Politics & Government News

7:11 PM on Wednesday, April 29

A grand jury indicted Orleans Parish Sheriff Susan Hutson on 30 felony counts Wednesday following a state probe into one of the largest jailbreaks in the nation’s history that occurred under her watch last year

7:10 PM on Wednesday, April 29

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6:48 PM on Wednesday, April 29

A senior government official says that Canada has been selected as the headquarters for a new, financial institution led by NATO and designed to reduce borrowing costs for members of the alliance

6:23 PM on Wednesday, April 29

Several states already are taking steps to respond to a U.S. Supreme Court decision striking down a majority Black congressional district in Louisiana

6:13 PM on Wednesday, April 29

Cultural and historic preservation groups are urging a federal judge to block President Donald Trump from renovating the Kennedy Center

6:07 PM on Wednesday, April 29

Minnesota has been dealing with overlapping fraud investigations involving potentially billions of dollars in wasted federal funds

4:53 PM on Wednesday, April 29

Justice Department officials are moving to roll back and modify a slate of gun regulations in a dramatic shift in firearm policy pushed by Second Amendment supporters in President Donald Trump’s base

4:37 PM on Wednesday, April 29

Pro-Russian activist Kémi Séba, who is accused of backing a failed coup in Benin, is due in court in South Africa on Wednesday after being arrested alongside his son

3:45 PM on Wednesday, April 29

Louisiana’s highest court could soon decide whether the Orleans Parish Sheriff’s Office’s longstanding immigration policy will be allowed to stand

3:45 PM on Wednesday, April 29

President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump hosted a white-tie dinner at the White House with King Charles III and Queen Camilla

3:13 PM on Wednesday, April 29

Federal environmental regulators and water quality advocates want Wyoming to change its policy on who can submit water samples for pollution assessments

3:12 PM on Wednesday, April 29

Republicans have scored another victory in the nationwide redistricting battle

1:23 PM on Wednesday, April 29

12:09 PM on Wednesday, April 29

Former FBI Director James Comey has appeared briefly in court, kick-starting a criminal case against him that legal experts say presents significant hurdles for the prosecution and will likely be a challenge for the Justice Department to win

10:47 AM on Wednesday, April 29

The Supreme Court has weakened a key tool of the Voting Rights Act that has helped combat racial discrimination in voting for over 50 years

10:27 AM on Wednesday, April 29

The man charged with trying to storm the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner and kill President Donald Trump took a picture of himself in his hotel room just minutes earlier, outfitted with an ammunition bag, a shoulder gun holster and a sheathed knife

7:41 AM on Wednesday, April 29

The head of the Environmental Protection Agency is back on Capitol Hill defending the administration's plan to cut in half the EPA's budget

6:47 AM on Wednesday, April 29

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth faced nearly six hours of questioning Wednesday from House lawmakers for the first time since President Donald Trump’s administration launched the war against Iran

6:20 AM on Wednesday, April 29

The head of the U.N. nuclear agency says the majority of Iran’s highly enriched uranium is still believed to be at its Isfahan nuclear complex

12:18 AM on Wednesday, April 29

The Supreme Court has heard arguments in a case about the Trump administration’s push to end legal protections for migrants fleeing war and natural disaster