Politics & Government News

8:46 PM on Tuesday, September 9

A federal judge has blocked the Trump administration’s attempt to subpoena medical records from a prominent children’s hospital about transgender patients and gender-affirming medical treatment

8:35 PM on Tuesday, September 9

Josh Kraft, son of Patriots owner, advances in Boston mayor's race and will face incumbent Michelle Wu in November

8:18 PM on Tuesday, September 9

Boston Mayor Michelle Wu, a target of the Trump administration, advances in preliminary election in bid for second term

7:36 PM on Tuesday, September 9

Democrat James Walkinshaw wins special election to U.S. House in Virginia's 11th Congressional District

7:02 PM on Tuesday, September 9

A judge says a Detroit-area city known for welcoming immigrants did not violate the Constitution by banning LGBTQ+ flags from publicly owned flagpoles

5:05 PM on Tuesday, September 9

Chief Justice John Roberts is temporarily keeping in place the Trump administration’s decision to freeze nearly $5 billion in foreign aid

5:03 PM on Tuesday, September 9

4:50 PM on Tuesday, September 9

Former CVS Health executive Helena Foulkes has announced her second campaign for Rhode Island governor, challenging incumbent Gov. Dan McKee in the Democratic primary

4:34 PM on Tuesday, September 9

An Israeli-Russian doctoral student from Princeton University who was kidnapped in Iraq has been released

4:33 PM on Tuesday, September 9

The Supreme Court is granting an unusually quick hearing on whether President Donald Trump has the power under federal law to impose sweeping tariffs

2:42 PM on Tuesday, September 9

U.S. Steel will stop processing steel slabs at its Granite City Works plant in Illinois, three months after Nippon Steel sealed a deal with President Donald Trump to buy the iconic American steelmaker

2:36 PM on Tuesday, September 9

Iran and the International Atomic Energy Agency have signed an agreement in Cairo to open the way for resuming cooperation, including on ways of resuming inspections of Iran’s nuclear facilities

2:26 PM on Tuesday, September 9

The Trump administration is urging public health agencies to prioritize investigations of vaccine injuries, prescription drug use and autism's causes

2:00 PM on Tuesday, September 9

French President Emmanuel Macron has appointed Defense Minister Sébastien Lecornu as France’s new prime minister

12:18 PM on Tuesday, September 9

Jury selection is underway for the trial of a man accused of trying to assassinate Donald Trump while he played golf in South Florida last year

12:01 PM on Tuesday, September 9

More than 350 Greenlandic Indigenous women and girls, including some 12 years old and younger, were forcibly given contraception by Danish health authorities in cases that date to the 1960s

10:40 AM on Tuesday, September 9

Israel launched a strike targeting Hamas' leadership in Qatar's capital city, widening its campaign against the militant group

8:23 AM on Tuesday, September 9

Ethiopia has inaugurated Africa’s largest hydroelectric dam to produce more than 5,000 megawatts and boost the electric vehicle industry in a country that has banned the importation of gasoline-powered vehicles

11:48 PM on Monday, September 8

Democrat James Walkinshaw has won the special election to be Virginia’s next U.S. House representative

1:25 PM on Monday, September 8

Researchers say they have confirmed the presence of an invasive species of tick in Maine for the first time, marking the farthest northeast in the U.S. where the pest has been discovered