Politics & Government News

6:20 PM on Tuesday, April 28

Senate Republicans have rejected legislation from Democrats that would have required President Donald Trump to end the U.S. energy blockade on Cuba unless he receives approval from Congress

5:58 PM on Tuesday, April 28

A federal judge is questioning the decision to close Washington's Kennedy Center for renovations

5:32 PM on Tuesday, April 28

Pennsylvania's high court has ruled that spreadsheets of raw data from ballots are public records

3:51 PM on Tuesday, April 28

Israel's president has invited Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and government prosecutors to his residence to discuss a settlement in Netanyahu's ongoing corruption case

3:44 PM on Tuesday, April 28

The Justice Department is pressing for the dismissal of preservationists’ lawsuit over the planned $400 million White House ballroom after the shooting at Saturday’s media gala

2:15 PM on Tuesday, April 28

Former FBI Director James Comey has been indicted again, this time over a social media photo of seashells arranged on a beach that officials say constituted a threat against President Donald Trump

12:15 PM on Tuesday, April 28

12:04 PM on Tuesday, April 28

President Donald Trump has lifted a federal ban on mining near Minnesota's Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, clearing the way for a Chilean company eying the region's precious metals to begin applying for permits

10:40 AM on Tuesday, April 28

Lithuanian authorities say they have foiled an international plot to kill two activists

10:08 AM on Tuesday, April 28

A federal judge says fired prosecutor Maurene Comey's wrongful termination claims belong in court rather than in administrative proceedings despite the government's efforts to move it out of court

9:46 AM on Tuesday, April 28

Romania’s Social Democratic Party and the Alliance for the Unity of Romanians have submitted a no-confidence motion against Prime Minister Ilie Bolojan

9:05 AM on Tuesday, April 28

9:00 AM on Tuesday, April 28

Croatia and Bosnia have signed an agreement to build a gas pipeline aimed at reducing energy dependency on Russia

9:00 AM on Tuesday, April 28

7:23 AM on Tuesday, April 28

Officials say prominent journalist Andrzej Poczobut has been released from jail in Belarus in a swap with Poland that also saw a total of 10 people freed as the authoritarian leader of Belarus seeks improved relations with the West

6:13 AM on Tuesday, April 28

A German journalist missing in Syria for over three months is likely detained in a Damascus prison, according to her lawyer

5:41 AM on Tuesday, April 28

Ugandan authorities say they have detained dozens of foreigners in a crackdown on illegal migration that was likely linked to human traffickers and cyberscam operations

1:23 AM on Tuesday, April 28

Displaced people in a South Sudan village have been denied lifesaving aid by the government, according to eyewitnesses and aid groups

9:03 PM on Monday, April 27

President Donald Trump is withdrawing his nomination of a hospitality company executive to lead the National Park Service

6:13 PM on Monday, April 27

When the Supreme Court killed his favorite tariffs in February, President Donald Trump rolled out temporary import taxes to replace them