Politics & Government News

12:17 PM on Friday, September 18

A federal judge in Rhode Island has ruled that the Trump administration illegally terminated a $7 billion Solar for All program intended to make solar power accessible to more than 900,000 lower-income Americans

10:27 AM on Friday, September 18

Four Pennsylvanians with intellectual and developmental disabilities have filed a class action lawsuit against new caregiver and travel rules in Pennsylvania’s Medicaid program

10:19 AM on Friday, September 18

The Pentagon has rolled out formal guidance for mandatory testosterone testing for male service members 30 and older

10:15 AM on Friday, September 18

United States ambassador to NATO has criticized the Czech Republic for not spending enough on defense

9:17 AM on Friday, September 18

A federal judge who blocked the creation of a $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization fund” for compensating President Donald Trump’s political allies isn't swayed by a government attorney’s assurances that the concept is abandoned

7:35 AM on Friday, September 18

French President Emmanuel Macron has asked his government to prepare a plan to protect critical infrastructure against drone and cyberattacks

6:49 AM on Friday, September 18

Russia’s Foreign Ministry says that it has sent a note to Japan over its hosting of U.S. medium-range missile systems

5:38 AM on Friday, September 18

5:37 AM on Friday, September 18

Romania’s Prime Minister-designate Siegfried Muresan says he will try to form a government with three political parties despite lacking a parliamentary majority

5:20 AM on Friday, September 18

Taiwan’s president has overseen military drills featuring missiles and drones on Friday, ahead of a planned summit next week between the U.S. and Chinese leaders in which the fate of the self-ruled island will be discussed

5:11 AM on Friday, September 18

Naturally, Republicans running for Congress should campaign on President Donald Trump’s promise to pay adult Americans $5,000 if the GOP wins the midterm elections

5:08 AM on Friday, September 18

A federal immigration officer is pleading not guilty to federal charges that he lied to the FBI about being attacked before he shot and wounded a Venezuelan man during the immigration crackdown in Minneapolis

4:26 AM on Friday, September 18

Attorney General Todd Blanche is blurring traditional boundaries between politics and federal law enforcement with speeches at political events that depart from longstanding norms meant to protect the Justice Department from the appearance of partisan bias

4:02 AM on Friday, September 18

Vice President JD Vance has defended the Trump administration's policies and Iowa GOP candidates, calling Democrats the party of "lunatics."

2:58 AM on Friday, September 18

Police in central Nigeria have fired tear gas at crowds protesting the deaths of 37 miners in custody on illegal mining charges

2:41 AM on Friday, September 18

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has proposed making Canada the first "associate member" of the European Union

7:41 PM on Thursday, September 17

Indonesia is welcoming its first aircraft carrier, the former Italian Navy vessel ITS Giuseppe Garibaldi, marking a major step in President Prabowo Subianto’s military modernization drive

6:27 PM on Thursday, September 17

The United Nations’ top official acknowledges the world is deeply divided and the U.N.’s most powerful body is paralyzed when it comes to ending conflicts

9:03 PM on Wednesday, September 16

Voting has begun in Russia’s parliamentary election with the main Kremlin party poised to retain its overwhelming grip on the lower house

11:09 AM on Monday, August 31