Politics & Government News

11:45 PM on Friday, August 28

9:41 PM on Friday, August 28

Former Ecuadorian President Lenín Moreno has been sentenced to prison for accepting bribes from the Chinese company Sinohydro

9:39 PM on Friday, August 28

A former White House teleprompter operator accused of using inside knowledge to make bets on the prediction market Kalshi has been ordered to turn over more than $100,000 in profits and pay a $65,000 penalty as part of a federal settlement

8:29 PM on Friday, August 28

The United States Southern Command says that Colombian security forces captured a suspected senior leader of the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua

7:10 PM on Friday, August 28

The leader of the Seneca Nation in upstate New York is criticizing President Donald Trump’s decision to rename Lake Ontario as “Lake America,” saying it violates a more than 225-year-old treaty and shows a “blatant disrespect” for the Indigenous people who gave it its name in the first place

7:04 PM on Friday, August 28

President Donald Trump says his administration has entered a sweeping agreement with Venezuela that, if realized, could give the U.S. access to vast amounts of the South American country’s untapped oil reserves, at cost

6:27 PM on Friday, August 28

President Donald Trump says he will mark the 25th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks at the Pentagon

6:05 PM on Friday, August 28

The federal government has agreed to extend the pause on border construction in Big Bend National Park until mid-September

4:57 PM on Friday, August 28

The Commonwealth of Virginia is removing three Confederate memorials from a public park and civic campus in Richmond

4:41 PM on Friday, August 28

American diplomats and at least some of their family members are beginning to return to U.S. embassies in the Middle East

4:23 PM on Friday, August 28

A new National Park Service report backs President Donald Trump’s proposed arch, despite what it says are adverse effects on a host of Washington’s iconic landmarks, including the Washington Monument and Lincoln and Jefferson memorials

3:41 PM on Friday, August 28

The Trump administration is appealing a judge’s decision that blocked an executive order limiting mail voting before the midterm elections

3:41 PM on Friday, August 28

Brazil's top presidential candidates, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and Flávio Bolsonaro, are using free TV and radio ads to sway voters

3:26 PM on Friday, August 28

Wyoming's attorney general is investigating how two U.S. Department of Justice officials questioned poll workers in the state during its Aug. 18 primary

1:58 PM on Friday, August 28

Two reports investigating the forcible contraception of thousands of Indigenous women and girls in Greenland by Danish health authorities for decades were split over whether the practice constituted genocide

1:00 PM on Friday, August 28

A federal judge has again blocked President Donald Trump’s bid to erase his hush money conviction in New York

8:45 AM on Friday, August 28

President Donald Trump on Friday said the U.S. has entered an agreement with Venezuela to take control of 65 billion barrels of the South American country’s oil reserves

12:02 AM on Friday, August 28

Hundreds of protesters have rallied on the National Mall for a march in support of voting rights and racial justice ahead of the midterm election

2:47 PM on Thursday, August 27

U.S. officials report about 90 U.S. citizens remain unaccounted for after catastrophic flash floods hit a border area of China and Nepal

11:06 AM on Monday, August 10