Politics & Government News

8:13 PM on Wednesday, June 3

President Donald Trump says he will nominate Todd Blanche to serve as attorney general, tapping his former personal attorney who has aggressively pursued the Republican president’s agenda while leading the Justice Department in an acting role

6:03 PM on Wednesday, June 3

A lawsuit is challenging the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act, which provides land to Native Hawaiians with at least 50% Hawaiian blood quantum

5:14 PM on Wednesday, June 3

Dozens of anti-immigration enforcement protesters who face federal criminal charges after they interrupted a Minnesota church service in January, accompanied by former CNN journalist Don Lemon, will not additionally face state charges

4:17 PM on Wednesday, June 3

An impasse between factions of senators in the Philippines that shut the Senate for two days has ended after one side gained a quorum and the chamber was able to reopen

3:52 PM on Wednesday, June 3

Canada's culture minister says the government has directed its television and communications regulator to back down from a recent decision to triple financial contributions required from U.S. streaming services such as Netflix for Canadian content

3:52 PM on Wednesday, June 3

The Trump administration has given a man convicted in the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol a job in the Pentagon’s policy office

3:25 PM on Wednesday, June 3

Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin says Immigration and Customs Enforcement will increase training for new officers

3:14 PM on Wednesday, June 3

Republican Steve Hilton is running for California governor on a message that the state is bursting with potential but has lost its way

2:54 PM on Wednesday, June 3

NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell will not testify before Congress next week about the league’s broadcast deals and its recent practice of airing games on paywalled streaming services

2:38 PM on Wednesday, June 3

Thousands of students, teachers and activists have clashed with police in Chile's capital during a massive march against President José Antonio Kast’s education cuts and austerity measures

1:18 PM on Wednesday, June 3

Michael Stansfield never expected to be a major player in California politics when he threw his hat into a congressional race as a Republican agitating for peace in the Middle East

12:55 PM on Wednesday, June 3

The top federal prosecutor in Chicago is defending his appearance before a grand jury last year when it returned an indictment against critics of the Trump administration’s immigration sweeps

12:43 PM on Wednesday, June 3

The House for the first time has approved a war powers resolution that would halt the U.S. military action against Iran

12:19 PM on Wednesday, June 3

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is refusing to say whether President Donald Trump and his family will still receive immunity from IRS audits after the administration abandoned plans for a $1.776 billion compensation fund

12:17 PM on Wednesday, June 3

Polymarket is ending its paid relationship with George Santos as federal regulators investigate him for possible insider trading

11:33 AM on Wednesday, June 3

The Republican-led Senate is moving forward with legislation to fund immigration enforcement agencies after forcing the White House to drop its settlement fund for political allies and stripping a separate proposal for White House security from the bill

11:27 AM on Wednesday, June 3

The killing this month of a 14-year-old girl in central Argentina has shocked the country, triggering a groundswell of outrage and growing demands for government action against gender-based violence

5:39 AM on Wednesday, June 3

The House approved a war powers resolution that would halt the U.S. military action against Iran, defying President Donald Trump as a handful of Republicans joined with Democrats to seek to end the war

2:57 AM on Wednesday, June 3

President Donald Trump acknowledged criticizing Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as “crazy” in a phone call that involved expletives

4:15 PM on Tuesday, June 2

South Korea’s ruling liberal party has won a majority of races in local elections but lost the crucial Seoul mayoral contest