Politics & Government News

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A Republican-led initiative to repeal Utah's voter-approved anti-gerrymandering standards has failed to make the November ballot

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The Justice Department has sued the company behind SeaWorld and Busch Gardens, saying its ban on seated wheeled walkers breaks disability rights law

12:35 PM on Thursday, March 26

The Trump administration has opened investigations into how race is considered in admissions at three medical schools, ratcheting up its pressure campaign against colleges and universities

12:05 PM on Thursday, March 26

Airport security video shows another way federal agents are taking immigrants to detention centers

12:04 PM on Thursday, March 26

President Donald Trump turned an otherwise serious Cabinet meeting into a long Sharpie story, arguing that it shows how he saves government money

11:49 AM on Thursday, March 26

Slovenia’s government says its intelligence service has confirmed foreign influence around the country’s parliamentary election

11:45 AM on Thursday, March 26

The Trump administration is seeking an exemption from the Endangered Species Act for expanded oil and gas drilling in the Gulf of Mexico, citing national security as it wages war on Iran

11:41 AM on Thursday, March 26

An appeals court has paused lower court rulings in Oregon that restricted federal officers' use of tear gas during protests at the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement building in Portland

11:25 AM on Thursday, March 26

Italy's culture minister says he plans to increases purchases of major artworks, as the ministry unveiled a newly bought Antonello da Messina painting in the Senate

10:38 AM on Thursday, March 26

The U.N. General Assembly’s resolution declaring the trafficking of enslaved Africans “the gravest crime against humanity” and calling for reparations is being welcomed across Africa

9:42 AM on Thursday, March 26

Sergei Loznitsa’s “Two Prosecutors” is a nightmare of government corruption so perfectly composed that, by the time it reaches its chilling conclusion, you feel nearly as entrapped as its young protagonist, writes AP Film Writer Jake Coyle in his review

6:13 AM on Thursday, March 26

The chief executive of Air Canada is apologizing for not being able to express himself adequately in French in a video message of condolence he released after the deadly plane crash in New York on Sunday

5:29 AM on Thursday, March 26

The Kennedy Center says Bill Maher will win the prestigious Mark Twain humor prize

4:30 AM on Thursday, March 26

EU regulators are investigating Snapchat over fears it's not doing enough to protect children from online harm

9:45 PM on Wednesday, March 25

An appeals court has ruled that the U.S. can continue to detain immigrants without bond

9:03 PM on Wednesday, March 25

Idaho lawmakers are considering a bill that would make it a crime for transgender people to use bathrooms matching their gender identity, even in private businesses

9:01 PM on Wednesday, March 25

California Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed a bill to rename César Chavez Day to Farmworkers Day following sexual abuse allegations against the Latino labor icon

9:01 PM on Wednesday, March 25

A U.S. judge has pressed the Trump administration about its basis for barring Venezuela’s government from paying former President Nicolás Maduro’s legal fees in his drug trafficking case