Politics & Government News

4:36 PM on Thursday, June 18

Democratic candidates in California have secured the two slots in a special general election to serve out the remainder of former U.S. Rep. Eric Swalwell’s term

4:19 PM on Thursday, June 18

Senators are seeking to block Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s travel funds until the Pentagon submits its investigation into a strike on an elementary school in Iran that killed more than 165 people

4:15 PM on Thursday, June 18

President Donald Trump has given the Medal of Honor to three veterans, honoring acts of heroism in Vietnam and Afghanistan

3:37 PM on Thursday, June 18

The administration of Puerto Rico Gov. Jenniffer González is mired in a new political crisis tied to a top government official that serves as her chief of staff

3:27 PM on Thursday, June 18

The Protect College Sports Act has moved forward with Senate committee approval

2:37 PM on Thursday, June 18

Democratic Sen. Tammy Duckworth has urged the Federal Aviation Administration to reject pressure from President Donald Trump to approve a 250-foot triumphal arch, citing concerns over aviation safety

2:08 PM on Thursday, June 18

A West Texas organization has filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration claiming that plans to install border barriers along the Rio Grande could cause flooding in the Big Bend area

2:04 PM on Thursday, June 18

A South Dakota man whose sentence of life in prison was commuted by former Gov. Kristi Noem is now implicated in the death of his 14-year-old niece

2:01 PM on Thursday, June 18

President Donald Trump believes that winning a second term in 2024 instead of 2020 has allowed him to return to the White House even more emboldened

1:56 PM on Thursday, June 18

Cuba’s Communist Party has approved an emergency economic package featuring unprecedented free-market measures to open up the struggling island’s economy

1:53 PM on Thursday, June 18

Brazil’s Federal Police have executed search and seizure warrants targeting a high-ranking senator and ally of President Lula as part of a fraud and graft probe

1:20 PM on Thursday, June 18

Republican leaders on Capitol Hill are voicing strong reservations —- and some outright condemnation — of the Trump administration’s agreement to end the fighting in Iran

11:43 AM on Thursday, June 18

Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes is dismissing a criminal case that alleged President Donald Trump’s former chief of staff Mark Meadows, former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani and others tried to overturn Trump’s 2020 loss in the state

10:25 AM on Thursday, June 18

A federal appeals court panel says the Trump administration can replace a slavery exhibit at George Washington’s home in Philadelphia

8:50 AM on Thursday, June 18

A California labor union has offered to scale back a proposal to temporarily increase taxes on billionaires, but it wasn’t enough to get the governor on board

8:34 AM on Thursday, June 18

The White House says Vice President JD Vance is delaying his trip to Switzerland to lead nuclear negotiations with Iran

8:27 AM on Thursday, June 18

Federal regulators have ordered regional grid operators to help large energy users connect more quickly to the nation’s inefficient and aging electric transmission system

5:23 AM on Thursday, June 18

Iran will invite the U.N.’s nuclear watchdog to inspect its nuclear sites and begin identifying the locations of Tehran’s enriched material, President Donald Trump’s envoy Steve Witkoff told U.S. lawmakers in a private briefing Thursday, according to two people familiar with the call

4:37 AM on Thursday, June 18

President Vladimir Putin is hailing Russia’s ties with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations as he hosts a summit intended to strengthen economic and political ties with the bloc

9:07 PM on Wednesday, June 17

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani is testing the limits of his newfound political muscle in a bid to reshape the Democratic Party, even if it means challenging his own party’s leadership