Politics & Government News

3:23 PM on Wednesday, October 29

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has approved energy company Enbridge's plan to encase a segment of an aging oil pipeline beneath a Great Lakes channel

3:10 PM on Wednesday, October 29

The United States will share closely held technology to allow South Korea to build a nuclear-powered submarine

3:03 PM on Wednesday, October 29

A handful of states rolled out plans to use their own funds to provide benefits as the SNAP federal food aid program runs dry

2:41 PM on Wednesday, October 29

The Senate is voting on legislation that would nullify U.S. tariffs on Canada

2:39 PM on Wednesday, October 29

Colorado officials say the relocation of U.S. Space Command to Alabama was illegally motivated by President Donald Trump’s desire to punish Colorado for allowing mail-in voting

2:18 PM on Wednesday, October 29

Italy’s Court of Auditors has rejected a government plan to build a massive bridge connecting Sicily to the mainland

2:07 PM on Wednesday, October 29

A pair of court rulings declaring some of Florida’s gun restrictions unconstitutional are creating some confusion in the notoriously firearm friendly state

2:01 PM on Wednesday, October 29

President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping are meeting face-to-face today in South Korea

1:57 PM on Wednesday, October 29

1:10 PM on Wednesday, October 29

Food aid for more than 40 million Americans is at risk of expiring at week's end

12:23 PM on Wednesday, October 29

Ontario Premier Doug Ford has called on Pete Hoekstra, the U.S. ambassador to Canada, to apologize to Ontario’s representative in Washington

11:26 AM on Wednesday, October 29

A national battle over redistricting is advancing in more states

11:24 AM on Wednesday, October 29

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11:19 AM on Wednesday, October 29

A Democratic congressional candidate in Illinois has been accused of blocking a federal agent's vehicle during September protests outside a federal immigration building near Chicago

10:02 AM on Wednesday, October 29

A federal appeals court has blocked an order that required a senior Border Patrol official to brief a judge on Chicago immigration sweeps

6:24 AM on Wednesday, October 29

The National Hurricane Center in Miami says Melissa has begun affecting the southeastern Bahamas

10:29 PM on Tuesday, October 28

Hurricane Melissa has left a trail of destruction across Cuba, Haiti and Jamaica

9:20 PM on Tuesday, October 28

An exit poll published immediately after voting ended Wednesday in the Netherlands’ general election suggested the result is too close to call, with the center-left D66 narrowly ahead of the far-right party of anti-Islam lawmaker Geert Wilders

5:18 PM on Tuesday, October 28

The United States and South Korea have advanced trade talks after negotiations and ceremonies that included the presentation of a gold medal and crown to President Donald Trump

12:56 PM on Monday, October 27

President Donald Trump has called for Republican states to redraw their U.S. House districts ahead of next year's elections