Politics & Government News

12:09 AM on Tuesday, June 30

Tom Kean Jr., the New Jersey Republican who’s been away from Congress for almost four months with an unspecified medical condition, is set to re-emerge on Tuesday

12:03 AM on Tuesday, June 30

President Donald Trump has tried many ways to tighten his grip on U.S. elections, from signing executive orders to pushing restrictive legislation in Congress

12:03 AM on Tuesday, June 30

Colorado's Democratic primaries reflect a debate over the party's future

12:02 AM on Tuesday, June 30

Jon Meacham is among many historians reflecting on the complex legacy of Thomas Jefferson

11:20 PM on Monday, June 29

Newsom has signed a nearly $352 billion spending plan

9:29 PM on Monday, June 29

A blast from an explosive device has seriously injured three people at a residential building in Monaco

8:05 PM on Monday, June 29

Charlie Kirk’s parents and his widow are expected to attend a key hearing in his murder case

7:46 PM on Monday, June 29

President Donald Trump says he will nominate Keith Sonderling as secretary of labor

6:45 PM on Monday, June 29

Students pursuing graduate degrees in nursing, physical therapy and several other fields will be eligible for higher student loan limits after a federal judge blocked part of a Trump administration rule that held them to lower caps

6:38 PM on Monday, June 29

The Alaska Supreme Court has ruled that a man with the same name and party affiliation as Alaska Republican U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan is eligible for the state’s August primary and ordered state officials to place him on the ballot

6:29 PM on Monday, June 29

Arkansas is moving forward with a ban on allowing government food aid to be used for candy and soda

6:03 PM on Monday, June 29

Colorado voters won't get to decide this November on whether to change the state's congressional districts to favor Democrats

5:48 PM on Monday, June 29

A self-exiled billionaire Chinese business tycoon has been sentenced to 30 years in prison for his fraud conviction

5:42 PM on Monday, June 29

Recreational marijuana sales are set to begin next year in Virginia

3:32 PM on Monday, June 29

New Mexico's governor says the state could seek billions in civil damages after DEA agents allowed fentanyl shipments into communities

3:14 PM on Monday, June 29

Election officials in states that allow mail ballots to be counted after Election Day say they are relieved that the U.S. Supreme Court has rejected an effort to outlaw the practice

3:07 PM on Monday, June 29

The 60-day clock is ticking on further talks between the United States and Iran on the interim deal they signed earlier this month, but it's not clear when their negotiators will meet again

10:24 AM on Monday, June 29

The Supreme Court says Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook can remain in her job for now, a rebuke to President Donald Trump’s bid to wrest control of the nation’s central bank

4:21 AM on Monday, June 29

The United States and Iran have separately announced they are sending delegations to Qatar this week, though Tehran insists it has not agreed to meet with the U_S_ “at any level.”

12:36 AM on Monday, June 29

Chinese dissident Dong Guangping has finally reached Canada after a perilous escape from China