer faces renewed scrutiny over his decision to appoint Peter Mandelson as ambassador to the U.S. Mandelson, a known associate of the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, was initially denied security clearance

8:41 PM on Friday, April 17

An American delegation has met recently with Cuban government officials in the island nation

7:59 PM on Friday, April 17

Costa Rica has received a second group of migrants deported from the United States

7:23 PM on Friday, April 17

A lead prosecutor in the John Brennan investigation has been removed from the case after expressing concerns to Justice Department officials about the viability of a potential criminal prosecution of the former CIA director

6:17 PM on Friday, April 17

5:27 PM on Friday, April 17

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani has endorsed Lindsey Boylan in her City Council race, throwing his political weight behind the first woman to accuse former Gov. Andrew Cuomo of sexual harassment

5:06 PM on Friday, April 17

4:30 PM on Friday, April 17

Oil prices plunged and the stock market rallied after U.S. President Donald Trump and Iran’s foreign minister said that the Strait of Hormuz is fully open

3:50 PM on Friday, April 17

A federal judge has sentenced a former Wisconsin man to 20 months in prison for making campaign contributions after renouncing his U.S. citizenship

3:14 PM on Friday, April 17

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott's office has threatened to cut state funding to Houston, Dallas, and Austin if they don't change policies limiting police cooperation with federal immigration authorities

1:52 PM on Friday, April 17

The top election official in Arizona’s most populous county will get more authority in running elections after a judge sided with his office in a prolonged legal fight with the county board that shares responsibility for overseeing voting

1:39 PM on Friday, April 17

White House chief of staff Susie Wiles has met with Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei to discuss the company's new AI model, Mythos

12:15 PM on Friday, April 17

Sky-high ticket prices won’t be the only thing emptying the wallets of soccer fans attending World Cup matches at some U.S. venues this spring

11:54 AM on Friday, April 17

Patients and colleagues in the Virginia dental community are remembering Dr. Cerina Fairfax as a devoted mother, a caring dentist and the rock at the center of her family, after she was killed by her estranged husband, former Virginia Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax

8:06 AM on Friday, April 17

The Associated Press and Grist have collaborated on a project to analyze how federal policy changes on energy are affecting farmers

8:03 AM on Friday, April 17

Farmers in the U.S. operate on the thinnest of margins, and some have looked to renewable energy as a way to cut costs on electricity

5:03 AM on Friday, April 17

Cameras in U.S. courtrooms have offered the world a portal into the inner workings of notorious criminal proceedings

11:02 PM on Tuesday, April 14

A push by Republican leaders to promote Turning Point USA chapters in public high schools is stirring a free speech debate