Politics & Government News

7:19 PM on Thursday, October 16

A Louisiana judge has tossed out a key permit for a liquefied natural gas facility that won approval from President Donald Trump’s administration

7:11 PM on Thursday, October 16

Two people arrested in a July shooting outside an immigration detention center in Texas are facing new charges that follow President Donald Trump’s order last month to designate a decentralized movement known as antifa as a domestic terrorist organization

6:41 PM on Thursday, October 16

President Donald Trump plans to leave his mark on the nation's capital by building a Paris-like arch at one of the entrances to the District of Columbia

6:28 PM on Thursday, October 16

The attorneys general of more than a dozen states on Thursday sued the Trump administration over the termination of $7 billion in funding intended for affordable solar energy projects across the U.S. The coalition argued in the lawsuit that the Environmental Protection Agency’s cancellation of the Solar for All program violated federal law governing federal agencies and constitutional doctrine on separation of powers

5:47 PM on Thursday, October 16

A federal judge has lifted travel restrictions for Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil, allowing him to speak at rallies across the U.S. as he fights a deportation case

5:39 PM on Thursday, October 16

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is suing the Trump administration for imposing a $100,00 annual fee for new H-1B visa applications, claiming the fee is unlawful and would significantly harm U.S. businesses

5:17 PM on Thursday, October 16

Federal prosecutors have charged voting technology firm Smartmatic with money laundering and other crimes arising from more than $1 million in bribes several executives allegedly paid to election officials in the Philippines

5:15 PM on Thursday, October 16

5:11 PM on Thursday, October 16

US prosecutors charge Smartmatic with alleged money laundering over bribes paid to Philippines election officials

4:50 PM on Thursday, October 16

Republican Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry has announced that he is calling lawmakers back to the Capitol to consider changes to next year’s election schedule, plans and code

4:21 PM on Thursday, October 16

Drugmaker EMD Serono has agreed to lower the cost of a common fertility medication through a deal with the Trump administration

3:08 PM on Thursday, October 16

Panama President José Raúl Mulino says someone at the U.S. Embassy has been threatening to cancel the visas of Panamanian officials

2:08 PM on Thursday, October 16

U.S. officials have rejected a mining company’s bid for more than 6 million tons of coal beneath a national forest in Utah

2:04 PM on Thursday, October 16

Two Georgia voter turnout groups credited with boosting Democratic efforts in the state have announced their closure

1:43 PM on Thursday, October 16

President Donald Trump is warning Hamas that “we will have no choice but to go in and kill them” if internal bloodshed persists in Gaza

11:19 AM on Thursday, October 16

A judge says she will require federal immigration officers in the Chicago area to wear body cameras after the use of tear gas used against protesters

9:00 AM on Thursday, October 16

Michelle Obama is set to promote her upcoming book on fashion, “The Look,” through a special podcast series

12:10 AM on Thursday, October 16

Senate Democrats are rejecting for the 10th time a stopgap spending bill that would reopen the government

12:02 AM on Thursday, October 16

President Donald Trump has announced plans to meet with Russia's Vladimir Putin to discuss ending the war in Ukraine

12:05 AM on Wednesday, October 15

One of California’s worst oil spills occurred off the Santa Barbara coast in 2015, when a corroded pipeline burst