Politics & Government News

5:16 PM on Thursday, October 16

Republican Attorney General Jason Miyares and former Democratic Del

4:19 PM on Thursday, October 16

A Louisiana judge has tossed out a key permit for a liquefied natural gas facility that won approval from President Donald Trump’s administration

4:11 PM on Thursday, October 16

Two people arrested in a July shooting outside an immigration detention center in Texas are facing new charges that follow President Donald Trump’s order last month to designate a decentralized movement known as antifa as a domestic terrorist organization

3:57 PM on Thursday, October 16

No. 1 UConn’s season opener against No. 20 Louisville that is supposed to be played at Ramstein Air Base in Germany on Nov. 4 is in jeopardy of being moved because of the government shutdown

3:48 PM on Thursday, October 16

Venezuela’s ambassador to the U_N_ is condemning a recent U_S_ strike on a small boat in Caribbean waters that killed six people, calling it “a new set of extrajudicial executions.”

3:41 PM on Thursday, October 16

President Donald Trump plans to leave his mark on the nation's capital by building a Paris-like arch at one of the entrances to the District of Columbia

3:28 PM on Thursday, October 16

The attorneys general of more than a dozen states on Thursday sued the Trump administration over the termination of $7 billion in funding intended for affordable solar energy projects across the U.S. The coalition argued in the lawsuit that the Environmental Protection Agency’s cancellation of the Solar for All program violated federal law governing federal agencies and constitutional doctrine on separation of powers

3:27 PM on Thursday, October 16

Venezuelan government officials floated a plan in which President Nicolás Maduro would eventually leave office, a bid aimed at easing mounting U.S. pressure on the government in Caracas

3:15 PM on Thursday, October 16

Republican leaders in North Carolina have proposed a new U.S. House district map that could thwart reelection prospects of a Democratic incumbent in the state's only swing seat

2:47 PM on Thursday, October 16

A federal judge has lifted travel restrictions for Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil, allowing him to speak at rallies across the U.S. as he fights a deportation case

2:17 PM on Thursday, October 16

Federal prosecutors have charged voting technology firm Smartmatic with money laundering and other crimes arising from more than $1 million in bribes several executives allegedly paid to election officials in the Philippines

1:41 PM on Thursday, October 16

Former Trump administration national security adviser John Bolton has been charged with storing top secret records at home and sharing with relatives notes that contained classified information

12:08 PM on Thursday, October 16

Panama President José Raúl Mulino says someone at the U.S. Embassy has been threatening to cancel the visas of Panamanian officials

11:08 AM on Thursday, October 16

U.S. officials have rejected a mining company’s bid for more than 6 million tons of coal beneath a national forest in Utah

10:34 AM on Thursday, October 16

Peru’s president refuses to resign after Gen Z protests turned violent overnight, prompting investigations by authorities into at least one civilian death

8:19 AM on Thursday, October 16

A judge says she will require federal immigration officers in the Chicago area to wear body cameras after the use of tear gas used against protesters

6:16 AM on Thursday, October 16

Former Trump administration national security adviser John Bolton has been charged in a federal investigation into the potential mishandling of classified information

6:00 AM on Thursday, October 16

Michelle Obama is set to promote her upcoming book on fashion, “The Look,” through a special podcast series

3:01 AM on Thursday, October 16

New York City mayoral candidates Zohran Mamdani, Andrew Cuomo and Curtis Sliwa are facing off in their first general election debate

9:05 PM on Tuesday, October 14

One of California’s worst oil spills occurred off the Santa Barbara coast in 2015, when a corroded pipeline burst