Politics & Government News

1:51 PM on Wednesday, September 17

A San Francisco supervisor has been recalled after he successfully pushed to turn part of a coastal highway into a car-free park

1:36 PM on Wednesday, September 17

A United Nations armored personnel carrier in the Central African Republic has crashed into a river outside the capital, killing five U.N. police officers

1:22 PM on Wednesday, September 17

The Minnesota House is set to return to full strength with a power-sharing agreement after a special election filled a vacant seat

12:41 PM on Wednesday, September 17

The National Academy of Sciences says evidence supporting a 2009 U.S. government finding that climate change threatens public health is “beyond scientific dispute” and that evidence supporting that finding has only grown stronger

12:32 PM on Wednesday, September 17

Jaden Smith has been hired as men's creative director by Christian Louboutin and is moving to Paris

12:24 PM on Wednesday, September 17

An Army veteran who set fire to an American flag near the White House to protest President Donald Trump’s recent executive order on flag burning has pleaded not guilty to federal criminal charges

11:44 AM on Wednesday, September 17

A proposed Caesars Palace casino in Times Square that’s backed by Jay-Z has lost its bid for a lucrative New York City-area gambling license amid fierce opposition from the Broadway theater industry

10:40 AM on Wednesday, September 17

10:07 AM on Wednesday, September 17

Fired Centers for Disease Control and Prevention chief Susan Monarez is warning senators America’s public health system is headed to a “dangerous place” under Health Secretary Robert F

9:07 AM on Wednesday, September 17

Beyond U.S. President Donald Trump's royal reception at Windsor Castle, there were many people not so enthusiastic about his visit

8:19 AM on Wednesday, September 17

8:06 AM on Wednesday, September 17

The European Union has announced its toughest plan yet to pressure Israel to end the war in Gaza

7:42 AM on Wednesday, September 17

The U.N. refugee agency says that governments around the world are increasingly undermining the global convention on refugees and asylum-seekers even threatening its very existence

7:37 AM on Wednesday, September 17

European officials have warned Iran that it needs to take specific actions to avoid the return of United Nations sanctions over its nuclear program

7:04 AM on Wednesday, September 17

A Democratic state lawmaker who is promising to be a “wild card” is joining Wisconsin’s open race for governor

5:38 AM on Wednesday, September 17

President Donald Trump is a two-day state visit to the United Kingdom aimed at showing the trans-Atlantic bond remains strong despite differences over Ukraine, the Middle East and the future of the Western alliance

1:22 AM on Wednesday, September 17

Utah Valley University students are returning to classes Wednesday for the first time since an assassin struck down conservative activist Charlie Kirk in an attack that stunned the nation

12:06 AM on Wednesday, September 17

President Donald Trump is relishing the glow of a British royal spectacle during his state visit

6:56 PM on Tuesday, September 16

University of California faculty, staff and student organizations and labor unions have filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration, saying the federal government is using civil rights laws to wage a campaign against the university to curtail academic freedom and undermine free speech

12:03 AM on Sunday, September 14

Authorities in Utah have shared information indicating the 22-year-old suspect in the fatal shooting of conservative activist Charlie Kirk did a fair amount of planning ahead of time