Politics & Government News

2:05 PM on Saturday, May 2

Federal prosecutors in New Jersey have charged four residents with illegally casting votes in an election

1:12 PM on Saturday, May 2

Spain’s Foreign Minister José Manuel Albares has demanded the immediate release of a Spanish-Swedish activist detained by Israel after an aid flotilla bound for Gaza was intercepted in international waters

10:37 AM on Saturday, May 2

Two members of Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum’s party in Sinaloa state have temporarily stepped down after the U.S. charged them with drug trafficking

10:34 AM on Saturday, May 2

A generation of Black Americans across the South fought in courtrooms and in the streets during the Civil Rights Movement to dismantle barriers to voting

10:33 AM on Saturday, May 2

President Donald Trump said the U.S. is going to significantly reduce its troop presence in Germany, escalating a dispute with Germany’s leader Friedrich Merz as he seeks to scale back America’s commitment to European security

10:00 AM on Saturday, May 2

The U.S.-based organizers of an international human rights conference say they have canceled next week's summit in the African nation of Zambia after pressure from China to exclude activists from Taiwan

8:15 AM on Saturday, May 2

President Donald Trump has taken a shine to the government taking stakes in the private sector

7:51 AM on Saturday, May 2

Democrat Amy Acton is running unopposed in her party’s primary for Ohio governor, but she'll face some steep challenges in the November general election

3:05 AM on Saturday, May 2

President Donald Trump says he is reviewing a new Iranian proposal to end the war but expressed skepticism it would be acceptable

12:04 AM on Saturday, May 2

Federal judges around the country have raised alarms in recent months about the Trump administration’s failure to follow their orders in individual immigration cases

12:02 AM on Saturday, May 2

The Trump administration has been found in violation of court rulings in an extraordinary number of lawsuits on a broad set of issues

10:49 PM on Friday, May 1

The Federal Emergency Management Agency has begun offering new appointments to disaster workers whose contracts were not renewed in January

9:25 PM on Friday, May 1

The longtime president of Bard College in New York has announced his retirement, months after it was revealed that he had a much deeper relationship than was previously known with disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein

8:45 PM on Friday, May 1

The U.S. Air Force has completed modifications to a Boeing 747 jet donated by Qatar for temporary use as Air Force One

7:12 PM on Friday, May 1

President Donald Trump has endorsed Kentucky congressman Andy Barr in the Republican primary for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by retiring Sen. Mitch McConnell

6:30 PM on Friday, May 1

The Pentagon says the United States will withdraw about 5,000 troops from Germany in the next six to 12 months

4:41 PM on Friday, May 1

A state public prosecutor alleges that some Malian military officers have been working with jihadis and separatists who recently launched their biggest round of attacks in over a decade

1:17 PM on Friday, May 1

A Supreme Court decision striking down a majority Black congressional district in Louisiana has amplified an already intense national redistricting battle

12:52 PM on Friday, May 1

President Donald Trump says his administration is still weighing a taxpayer-funded takeover of Spirit Airlines “but only if it's a good deal” for the government

11:32 AM on Monday, April 13