Politics & Government News

9:10 PM on Tuesday, June 9

Bill Gates was set to appear before a congressional panel investigating the Jeffrey Epstein files, becoming the latest powerful figure linked to the disgraced financier to testify

9:06 PM on Tuesday, June 9

The Trump administration recently asked visitors to U_S_ national parks to report displays or exhibits saying “negative” things about Americans and to restore sites as “uplifting public monuments."

9:05 PM on Tuesday, June 9

Even as President Donald Trump boosts coal over clean energy, solar power is hitting new milestones in the U.S. and remains the leading source of new power

4:47 PM on Tuesday, June 9

The November race to determine California’s next governor will pit a Democrat promising to cement the state’s status as a stronghold of liberal policies against a Republican pledging to dramatically reverse course

4:42 PM on Tuesday, June 9

Republicans in Congress are introducing impeachment resolutions against a federal judge in Atlanta

4:14 PM on Tuesday, June 9

California’s most prominent congressional elections for this fall’s midterms are now set, with two districts in particular ready to test Democrats’ redrawn U.S. House map

1:21 PM on Tuesday, June 9

The Trump administration is telling European nations that they need to step up their travel restrictions for people from Ebola-hit countries in Africa

1:05 PM on Tuesday, June 9

President Donald Trump seems to bring bad luck to home teams when he attends big games

9:18 AM on Tuesday, June 9

Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama says a controversial luxury resort development linked to U.S. President Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner will move forward despite growing protests

8:00 AM on Tuesday, June 9

The Trump administration has warned more than 500 hospitals that they are failing to provide the public with enough information about prices

7:48 AM on Tuesday, June 9

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney says a new Canadian-built bridge across the Detroit River that U.S. President Donald Trump threatened to block will open soon

6:00 AM on Tuesday, June 9

After complaints about staffing cuts and long waits to get help at the Social Security Administration, its commissioner says things are getting a lot better

5:42 AM on Tuesday, June 9

Voters across Maine, Nevada, South Carolina and North Dakota have cast their ballots in another day of primary elections in America

5:28 AM on Tuesday, June 9

The U.S. military says it has carried out strikes against Iran following the crash of a U.S. Army Apache helicopter off the coast of Oman that U.S. President Donald Trump blamed on the Islamic Republic

5:04 AM on Tuesday, June 9

House Republicans have passed a nearly $70 billion bill to fund immigration enforcement agencies for the next three years and the rest of President Donald Trump's term in office

9:04 PM on Monday, June 8

Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette and state Attorney General Alan Wilson have advanced to a runoff for the Republican nomination for South Carolina governor while U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham won his own primary outright in his quest for a fifth term in November

9:04 PM on Monday, June 8

Nevada Gov. Joe Lombardo, a Republican, will face Democratic Attorney General Aaron Ford in a battle to hold onto his seat in November, setting up what’s considered one of the most competitive governor’s races in the country

9:04 PM on Monday, June 8

Nevada, South Carolina and North Dakota hosted primary elections, but much of the political world was focused on Maine’s high-stakes U.S. Senate contest

9:02 PM on Monday, June 8

Graham Platner has won the Maine Democratic primary for U.S. Senate, setting up a high-stakes race against Republican Sen. Susan Collins

4:03 PM on Monday, June 8

A federal judge has questioned a U.S. Customs and Border Protection official about the government’s process for refunding billions of dollars importers paid before the Supreme Court struck down some of tariffs imposed by President Donald Trump