Politics & Government News

4:20 PM on Thursday, April 23

President Donald Trump is having the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool coated in a swimming pool surface hued in “American flag blue,” covering a decades-old granite surface that he said was “leaking like a sieve” and would take years to replace

3:54 PM on Thursday, April 23

President Donald Trump, known for popularizing the term "fake news," seems to have shifted focus to a healthy dose of fake math in defending impossibly large cuts to prescription drug prices

3:37 PM on Thursday, April 23

The Trump administration is vowing to crack down on foreign tech companies’ exploitation of U.S. artificial intelligence models, singling out China at a time that country is narrowing the gap with the U.S. in the AI race

3:12 PM on Thursday, April 23

A U.S. soldier involved in the military operation to capture Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has been charged with using classified information about the mission to win more than $400,000 in an online betting market

3:11 PM on Thursday, April 23

Federal prosecutors have charged Edwin Brant Frost IV with wire fraud for allegedly running a $156 million Ponzi scheme

2:50 PM on Thursday, April 23

The new U.N.-backed international force charged with combating Haiti’s violent gangs has received more pledges than the 5,500 military and police it is seeking, and Chadian troops have already deployed in the capital, Port-au-Prince

2:40 PM on Thursday, April 23

President Donald Trump's “gold card” visa program, which allows foreigners to live and work in the U.S. for at least $1 million, has approved just one person since December, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick announced this Thursday

2:20 PM on Thursday, April 23

Amnesty International and U.S. civil rights groups have issued a “World Cup travel advisory," warning visitors about “rising authoritarianism and increasing violence" in the U.S. under President Donald Trump's immigration policies

1:40 PM on Thursday, April 23

California lawmakers have advanced a bill to change a law that lets the DMV collect millions from auctioned cars without notifying owners

1:39 PM on Thursday, April 23

A Republican congressman has introduced legislation that would expand the borders of Washington, D.C., and cost Virginia Democratic voters

1:23 PM on Thursday, April 23

President Donald Trump says he is weighing a taxpayer takeover of Spirit Airlines and would aim to resell the troubled carrier after oil prices drop

12:36 PM on Thursday, April 23

Havana won't abide by any American “ultimatums” to release political prisoners as part of new talks

12:03 PM on Thursday, April 23

A federal judge has ordered the release from immigration custody of the family of a man charged in a fatal firebomb attack in Boulder, Colorado, last year

10:09 AM on Thursday, April 23

President Donald Trump has announced a deal with Regeneron to lower the cost of its pharmaceutical products

9:24 AM on Thursday, April 23

The Department of Justice’s internal watchdog is reviewing the department’s compliance with the law mandating the release of the Jeffrey Epstein files

9:23 AM on Thursday, April 23

For the first time as president, Donald Trump is planning to attend the annual White House Correspondents' Association dinner in Washington this weekend

4:54 AM on Thursday, April 23

U.S. President Donald Trump says he has ordered the U.S. military to “shoot and kill” small Iranian boats that deploy mines to choke traffic through the Strait of Hormuz

1:41 AM on Thursday, April 23

President Donald Trump says Israel and Lebanon have agreed to extend a ceasefire between Israel and the Hezbollah militant group by three weeks after talks at the White House

11:31 PM on Wednesday, April 22

U.S. President Donald Trump has ordered the U.S. military to “shoot and kill” Iranian small boats choking the Strait of Hormuz

9:08 PM on Wednesday, April 22

Millions more Americans might qualify for dual Canadian citizenship under a recent change to Canada’s requirements that has led to a surge in applications from its southern neighbor