Politics & Government News

9:01 PM on Thursday, April 2

After Pam Bondi became U.S. attorney general last year, conservative influencers, online sleuths and others who wanted the government to disclose all it knew about Jeffrey Epstein thought they might have a champion in the Department of Justice

9:01 PM on Thursday, April 2

The White House is scheduled to release President Donald Trump’s 2027 budget Friday

6:31 PM on Thursday, April 2

The Cuban government says it will release 2,010 prisoners in a move that comes while the Trump administration puts extreme pressure on the island’s government with a suffocating oil blockade

6:19 PM on Thursday, April 2

5:59 PM on Thursday, April 2

Bahrain has significantly watered down a proposed U.N. resolution on reopening the Strait of Hormuz

5:02 PM on Thursday, April 2

Before picking Todd Blanche to help lead and now run the Justice Department, President Donald Trump was his client

4:35 PM on Thursday, April 2

The federal government is suing Connecticut, Arizona and Illinois, challenging their efforts to regulate prediction market operators such as Kalshi and Polymarket

4:32 PM on Thursday, April 2

Federal officials have arrested eight people they say were involved in various health care fraud schemes totaling $50 million in and around Los Angeles

3:30 PM on Thursday, April 2

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has accused China of “bullying” by detaining or holding up dozens of Panama-flagged ships

2:29 PM on Thursday, April 2

The president of the 165,000-student University of Wisconsin system is fighting attempts by the board of regents to force him to retire or face being fired

2:25 PM on Thursday, April 2

The North Carolina Supreme Court has thrown out longtime litigation over education funding in the state

2:12 PM on Thursday, April 2

The president of Wisconsin’s largest mosque was detained by federal immigration agents, drawing accusations from local officials and religious leaders that the arrest was motivated by his statements against Israel

1:52 PM on Thursday, April 2

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ousted the Army’s top uniformed officer and two other generals as the U.S. wages a war against Iran

1:08 PM on Thursday, April 2

11:42 AM on Thursday, April 2

A drone maker backed by President Donald Trump’s two oldest sons is trying to win contracts with Gulf countries under threat by Iran and protected by the U.S. military led by their father

10:18 AM on Thursday, April 2

The president of the multicampus Universities of Wisconsin has said in letters obtained by The Associated Press that he has been told to resign or he will be fired

8:27 AM on Thursday, April 2

President Donald Trump says Pam Bondi is out as his attorney general

8:08 AM on Thursday, April 2

A Colorado appeals court has ruled that a former county clerk convicted in a scheme that attempted to find proof of fraud in the 2020 presidential election should be resentenced

4:09 AM on Thursday, April 2

President Donald Trump's new White House ballroom has gotten final approval from a key commission

12:44 AM on Thursday, April 2

There has been little sign Friday of the war in the Mideast winding down as Israel says it faced incoming fire from Iran, and Kuwait and Bahrain also reported being under attack