Politics & Government News

2:48 PM on Friday, February 6

American athletes receive an enthusiastic welcome at the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics opening ceremony

2:16 PM on Friday, February 6

President Donald Trump issued a proclamation reopening a huge swath of the Atlantic to commercial fishing

1:46 PM on Friday, February 6

A judge has ruled that Arizona must stop enforcing abortion restrictions that predate and contradict a 2024 voter-approved constitutional amendment guaranteeing abortion rights

12:30 PM on Friday, February 6

The Trump administration says its emergency orders keeping coal-fired plants running helped prevent blackouts during the recent cold snap

12:29 PM on Friday, February 6

France's foreign minister is urging Iran-backed groups in the Middle East to show restraint if tensions escalate between Iran and the U.S. He made the remarks in Beirut on Friday after visiting Syria and Iraq

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11:42 AM on Friday, February 6

The Federal Emergency Management Agency is resuming staff cuts that were paused during January's severe winter storm, according to two FEMA managers

11:41 AM on Friday, February 6

Anna Lee Pettit, 93, lives alone in affordable housing in Morgantown, West Virginia

11:35 AM on Friday, February 6

11:20 AM on Friday, February 6

The Pro Football Hall of Fame is considering changes to its voting process after Bill Belichick's omission from the 2026 class sparked outrage

10:59 AM on Friday, February 6

U.N. peacekeepers in southern Lebanon say they have faced increased violence from Israeli forces over the past year

10:38 AM on Friday, February 6

Nevada is falling short of its greenhouse gas reduction goals, with emissions projected to remain nearly unchanged over the next five years

10:27 AM on Friday, February 6

Energy Star, the program that helps guide consumers to more energy-efficient appliances and electronics, has survived President Donald Trump’s attempt to kill it

9:44 AM on Friday, February 6

The Republican chairman of the House Oversight Committee is requesting records related to firms partially owned by the husband of Rep. Ilhan Omar

7:06 AM on Friday, February 6

Vice President JD Vance met with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni in Milan on Friday, part of his trip to the Olympics

7:02 AM on Friday, February 6

The Justice Department says a key participant in the deadly 2012 attack on the U.S. compound in Benghazi, Libya, has been taken into custody and will be prosecuted in Washington in connection with the rampage that killed four Americans and became a divisive political issue

6:27 AM on Friday, February 6

Bad Bunny will perform at the Super Bowl halftime show Sunday, fresh off his album of the year Grammy win for “Debí Tirar Más Fotos.”

5:07 AM on Friday, February 6

A division of the U.S. Agency for International Development eliminated by Trump administration cuts last year was reborn Thursday as an independent nonprofit

3:06 AM on Friday, February 6

The Kremlin says Russian and U.S. negotiators have discussed the expiration of their last remaining nuclear arms pact

2:17 AM on Friday, February 6

Canada and France were opening diplomatic consulates in the capital of Greenland