Politics & Government News

2:43 PM on Wednesday, June 24

A sprawling legislative package aimed at lowering the cost of housing and spurring more home construction won broad bipartisan approval from Congress this week, but it’s hit a major roadblock in becoming law

2:38 PM on Wednesday, June 24

An incumbent South Dakota Republican state senator is facing two felony counts after an investigation found falsified signatures on forms he tried to submit for state GOP positions

2:18 PM on Wednesday, June 24

U.S. gasoline prices decreased an average of 49 cents a gallon in the last month as expectations rose for an end to the war with Iran

2:15 PM on Wednesday, June 24

1:53 PM on Wednesday, June 24

Federal bribery charges against former New York Mayor Eric Adams' onetime chief of staff are just the latest allegations against members of the ex-mayor's inner circle

1:21 PM on Wednesday, June 24

Michigan can keep a lid on the personal information of registered voters

12:06 PM on Wednesday, June 24

Zimbabwe’s Senate has approved constitutional amendments that would remove direct presidential elections and extend President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s term

11:59 AM on Wednesday, June 24

Civil society organizations in South Africa says that adolescent girls and women are among the first to feel the impact of U.S. foreign aid cuts

11:14 AM on Wednesday, June 24

The Nigerian Senate on Wednesday voted in favor of a bill for the creation of state police in a major reform that would reshape the policing structure of the conflict-racked nation

11:11 AM on Wednesday, June 24

Abelardo de la Espriella, set to be Colombia’s president, has intensified debate over the future of the Amazon

10:48 AM on Wednesday, June 24

Alibaba has sued the U.S. Department of Defense, demanding removal from a list naming it a Chinese military company

9:42 AM on Wednesday, June 24

A federal judge has temporarily blocked the Justice Department from executing subpoenas in a criminal probe that sought transgender care records for patients treated at New York hospitals

5:52 AM on Wednesday, June 24

A former chief of staff to New York ex-Mayor Eric Adams has been arrested in a bribery case

5:03 AM on Wednesday, June 24

Democratic congressional primary results in New York City are accelerating the party's debate over the Israeli-Palestinian conflict

4:07 AM on Wednesday, June 24

Mallory McMorrow is trying to turn the delayed opening of the Gordie Howe International Bridge into a campaign issue in Michigan’s Senate race

2:07 AM on Wednesday, June 24

A new AP-NORC poll finds that about 4 in 10 U_S_ adults feel “proud” about the country's 250th anniversary, while about 3 in 10 feel “excited.”

2:03 AM on Wednesday, June 24

President Donald Trump has insisted that the United States is the only nation to guarantee citizenship to children born within its borders

1:17 AM on Wednesday, June 24

Andy Burnham is closer to becoming Britain’s next prime minister without a contest

10:09 PM on Tuesday, June 23

The head of the U.N.’s nuclear agency signaled that Iranian nuclear enrichment sites would be visited by his inspectors, a key component in the interim U.S.-Iran deal to reach an end to the war

8:29 PM on Tuesday, June 23

The Army’s commander of its forces in Europe and Africa is unexpectedly stepping down after just 18 months in the job